CANERCES. — PHILOPATOR. 



G-enus CANERCES. 



281 



Canerkes, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 802. 



Type, 0. euscJiemoides, Moore. 



Mange. Eastern Pegu ; Sylhet ; Sikhim. 



Palpi very minute. Legs without spurs. Fore wing with the 

 outer margin excised ; vein 3 from the end of the cell ; 4 and 5 

 stalked ; 6, 7, 8, and 9 stalked together, and not curved. Hind 

 wing broad and square ; vein 6 absent. 



600. Canerces euschemoides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p„ 802, pi. 42, 

 fig. 8 ; C.fyS. no. 349. 



J . Antennae blue-black ; head and thorax yellow, with black 

 markings ; abdomen yellow, with black segmental bands. Fore 

 wing with the basal half yellow ; two blue-black spots near the 



Fig. 188. — Canerces euschemoides, $ . }. 



base, one in the cell, and a larger blue-black spot on inner margin ; 

 distal half of wings deep blue-black, with black streaks in the inter- 

 spaces ; a white spot in the end of the cell, five beyond, and two 

 in the interno-median interspace. Hind wing yellow, with an 

 irregular black patch on the apex and outer margin, extending 

 round below the cell and enclosing three yellow spots between 

 veins 2 to 5 ; vein 1 b streaked with black. Underside with the 

 apical half of fore wing brilliant blue. 



A beautiful ' mimic ' of the Euschemas of the bellona group. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; E. Pegu, 1000 feet. -Exp. 62 millim. 



Genus PHILOPATOR. 



Philopator, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 800. 



Type, P. basimaculata, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim to Manipur. 



Wings rounded. Pore wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, 7, 8, 

 and 9 stalked ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 6 

 present. 



