ZEMEROS. 499 



than the upper portion ; tornus angulate ; dorsum long, curved ; 

 cell very short, not half length of wing ; middle and lower disco- 

 cellulars concave ; veins 6 and 7 from upper apex of cell, sometimes 

 shortly stalked. Antennae a little longer than half length of fore 

 wing; club fusiform, gradual; palpi very short, porrect, third 

 joint minute ; eyes naked. 



A single form is recorded from within our limits. 



478. Zemeros flegyas, Cramer (Papilio), Bap. Ex. iii, 1780, pi. 280, 

 figs. E, F, S ; de N. Butt. 2nd. ii, 1886, p. 308, pi. 24, fig. 115 

 <5; Dudgeon Broc. A. S. Beng. 1890, p. 140; Moore, Lep. hid. 

 v, 1901-1903, p. 96, pi. 405, figs. 1, la-lg, tf $. 



Wet-season form. — c? . Upperside dark vinaceous brown, the 

 veins ochraceous brown. Fore and hind wings crossed by four 

 series of minute white spots, the postdiscal series yery often 

 obscure, each spot bordered inwardly by a more or less elongate black 

 spot ; a terminal very slender black line ; cilia alternately black 

 and white. Underside bright ochraceous brown, the veins 

 conspicuously paler, the white black-bordered spots as on the 

 upperside but larger, more clearly defined and prominent. 

 Antennas brown ringed with white ; club black, ochraceous at apex ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen concolorous with the wings ; beneath, 

 the palpi, thorax and abdomen slightly paler than the wings. 



Dry-season form. — $ . Upjperside : ground-colour darker than in 

 the wet-season form ; the spots smaller, duller in colour. On the 

 fore wing the postdiscal series of spots often obsolescent except 



the spots in interspaces 3, 6 and 8, 

 the latter two very large and 

 prominent ; subterminal series of 

 spots also often obsolescent. The 

 veins on both fore and hind wings not 

 paler than the ground-colour. Under- 

 side : similar to the underside in the 

 wet-season form, but the ground- 

 colour a shade darker ; the veins not 

 -p. _ conspicuously paler ; the white spots 



„ ^' ' as in the wet-season form, except the 



"° Dry-sSnform. T * postdiscal and subterminal series on 



the fore wing, which are as on the 

 upperside, the anterior large white spots of the postdiscal series 

 being very prominent; the inner black bordering to the white spots 

 much smaller than in the wet-season form. Antennae, head, 

 thorax and abdomen as in the wet-season form. — $ . Upper and 

 under sides very similar to those of the wet-season form, but the 

 ground-colour brighter and paler ; markings also similar, but the 

 black bordering to the white spots less prominent. 

 Exp. <$ 2 40-48 mm. (1-59-1-9"). 



Hah. The Himalayas, Mussoorie to Sikhim and Bhutan; Assam; 

 Burma; Tenasserim; extending to the Mala} 7- Peninsula and 

 China. 



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