. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 46 SYMPHALID^;. slightly elongate white spots. Underside, S 2 > similar to the upperside in each, but the markings broader, larger and more distinct; in the <$ there. besides a small white apex of cell, two Fig. 15.âEttplcea mulciber, £. are spot in or three discal and incomplete sub- terminal and terminal series of white dots. Antennse, head, thorax, and abdomen dark velvety brown, the ab- domen glossed with greenish blue above ; beneath, the head and thorax spotted, the abdomen transversely banded with white. Exp. 6 2 88-104 mm. (3-45-4-1")
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 46 SYMPHALID^;. slightly elongate white spots. Underside, S 2 > similar to the upperside in each, but the markings broader, larger and more distinct; in the <$ there. besides a small white apex of cell, two Fig. 15.âEttplcea mulciber, £. are spot in or three discal and incomplete sub- terminal and terminal series of white dots. Antennse, head, thorax, and abdomen dark velvety brown, the ab- domen glossed with greenish blue above ; beneath, the head and thorax spotted, the abdomen transversely banded with white. Exp. 6 2 88-104 mm. (3-45-4-1"). Hah. The Himalayas from Simla to Sikhim ; Nepal ; Assam ; Cachar; Upper and Lower Burma; Tenasserim ; the Nicobars; extending to Siam,the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Larva. " Cylindrical, with four pairs of long fleshy subdorsal filaments which have pink bases and black tips, three pairs being on the anterior segments and the fourth pair on the 12th segment. Body pinkish white with lateral yellowish blotches, the segments each divided by a black line and anteriorly bordered by a narrow transverse pink band and purple-brown stripes ; spiracles black ; head with a dark red stripe in front and one on each side ; fore legs black, middle and hind legs black ringed with ; {Moore, Larva of the Javan form, E. claudia.) Pupa. " Short, thick across the middle ; thorax concave behind; abdominal segments dorsally convex, metallic golden-brown with darker brown anterior ; (Moore.) Var. Jcalinga, Doherty, found in the hills of Ganjam, Vizaga- patam and Jaipur, may be a local race of E. mulciber, Cramer, but I have only been able to examine a single 2 in Mr. Elwes's col- lection, now in the British Museum. The points of difference are more evident in the 2 â > which on the hind wing has only " a line of obscure whitish submarginal ; The cellular and discal white streaks so prominent in the 2 of E. mulciber are almost entirely lacking, th
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