•472 NYMPHALID.*;. 



the spots on the hind wing better denned than on the npperside. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the <$ . 



Exp. S 2 53 "64 mm. (2-1-2-53"). 



Hab. Peninsular India, in regions of heavy rainfall ; Ceylon. 



Larva. " Cylindrical, slender, with six longitudinal rows of fine 

 branched spines ; colour reddish brown with an oily gloss, much 

 paler on the head, second and last segment; an unwholesome 

 looking insect, doubtless protected like the butterfly." {Davidson fy 

 Aitken.) 



Pupa. " Perpendicularly hung, long, slender, smooth ; two 

 lateral angles on the thorax ; head quadrate ; colour creamy w 7 hite, 

 with broad longitudinal bars of purplish-black spotted with orange." 

 (Davidson Sf Aitken.) 



Pood-plant, the wild Passion-flower (Modecca palmata). 



Subfamily LIBYTHEIN^E. 



Egg. " Ampulliform, shaped like a soda-water bottle, twice as 

 high as wide, forming a short neck or stalk close to the apex, 

 radiate with strong anastomosing ribs." (Doherty.) 



Larva. In general appearance strongly resembling the larvae of 

 some of the Pieridce ; cylindrical, smooth or with minute bristles, 

 head small. 



Pupa. Suspended perpendicularly. Short, smooth, not angu- 

 lated ; head square, broad. 



Imago. Wings short and broad, termen angular and emarginate 

 in fore wing. Venation similar to some of the Nymphalince ; vein 1 

 of fore wing with a slender fork at base ; cell closed in both fore 

 and hind wings. Antennae short, thick, club gradual, scaling 

 restricted to the dorsal surface ; palpi very long, thick, porrect, 

 the two closely approximate, forming a remarkable beak-like 

 projection in front of the head. Eyes naked; fore tarsi in S 

 abbreviated brush-like, of $ functionally perfect. 



Contains onl}'- a single genus. 



Genus LIBYTHEA. 



Lihythea, JFabr. Blig. Mag. \\, 1807, p. 284 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 

 1881, p. 67 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 300 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 

 1901-1903, p. 50. 



Type, L. celtis, Puessly, from S. Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Africa ; India ; Malay Archipelago ; N". and 

 S. America. Mauritius. 



d 1 $. Pore wing: costa widely arched; apex somewhat pro- 

 duced ; termen slightly concave below apex, aogulated at apex of 

 vein 5 ; below emarginate to tornal angle ; tornus rounded ; 

 dorsum straight ; cell broad, not quite half length of wing, 

 slenderly closed ; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower 

 concave, not oblique ; vein 3 from well before lower apex of cell, 

 4 from apex, 10 an 11 free. Hind wing : costa sinuous ; termen 



