LABINGA. 457 



Genus LARINGA. 



Eurytela, pt., Boisduval, Faun. Madag. 183-3, p. 54 ; de N. Butt. Ind. 



ii, 1886, p. 11. 

 Laringa, Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 24. 



Type, L. liorsfieldii, Boisduval, from Java. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region. 



6 2 • Fore wing : costa widely arched ; apex obtuse ; termen 

 prominently angulated at interspace 5, slightly concave above, 

 the angle more deeply concave below ; tornus obtuse ; dorsum 

 sinuous ; cell closed, less than half length of wing ; veins 6 and 7 

 approximate, consequently upper discocellular obsolete ; middle 

 very short, concave : lower much longer, transverse ; veins 3 and 

 4 from lower apex of cell, 10 and 11 free, 12 swollen at base. 

 Hind wing very broadly pear-shaped ; costa very slightly arched ; 

 apex and tornus rounded ; termen arched, sinuous ; dorsum 

 slightly curved at base, then straight to tornus ; cell short, 

 slenderly closed ; veins 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell ; 6 and 7 

 closely approximate from upper apex of cell. Antennae about 

 half length of fore wing ; club long, narrow and gradual ; palpi 

 subporrect, broad in front, third joint acute at apex ; eyes naked ; 

 posterior tibia? and tarsi without rows of spines. 



Key to the forms of Laringa. 



a. Upperside deep ultramarine-blue, uniform, 



without any paler transverse band across 



wings L. castelnaui, p. 458. 



b. Upperside indigo-blue or dull plumbeous 



l3lue, with a paler blue transverse band 

 across wings. 

 a'. Upperside fore wing without a sub- 

 terminal dark transverse band ; ground- I L. horsfieldi, race 



colour plumbeous or glaucous | glaucescens, p. 459. 



b' . Upperside fore wing with a subterminal 



dark transverse band ; ground-colour i L. horsfieldi, race 

 dark indigo-blue J andamanensis, p. 459. 



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a. Upperside : ground-colour dull pale oehra- 



ceous . , L. castelnaui, p. 458. 



b. Upperside : ground-colour bright-ochraceous 



yellow. 



a'. Upperside hind wing : discal transverse 



band not conspicuous, of the same shade i L. horsfieldi, race 

 as the ground-colour / glaucescens, p. 459. 



b'. Upperside hind wing: discal transverse ) L. horsfieldi, race 



band conspicuous, yellowish white . j andamanensis, p. 460. 



