. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 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;
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 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 t
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