RHOPALOCERA MALAYAN A. 181 



6. Cirrochroa rotundata. (Tab. X., fig. 10 5 .) 



Cirnwhi-oa rotiiiuliitii, Butler, Trans. Liun. iSoc. ser. '2, Zool. vol. i. p. 518, ii. 1 (1877). 



This species being only known to me by Mr. Butler's description and the type specimen 

 in the British Museum, I have here figured the last, and give a copy of the former, as 

 follows : — 



" 2 ■ Nearly allied to C. initldla, Moore,* the wings more rounded, primaries less produced ; markiugs 

 of primaries above almost obsolete ; outer undulated line of secondaries much less distinct ; below all the 

 bands aud spots tawny, instead of ochre-yollow." 



"Expanse of wings, 2 inches 11 lines." 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula; Malacca (Pinwill — Brit. Mus.). 



This species is evidently closely allied to Mr. Moore's species, which I have not seen. 

 Mr. Butler remarks, "I have no doubt that this species is distinct from C.mithila: the 

 coloration of the bands below is strikingly different." 



Genus TE RINGS. 



Teririos, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. i. t. 9, f. 4 (1830) ; Doiibl. Gen. Diuru. Lep. p. 159 (1848). 



Anterior wings moderately long, the costal margin strongly arched and convexly depressed at apex, 

 the apex more or less broadly falcate, beneath which the outer margin is concavely sinuated and waved ; 

 inner margin sinuate, concave near centre. Costal nervure not quite reaching the centre of costal margin ; 

 first subcostal nervule emitted a little before the end of cell, and the second nervule at the apex of cell ; 

 third emitted at about two-thirds of the space between the base of the second and the bifurcation of the 

 fourth and fifth, the fourth being distinctly bent and angulated; upper disco- cellular nervule minute, 

 middle disco-cellular obliquely directed inwardly and somewhat concave, lower disco-cellular rather more 

 than twice as long as the middle, strongly oblique and prominently recurved and rounded at base ; second 

 median nervule emitted near the base of the lower disco-cellular nervule, the l)ase of the upper median 

 nervule convexly rounded. Posterior wings more or less subquadrate, the costal margin oblique and 

 slightly convex ; outer margin waved, slightly convex to apex of first median nervule, where it is sometimes 

 prominently caudate and then somewhat truncate to anal angle ; abdominal margin excavated from about 

 apex of internal nervure to anal angle. Costal nervure prominently arched and rounded at Inise, and 

 extending to apex ; second subcostal nervule emitted nearer to first than first is from the base of subcostal 

 nervure ; lower disco-cellular nervule present, very slender, somewhat atrophied and transversely concave. 

 Thorax somewhat robust ; abdomen moderately slender. Antennaj only of moderate length, but abruptly 

 clavate at apices ; palpi raised above the upper level of the head. 



The males possess a glossy velvety patch on both wings, large and discal on anterior 

 wings, and small aud apical on posterior wings. Judging from my own experience the females 

 appear to be excessively rare, or, as is possible, a difference in their habits may be the cause of 

 their very infrequent capture. 



The genus is of moderate extent — comprising some nine or ten species — and pecuharly 

 Malayan in distribution. I am cognisant of no species from Continental India, nor have such 



''■• A species described as from Bengal. 



December, 1883. 3 a 



