AMATHUSIIN 2. 205 
STICHOPHTHALMA NOURMAHAL (Plate 160, figs. 1, la, b, ¢ ). 
Thaumantis Nourmahal, Westwood, Gen. of D. Lep. p. 337 (1851); id. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1856, 
p- 178, pl. 18, figs. 1, la, 9. Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. Hast Ind. Company,i. p. 215 (1857). 
Marshall and de Nicéville, Butt. of India, ete. i. p. 312 (1888). 
Imaco.—Male. Upperside with both wings chestnut-red, cilia brownish cine- 
reous. forewing crossed by a broad excurved oblique subapical ochreous fascia, 
which extends from the costa to the outer margin below the apex aud to the pos- 
terior angle, the apex of the wing being darker brown, and the fascia traversed by 
a submarginal row of dark brown hastate points and a marginal row of lunules. 
Hindwing with the outer border narrowly margined with ochreous and traversed by 
a submarginal and a marginal row of similar brown marks. Underside paler. Both 
wings crossed by a subbasal and a medial discal slender black irregular line, the 
subbasal edged on its innerside and the discal on its outerside with olivescent 
silvery-grey scales; on the forewing the base of second subcostal, and the discocel- 
lulars to the middle black; the outer border with a submarginal and a marginal 
black zigzag line. Forewing also with an outer discal series of five round ocelh, of 
which the lower first and the fourth are the most defined, being red with a white 
pupil, black ring and then an outer pale ochreous ring; the others being ill- 
defined by ochreous scales. Hindwing also with similar but somewhat larger 
ocelli, the first, third, and fifth being more brightly developed and are of a deep 
red, the second and fourth being ill-defined by ochreous scales. Body, legs, and 
palpi beneath pale ochreous ; legs and palpi above reddish-brown ; antennz black. 
Female. Upperside similar to the male, but somewhat darker coloured, the 
oblique subapical fascia on the forewing slightly broader, and with a prominent 
white spot before the apex between the subcostals; the submarginal and marginal 
markings also somewhat broader. Underside darker than in the male, being of an 
olivescent brownish-ochreous colour and darkest across the disc ; the subbasal and 
discal black lines also broadly edged with silvery-grey ; the ocelli and submarginal 
lines similar. 
Expanse, d 3,% to 4, ? 4,74 to 4;% inches. 
Hasirat.—Native Sikkim. 
DistripuTion.—The type was described from a female in the collection of the 
late Mr. W. W. Saunders; specimens of both sexes were also in the Hast India 
Company’s Museum, and others in the Hewitsonian collection. According to “ Mr. 
A. V. Knyvett, specimens have recently been obtained by his collectors in Native 
Sikkim ” (de Nicéville, Journ. Bombay, N. H. Soc, 1890, p. 181). 
