ABISARA. 493 



de N. Butt, lnd. ii. 1886, p. 323, pi. 24, fig. 118 <3 ; Moore, Lep. 

 Ind, v, 1901-1903, p. 88, pi. 403, figs. 1, 1 a-1 c, <$ $ . 



A very variable form. Terinen of hind wing more or less 

 broadly angulate or produced at apex of interspace 3, but not 

 narrow or tailed as in A. neophron. Wet-season form. — S • Upper- 

 side rich purple -brown or rnaroon-brown with a blue gloss. Pore 

 wing with discal and postdiscal transverse fasciae very obscure and 

 only slightly paler than the ground-colour. Hind wing uniform ; 

 two inwardly conical small black spots near apex of interspace 1, 

 and single similar but larger black spots near apices of interspaces 

 5 and 6 ; all these spots bordered slenderly and somewhat obscurely 

 on the outer side with white. Underside dull maroon- brown. 

 Fore wing with a broad, slightly curved discal, narrower post- 

 discal and subterminal transverse pale fasciae ; the discal fascia 

 broadening anteriorly. Hind wing : a slightly curved narrow 

 discal pale fascia ; the black spots as on the upperside, but bordered 

 on the inner and on the outer sides by an obscure pale lunular 

 line". Antennae black with scattered pale specks ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen maroon-brown ; beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 paler brown. — $ . Upperside hazel-brown, the terminal halves of 

 the wings paler. Fore wing : discal and postdiscal broad, obscure, 

 pale transverse fasciae, followed by similarly obscure, somewhat 

 broken, inner and outer subterminal pale transverse lines. Hind 

 wing with a transverse series of obscure postdiscal pale lunular 

 spots ; the black white -margined spots as in the <$ but smaller, 

 the anterior two superposed on the pale spots ; terminal margin 

 below vein 4 with inner and outer, and above vein 4 with single 

 subterminal transversely linear markings. Underside: ground- 

 colour similar but paler on the basal, very much paler on the terminal 

 halves of the wings ; the markings as on the upperside, but the 

 fasciae on the fore and hind wings broader, more diffuse ; the black 

 subterminal spots in interspaces 1, 5 and 6 of the hind wing- 

 smaller. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the <S but paler. 

 Dry -season form. — 6 • Upperside dull maroon-brown not glossed 

 with purple ; the transverse fasciae on the 

 fore and the black markings on the hind 

 wing much as in the wet-season form, but 

 the former more obscure, more diffuse, 

 the latter smaller. Underside as in the 

 wet-season form but paler. — $ . Upper 

 and under sides similar to those of the wet- 

 season form, but conspicuously paler, the 

 contrast between the dark basal and pale 

 terminal halves more prominent, the 

 Fig. 91. discal fascia on the underside of the fore 



Abisara echerius, <$ . \. w ing very broad, diffuse and pale, often 

 Dry-season form. ^^ ^^ Autenna > ? head? thomx 



and abdomen in both sexes as in the wet-season form but paler. 

 Exp. d 2 41-52 mm. (1-62-203"). 



