Moths . ed in female; tibiasslightly fringed with hair; abdomen dilated at extremity and withlarge anal tuft, the claspers of male very large and usually pro-truded. Fore wing long and narrow ; the costa arched towardsapex ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked in male, approxi- YOL. IY. L 146 pyealim:. mated in female ; 9 given off from 8 after 7. Hind wing withvein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked in male;4, 5 approximated in female. 4513. Vitessa suradeva, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 299, pi. viia, fig. 7;C. $ S. no. formosa, Feld. Bets. Nov. pi. 137, fig. 1
Moths . ed in female; tibiasslightly fringed with hair; abdomen dilated at extremity and withlarge anal tuft, the claspers of male very large and usually pro-truded. Fore wing long and narrow ; the costa arched towardsapex ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked in male, approxi- YOL. IY. L 146 pyealim:. mated in female ; 9 given off from 8 after 7. Hind wing withvein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked in male;4, 5 approximated in female. 4513. Vitessa suradeva, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 299, pi. viia, fig. 7;C. $ S. no. formosa, Feld. Bets. Nov. pi. 137, fig. 1 ; C. # 8. no. rama, Moore, Lep. Ceyl, hi, p. 256, pi. 178, fig. 4; 4515. Head and thorax golden yellow; 3rd joint of palpi and antennaeblack; collar and patagia with paired metallic black spots, thelatter tipped with black and the mesothorax with a black spot;abdomen banded black and white; anal tuft orange. Tore wingwith the base golden yellow; two subbasal metallic black spots ;. Fig. 83.— Vitessa stiradeva, c?. {. two quadrate black antemedial patches ; the medial area greyish?white, with an irregular medial band of dentate marks enclosing anoval white spot below the costa; outer area black, the veinsstreaked with white. Hind wing white; the outer half bluishblack ; cilia of both wings greyish. Underside of fore wing black,with medial maculate white band ; the veins towards apex streakedwith grey ; legs banded black and white. Hab. Sikhim; Assam ; hills of S. India; Ceylon; Burma;Mergui; Andamans; Borneo. Exp., S 46, § 52 millim. 4514. Vitessa nicobarica, n. sp. <5 . Differs from suradeva in the abdomen being wholly yellowand orange. Tore wing with the basal orange patch reduced;the antemedial band reduced and interrupted in cell; the streakson veins of outer area almost obsolete. Hind wing pale yellow,slightly irrorated with black, especially at apex. Underside paleyellow, the outer area of fore wing black narrowing to outer angle;hind wing wit
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