LIBYTHEA. 473 



slightly oblique and sinuous to apex of vein 6, then erect and 

 scalloped to tornus ; tornus angulate ; dorsum slightly curved ; 

 cell not quite half length of wing, slenderly closed ; vein 3 from a 

 little before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex, 5, 6 and 7 well 

 separated at base. Antennas short, not half length of fore wing ; 

 club well marked, short but gradual ; palpi remarkably long, closely 

 appressed ; eyes naked. 



Key to the forms o/' Libythea. 



A. Upperside : no trace of violaceous ; ground- 

 colour dark brown, markings orange-yellow 

 or white. 



a. Upperside fore wing with a cellular 



streak. 

 a . Upperside fore wing with a small 



orange-yellow spot in interspace ] . . L. celtis, p. 473. 

 V . Upperside fore wing with no spot in 

 interspace 1. 

 a 2 . Upperside fore wing : orange-yellow 

 spot beyond lower apex of cell 

 quadrate. 

 a 3 . Upperside fore wing : orange - 

 yellow streak in cell not divided, 



continuous Race lepita, p. 474. 



b s . Upperside fore wing : orange- 

 yellow streak in cell divided 



preapically Race lepitoides, p. 474. 



b' z . Upperside fore wing : oransre-yellow 

 spot beyond lower apex of cell 

 elongate oval L. myrrha, p. 475. 



b. Upperside fore wing without a distinct 



cellular streak L. rohini, p. 476. 



B Upperside : bases of wings violaceous ; 

 ground-colour pale brown. 



a. <5 $ • Upperside fore wing with preapical 



white spots ; violaceous area at base of [alompra, p. 477. 



wings small , L. geoffroyi, race 



b. $ . Upperside fore wing with no preapical 



white spots except those seen by trans- 

 parency from underside. $ unknown . L. hauxwelli, p. 478. 



455. Libythea celtis, Fuessly (Papilio), Arch. Ins. 1782, pi. 8, figs. 1-3 ; 

 Lang, Butt. Eur. 1884, p. 152, pi. 32, fig. 2. 

 Libythea lepita, Leslie § Evans (nee Moore), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 xiv, 1903, p. 671. 



Race lepita. 



Libythea lepita, Moore, Cat. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 240 ; de A. 

 Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 303 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 56, 

 pi. 393, figs. 2, 2 a-2 e, <$ $ . 



Race lepitoides. 



Libythea lepita, Hampson (nee Moore), J. A. 8. B. 1888, p. 355. 

 Libythea lepitoides, Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 57, pi. 394, 

 figs. 1, 1 a-c, <5 . 



