PANACEA. 301 



Key to the S'pecies. 

 Imagines. 



1. Interspace between the antemedian and 



the discal lines of fore wing green, like 



head and thorax 2. 



Median interspace not green 4. 



2. Median interspace wide at costa 3. [& Jord., p. 302. 



Median interspace narrow at costa P.busiris afa'ma Roths. 



3. Broad costal portion of median interspace [Roths. & Jord., p. 305. 



shaded with olive-black P. busiris marina 



Broad costal portion of median interspace [Walk., p. 304. 



not shaded with olive-black P. busiris busiris 



4. Third and fourth discal lines of fore wing 



heavily dentate, mesothoracic tegula with [Walk., p. 313. 



pale golden-metallic scales at hind edge . . P. mydon -my don 

 Third and fourth discal lines of fore wing 

 not dentate behind 5. 



5. Median interspace pale, band-like, a pale 



shade crossing the discal lines between R 2 



and R 3 , distal margin not angulate, not [p. 308. 



denticulate P. variolosa Walk., 



Median interspace not band-like, ante- 

 median lines indistinct 6. 



6. Distal border of hind wing underside dilated 



before middle 7. 



Distal border of hind wing underside not 

 dilated before middle 8. 



7. Distal margin of fore wing underside clay- 



colour or brown, second white sub- 



marginal mark an acute angle or a [p. 307. 



triangular spot P. dokertyi Roths., 



Distal margin of fore wing underside pale 

 ochreous ; second white submarginal 

 mark an angle of 90° or more 9. 



8. Inner or main discal line of fore wing [p. 305. 



reaching the apex P. automedon Walk., 



Discal line of fore wing reaching the costa 

 before the apex P. moseri Gehl., p. 306. 



9. Post-discal tawny or ochreous area of hind 



wing underside extended from costal to 



abdominal margin, interrupted before 



middle ; fore wing not distinctly sinuate, 



submarginal double line of fore wing 



underside extended to hind margin, 



interspace pale, the lines not dilated in 



middle, but not joined to first discal line [p. 312. 



by a brownish-black streak P. perfecta Butl., 



Hind wing underside as before ; fore wing 



sinuate, submarginal lines of fore wing 



underside dilated basad, joined to first f [Gehl., p. 309. 



discal line along R 2 , pale band of hind J P. metallica anfracta 



wing upperside much broader than brown ] [Butl., p. 312. 



marginal border [p. metallica metallica 



Post-discal area of hind wing underside 



almost entirely replaced by olive-brown 



in upper half, greater part of hind wing 



brown ; fore wing sinuate ; pale band of [Jord., p. 308. 



hind wing upperside narrow P. sinuata Roths. & 



