ERGOLIS. 461 



Key tG the forms 0/ Ergolis. 



a. Fore wing : termen between interspace 5 



and apex of vein 3 deeply concave JE. ariadne, p. 461. 



b. Fore wing : termen between interspace 5 and 



apex of vein 3 not concave, sinuous. 



a'. (5 : underside hind wing without a 

 central dark patch. § : upperside 

 brownish ochraceous JE. me rione, p. 462. 



b'. $ : underside hind wing with a central 

 dark patch. 2 '• upperside dark ferru- 

 ginous Race taprobana, p. 463. 



448. Ergolis ariadne (PI. X, fig. 78), Johanssen (Papilio), Amozn. 

 Acad, vi, 1764, p. 407 ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i, 1836, pi. 4, 

 fig. 4, larva & pupa; de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 10; Davidson 

 $T Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 269, pi. C, larva & 

 pupa ; Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 17, pi. 382, tigs. 1, 

 1 a-1 g, larva & pupa, S 2 • 



Ergolis minorata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 44, pi. 23, figs. 2, 

 2a, tf. 



Ergolis indica, Moore, J. A. S. B. 1884, p. 20. 



6 2 - Fore wing truncate at apex ; termen angulated at inter- 

 space 5, and again at apex of vein 3, concave between ; tornus 

 obtusely angulate. Hind wing : termen more or less deeply 

 scalloped. S . Upperside ochraceous rufous ; a prominent white 

 small subcostal spot before apex of fore wing ; two or three dark 

 brown marks in cell of both fore and hind wings, followed by 

 subbasal, discal, two postdiscal, snbterminal and terminal slender 

 sinuous dark brown lines, crossing from costa of fore to vein 1 of 

 hind wing ; discocellular nervules of both wings defined by short 

 dark brown lines ; cilia white, alternated with brown. Underside : 

 ground-colour similar, but with a tint of brown. Fore and hind 

 wings : some dark chestnut-brown spots or loop-like marks at 

 base, followed by subbasal, discal and postdiscal broad chestnut- 

 brown sinuous bands, interrupted on the fore wing by the sex- 

 mark of specialized scales described below ; the postdiscal band on 

 the hind wing traversed by a series of transverse dark spots in 

 the interspaces. Lastly, both wings crossed by a subterminal 

 zigzag, and a terminal, irregularly sinuous, dark brown line. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen ochraceous rufous. Sex- 

 mark : the subcostal vein and veins 6 and 7 on the upperside 

 of the hind wing prominently pale and shining and a large discal 

 patch of specialized, very dark shining scales on the underside of 

 the fore wing extending to the base of the wing, upwards into the 

 cell and to vein 4. — $ . Similar, slightly paler in colour, of course 

 without the special sex-marks. 



Exp. S 2 52-5V mm. (2-05-2-21"). 



Hab. Throughout continental India, but not, so far I know 

 recorded from further west than Mussoorie in the Himalayas or 

 from the Punjab ; Ceylon ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; ex- 

 tending to China and the Malayan Subregion. 



