. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. CETHOSIA. 401 spots in each, followed by a subterininal ochraceous band paling inwardly. Hind wing: the base and cell pale blue and red, crossed by several broken incomplete black lines, then alternate bands of white and ochraceous, two of each ; the outer white band narrow and marked in each interspace with three black spots arranged as a triangle. Antennae, head and thorax dusky brown ; abdomen above tawny, beneath white. 2 . Similar to the male in markings, but the tawny ground- colour replaced by pale greenish white, somewhat brownish on the uppersid
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. CETHOSIA. 401 spots in each, followed by a subterininal ochraceous band paling inwardly. Hind wing: the base and cell pale blue and red, crossed by several broken incomplete black lines, then alternate bands of white and ochraceous, two of each ; the outer white band narrow and marked in each interspace with three black spots arranged as a triangle. Antennae, head and thorax dusky brown ; abdomen above tawny, beneath white. 2 . Similar to the male in markings, but the tawny ground- colour replaced by pale greenish white, somewhat brownish on the upperside of fore wing, the extent of black on this wing larger. Underside with all the markings paler than in the tf , the red at the base of the wings replaced by brownish yellow on the fore, white on the hind wing. Antennas, head and thorax dusky brown; abdomen dusky above, white beneath. Exp. S 2 90-100 mm. (3-55-3-9"). Hah. The Himalayas, Mussooree to Sikhim, rare towards the west ; Bengal; Orissa ; Assam ; Cachar ; Arrakan ; throughout Burma and Tenasserim. " Larva. Cylindrical, purplish-black segments with alternate yellow and crimson bands. Head armed with two long spines, segments with dorsal and lateral rows of fine spines. Feeds on Passifora, July. (Described from drawing by Major C. H. E. Adamson.)."—Moore. 408. Cethosia nicobarica (Plate VII. fig. 53), Felder, Verh. Ges. Wien, xii, 1862, p. 484 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 37; Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 180, pi. 319, figs. 1,1 a-l c, S $. <S $. Closely resembles C. cyane, but in the <$ the ground- colour is a rich almost vermilion red on the upperside, and the markings differ as follows :—Fore wing: the cell crossed by alternate bands of red and black, the oblique white bar limited to two elongate costal spots followed by a transverse incomplete row of white lanceolate marks, the mark in interspace 3 form- ing an irregular small white patch, a double row of indistinct white sp
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