lOO NYMPHALID.E. SATVRIN.E. CCELITES. 



G-enUS 7-— OGLITES, Westwood. (Plate XIIIj. 



Ccelites, Westwood, Gen. D.L , p. 367 (1S51) ; id., Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 45 (1882). 



" Body slender, finely hairy. Wings large. Forewing subconcave. Hindwing regu- 

 larly oval, ocellated beneath, both wings very slightly scalloped. Head moderate-sized, finely 

 hairy; eyes naked; palpi rather small, very compressed, clothed with short scaly hairs, 

 elevated obliquely, but not reaching the level of the top of the eyes, and porrected to a little 

 distance in front of the face ; middle joint without a dorsal tuft ; terminal joint minute, oval ; 

 aiitenmr scarcely more than one-third of the length of the forewing, slightly curved, very 

 slender ; gradually, but very slightly, thickened to the tip, forming a very long club but 

 little thicker than the rest of the antennae, composed of short, scarcely distinct joints, of nearly 

 equal length throughout ; thorax oval, finely hairy. Forewing large, triangular-ovate ; 

 costal margin moderately curved ; apical angle rounded ; outer margin more than two-thirds 

 the length of the costal, slightly emarginate, and very slightly scalloped ; hinder rt/z^/c" rounded ; 

 inner margin about equal to the costal, nearly straight ; costal nervure strongly swollen for 

 some distance at the base, extending to the costa opposite the extremity of the discoidal cell ; 

 subcostal nervure with its first and second branches arising at some distance before the anterior 

 extremity of the cell ; third branch arising at about one-fourth of the distance between the 

 cell and the tip of the wing ; fourth branch arising about half way between the cell and the 

 tip, uniting with the costa before the tip, the terminal part of the nervure extending to 

 the tip ; upper disco-cellular arising rather beyond the middle of the wing, very short, 

 transverse ; middle ditco-celhilar much longer, slightly curved, and directed obliquely 

 towards" the base of the wing ; hnoei disco-cellular longer than the middle one, rather 

 angulated at the base, the lower part slightly oblique and directed to the outer margin, 

 uniting with the third branch of the median nervure at a considerable distance from 

 its origin ; this third branch being slightly angulated at the place of junction, beyond 

 which it is regularly curved. First branch of the median neivure arising nearer the base of 

 the wing than usual. HiNDWiNG regularly oval ; costal margin curved ; outer margin 

 slightly scalloped ; subcostal nervure branching at a considerable distance from the base ; 

 upper disco-cellular short, curved, forming the base of the discoidal nervure ; lower disco- 

 cellular much longer, straight, oblique, terminating the narrow discoidal cell at the middle 

 of the wing in an acute angle by its union with the median nervure exactly at the origin 

 of its third branch, which is slightly curved. Forei-egs of the male very minute, feathered ; 

 coxa elongated ; femur shorter than the coxa, rather thickened at the tip ; tibia much shorter 

 than the femur, very hairy ; tarsus extremely short, almost continuous with the tibia, 

 apparently two-jointed ; the terminal joint being scarcely visible under a lens." 



" The elongate form, the somewhat concave outer margin of the forewing, and the very 

 slightly scalloped margins of both wings are the most evident distinctions of this genus." 

 {^Wesi-Mood, 1. c.) 



Ccelites is an Indo-Malayan genus, of which only four species and one local subspecies have 

 been described — one is supposed to be confined to north-east India, but the locality is 

 doubtful ; another inhabits Burma, extending to Sumatra and Borneo ; a third is found in 

 Borneo, with a local subspecies in Malacca ; and the fouitli in the Celebes group. The two 

 Indian species are very rare, and are both distinguished by a brilliant purple gloss on the 

 basal area of the upperside of both wings. 



E07 to the Indian species of Ccelites- 



A. Both wings elongate, with the basal area of the upperside glossed with brilliant shining purple. 



a. Forcwnifj with the outer margin slightly concave ; hindwing with the outer margin almost even. 



83. C. NOTHis, N.-E. India. 



b. Forewing with the apex more falcate, the outer margin more concave ; hindwing angulated at 



the middle of the outer margin. 



84. C. BPIMINTHIA, Burma. 



The arrangement of the ocelli in this genus is analogous to that in Mycalesis, but the 

 elongate wings and the brilliant purple gloss on the upperside distinguish the species from 



