248 NYMPHALID.E. SATYRIN^. ZTPCETES. 



of these forms. The typical arrangement on the underside of the hindwing is one perfect 

 subanal ocellus, and three white submarginal dots from the costa. Next we find a second 

 subanal ocellus developed, and then a fourth white spot completing the series : and of this 

 series, with the single exception of the upper subanal ocellus on the lower median interspace, 

 which is constant, the whole of the spots vary at random ; sometimes one, sometimes another, 

 is totally absent, or on the other hand developed into a perfect ocellus ; the number of perfect 

 ocelli varies from one to six ; where there are two only it is sometimes the third and fifth* 

 sometimes the fifth and sixth ; where there are three, it may be the third, fifth and sixth, 

 or the second, third, and fifth, and so on. There are also sometimes one, sometimes two, 

 ocelli below the subapical ocellus on the underside of the forewing. On the upperside 

 of the hindwing there is typically only a single ocellus corresponding to the constant fifth 

 of the underside ; often a second is developed corresponding with the third in series, sometimes 

 a third corresponding with the sixth, and occasionally, though rarely, the whole series of six 

 is developed. If there is more than one ocellus on the upperside there are usually (but not 

 always) at least four on the underside ; and wherever the series is complete on the underside, 

 more than one is ahnost invariably developed on the upperside. 



C. nirmala in all its forms is very common at moderate elevations throughout the Western 

 Himalayas from May till September. It affects the undergrowth in glades in forests, and may 

 be seen on the wing even on damp and cloudy days. 



240. Callerelsia daksha, Moore. 



C. daksha, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1874, p. 266, pi. xliii, fig. i. 



Habitat : Kashmir. 



Expanse: <?, 175 to 2-15 ; ?, i -87 inches. 



Description; "Male and Female: Upperside dark brown. Fornving with a 

 small subapical black-bipupilled ocellus. Hindwing with a smaller subanal black spot, 

 having a single white pupil, a white dot beyond it on the middle of the disc, some specimens 

 showing also an intermediate dot. Underside slightly paler, but uniform brown. Fore- 

 wing with a pale ferruginous ring encircling the subapical ocellus, beneath which is a minute 

 white dot. Hindiuing with a pale ferruginous ring encircling the subanal black spot ; a 

 minute anal and a transverse discal series of five prominent white dots, which in some speci- 

 mens appear on a black spot with a ferruginous ring." 



•'This is the smallest species of the genus yet described, and may be disti nguished on 

 the upperside by the absence of the ferruginous ring round the ocellus, on the underside 

 by being of an uniform colour and without mottlings on the hindwing." {Moore, 1. c.) 



C. daksha is a comparatively rare insect, and appears to be local. The type specimens 

 were taken at Goolmurg, 9,000 to 10,000 feet altitude. Mr. de Niceville took a single speci- 

 men at Gond also in Kashmir ; and Mrs. Bazett took a large number at Katabal near Gool- 

 murg, at 8,000 to 9,000 feet altitude in June ; but we have no other records of its capture. 

 The development of the ocelli on the underside of the hindwing varies as in C, nirmala, but 

 the white spots are generally much more prominent. It is also variable in size. 



Genus 26.— ZIPfflTBS, Hewitson. (Plate XVII.*) 



Zip^tis, Hewitson, Ex. Butt., vol. iii, p. loo (1863); ZjiJo#jf« or Z//»<e/m, Wood-Mason, Journ. A. S. B., 

 vol. 1, pt. ii, p. 86 (1881), note. 



"Body small, hairy. Eyes small, smooth. Antenna slender, short, slightly thicker 

 from the middle to the tip ; the articulations short, easily seen. Palpi long, compressed, 

 thickly clothed with long hair ; the last joint scarcely seen. Forewing with the costal 

 margin arched, the apex rounded, tlie inner margin nearly straight. Costal nervure alone 

 swollen at the base, reaching the middle of the wing. Subcostal nervure with four branches, 

 equi-distant ; two before the end of the discoidal cell. The discoidal cell half the length of 

 the wing, closed ; upper disco-cellular ner^'ule very short, the middle one half as long as the 



• ZiPCETEs, erroneously spelt Zjpaetis on the plate. 



