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4 Species. — Halimede, Klug ; Ccelestis, Swinhoe ; Ileliocaustus, 
Butl. ; Fleione, Klug. 
Range. — Eastern North-Tropical Africa and Soutliern Arabia.] 
[Section YII. — Representative : Faitsta, Oliv. 
Neuration of wings generally and strong costal arch of hind-iuings as 
ill Section I., but discoidal cell of liind- wings less tlian lialf their length. 
Fore-wings apically as in Section IV., litt (in inner margin promi- 
nently convex from base to a little heyond 'middle, and immediately ahove 
the sinuated suhmedian nervure a narroio elongate sac hcfore 7niddle. 
Eeddish-isabelline or creamy salmon-red, with incomplete concolorous 
apical patch, bordered on both sides with black, the outer (kind-mar- 
ginal) border with spots of the ground-colour. Under side very pale 
reddish-creamy or yellowish- creamy, deeper towards bases ; $ almost 
without markings, ^ with ill-defined macular discal dark-grey ray. 
4 Species. — Fausta, Oliv. ; Faustina, Fold. ; Fulvia, Wall. ; Vi, 
Swinhoe. 
Range. — Syria, Arabia, N.W., W., and S. India. 
(Part of Boisduval's Genus Idmais — " Groupe I.")] 
[Section VIII. — Representative : Amata, Fab. 
Fore-wings elongate, slightly prominent ap)ically, apex itself not 
acute. Neuration ordinary, but hind-wings ivith second subcostcd ncrvule 
originating only just before extremity of discoidal cell, which is rather 
less than half the length of the wing. Creamy salmon-red or salmon- 
red and white ($), yelloioish or %vhite — sometimes basally flushed with 
salmon-red — ($), %vith broad black hind-margined border enclosing 07ie 
row or two roivs of spots of the ground-colour ; disco-cellular terminal 
black spot in fore-wings much enlarged, usually united to base by a 
costal or subcostal blackish stripe. Under side resembling that of 
genus Colias, greenish-yellow or greenish, the borders scarcely indicated 
by pale-greyish ; a discal row of fuscous spots, mostly indistinct in 
but better defined and tinged with red in 
9 Species. — Amata, Fab. ; Calais, Cram. ; Phisadia, Godt. ; Byna- 
mene, Klug ; Vestcdis, Butl. ; Bonis, Swinhoe ; Feelus, Swinh. ; Puel- 
laris, Butl. ; Casttdis, Stand. 
Range. — Tropical Africa, Southern Arabia, Madagascar, N.W., W., 
and S. India and Ceylon. 
(Part of Boisduval's Genus Idmais — " Groupe II.")] 
Section IX. — Representative : Danae, Fab. 
Structure and neuration of Section IV. ; but hind-ivings with dis- 
coidal cell in $ half, in $ less than half, their length. $ White, ivith 
very large vivid crimson-red (sometimes violet-shot) apiccd patch, imvardly 
with a broad black border ; bases often suffused ivith grey ; under side 
white, yellowish, or reddish- creamy, with a common discal scries of dark 
(often sub-ocellate) spots. $ White or some shade of yelloiu ivith all the 
