NYMPHALID^. SATYRIN/E. ERITES. 237 



outer on its inner edge, defined with fuscous lines ; five small perfect submarginal ocelli, the 

 second and fifth larger, the third fourth and fifth on a clouded ferruginous ground ; the margin 

 as in the forewing, but the lines more prominent. Female : Uppekside as in the male, but 

 on the /oten'i'ii^ the large blackish spot at the hinder angle is much more prominent ; and on 

 the y^W(/2fw/^ the ocelli are all larger and without pupils, but with the yellow iris wide and 

 prominent in all ; the outer band is also distinctly outwardly margined with yellow. Undkr- 

 SIDE precisely as in the male, but the bands on the forewing are often distinctly yellowish with 

 fuscous margins. 



£. angtilaris has as yet only been found in Tenasserim and in the Malay peninsula. It was 

 originally taken by Limborg on the Taoo plateau at from 3,oco to 5,000 feet elevation : 

 Captain C. T. Bingham took it in the Meplay valley in January, and in the Thoungyeen forests 

 in March ; and Captain C. fl. E. Adamson took numerous specimens in the neighbourhood 

 of Moulmein early in October ; these latter were much worn and frayed and probably had been 

 on the wing since early in September. 



A female taken in the Thoungj-een forests in March differs from our other female speci- 

 mens in the ocellus on the upperside of the /c?r7w;/(7 being very nearly round, not oval, with 

 a distinct yellow iris of equal width throughout ; the outer fascia of the himhvmg much 

 broader and very distinct ; four large black spots beyond twice the size of these in the other 

 specimens, the yellow irides prominent and touching. On the underside of the hiiidwino the 

 two discal fasciae have almost disappeared, and the five submarginal ocelli are very minute. 

 This specimen differs only in the following particulars from Horsfield's figure of ^. ;;W«;a .• 

 The outer margin of the forewing is not quite so evenly rounded, being in fact slightly 

 concave ; the large ocellus is not quite so large as in E. vtcdiiia, and the iris is less wide. On 

 the underside the apical ocelli on the foreving are smaller, and on the hindwing the ocelli are 

 minute, and the fascia are obsolete. This specimen, however, is much nearer E, inediua than 

 E. angularis. 



Mr. W. L. Distant in his Rhopalocera Mala}'ana records the following note: "This 

 species is very distinct, differing from the other three species — \_E. viedura, Java ; E. elegiuts, 

 "Borneo ; and E. afffentifia, Labuan]— by the more apically ])iod\.iced /oraoiiig, and by the 

 inner iascia of the hind^ving being acutely dentate at its middle ; it also structurally differs 

 in having the lower disco-cellular nervule of \\-\e foitiving slightly directed inwardly." This 

 latter character is not apparent in our Tenasserim specimens, and the two former characters 

 it has in common with the more recently discovered E. falcipennis. 



The figure is taken from a female specimen in Major Marshall's collection, taken by 

 Captain C. T. Bingham in the Meplay valley ; and shows the upper and undersides. 



230. Erites falcipennis, w.-m. and de n. 



Habitat : Cachar. 

 Expanse : 21 and 2 "3 inches. 



Description : Male : Nearest allied to E. angularis, Moore, but differs from that species 

 in the colouration of the upperside being dark fuliginous throughout, in the for citnug being dis- 

 tinctly falcate, the ocellus round and prominently white-pupilled, with a very narrow pale iris. 

 Hifidwing with the outer fascia and series of blind ocelli hardly defined with ochreous, the 

 outer margin less waved, especially at the third median nervule, where in E. angnlaris 

 the wing is produced into a short tail ; the marginal lines obsolete. Underside : All the 

 markings duller and less ochreous. Fomuing with a small round central pure white pupil to 

 the posterior ocellus, not large, silvery and eccentric as in E. angularis ; the iris narrow. On 

 the hindwitig the ocelli are small, the two discal fascice wider and a deeper ochreous ; the 

 strias on both wings shorter and more thickly disposed, forming on the hiudzciiig a sub- 

 marginal purplish band. 



Mr. Wood-Mason took one male in the forests near Silcuri on 6th August, and another 

 male on Nemotha at 3,300 feet elevation on 25th September. 



