2r4 NYMPHALID.E. 



SATYRIN.E. YPTHIMA. 



the arraugcvient of them is distinct in all the various minor groups, and affords at once a clue 

 to the affinities, due regard being always liad to the fact tliat tlie disappearance of one or more, 

 or the appearance of an additional one may frequently be looked for, it will be found that the 

 incomplete or inflated series always gives sufficient trace of the original arrangement to make 

 the identification easy. The ocelli of the upperside of the hindwing are too variable in many 

 species to afford any guide whatever, while in others they seem fairly constant. The arrange- 

 ment of the ocelli of the underside of the hindwing is given special prominence in the key. 



Key to tlio Indian species of Yptliina. 



First grout). 



A. Males with a broad patch of more densely packed scales on the upperside of the forewing along both 

 sides of the median nervure with a somewhat silky appearance. 



a. Undekside of the hindwing with three ocelli, placed one near apex, and two near anal angle. 



202. Y. MOTSCHULSKii, Khasi hills. 



b. Underside of the hindwing with six ocelli (very rarely seven). 



a'. These ocelli placed in pairs in echelon, sometimes prominent, sometimes reduced to 

 minute dots. The striation distinct. 



a^. Underside with only an indistinct median fascia. 



203. Y. MKTHORA, North India (? , Yunan. 

 Y. NEWBOLDI, Malacca. 



b'^. Underside with subbasal, median, and submarginal fasciae more or less 

 distinct. 



204. Y. PHILOMULA, India, Himalayas, Burma. 

 205 Y. MARSH.\LLii Tennasserim. 



i'. These ocelli reduced to minute dots, often entirely wanting, but when visible 

 arranged as in Y . philovteln ; the striation indistinct ; the fasciae clouded and 

 often tinged with ochreous. 



206. Y. iNnECORA, ^Vestern Himalayas. 



c'. These ocelli placed, two near apex, and four in linear order from anal angle, the 

 lower pair often geminated ; the striation distinct. 



a". Upperside with two subanal ocelli on the hindwing. 



207. Y. AVANTA, Western Himalayas, Tenasserim. 



b^. Upperside with three subanal ocelli on the hindwing, 



208. Y. ORDINATA, Bengal. 



Of this group Y. philomela is the most widely spread as well as the most variable species 

 in the genus, and is the only one that occurs in South India. Y. viotschulskii is very similar in 

 appearance to Y. vareda and its allies in the second group, the ocelli in these appear to be re- 

 marka1)ly constant. Y. avaiita and Y. ordinata most nearly resemble Y. singula and Y. thora ; 

 and the nearest approach to Y. iudecora in the second group appears to be in Y. inica. 



202. Ypthiiaa mOtSCllUlskii, Bremer, Grey. 

 Batynts moischulskyi, Bremer, Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. -fauna Hordl. china's, p. 8, n. 26 (1853); S. mots- 

 chii/skiji, M6n6tnes, Enum. Corp Anim , pt i, p. 47, n. 782, pi. vi, fig. 5 (1855); Yphthima tnotschuhkiji, 

 Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc Lend , third series, vol ii, p. 290, n. 17 {1864). 



Habitat : North India, Khasi Hills, China. 



Expanse : i'55 to 2 00 inches. 



Description : " Upperside fuscous ; each wing with a single ocellus. Underside 

 cineraceous, densely undulated with rufous. Hiudwiiig with three ocelli." 



"Very near to Y. fandocits, but differs from it on the upperside in having the iris of tlie 

 foreii'iiig slightly divided ; and in having one ocellus only on the hindwing. Underside 

 undulated throughout, and with the apical ocellus of the /lindiving larger, and bears a great 

 resemblance to Y. nareda except in colour. " [Ilrwiison, I.e.) 



