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first median nervule ; two submarginal lunular bands, a large black spot edged anally with 
orange but without metallic scales, between the first and second median nervules ; /ode 
black, edged with white, a few metallic light blue scales placed outwardly against it in 
the interspace beyond; a slender black edge-line ; ¢az/s much as in C. othona, Hewitson, 
the anal one longer. Ci/ia basally whitish, outwardly dark.” 
‘““A single male, Mergui. The species somewhat resembles Ze//us etolus, Fabricius, 
though easily distinguished by the short tails and the absence of the blue reflections above. 
It has still more resemblance to Siuthusa amba, Kirby. On account of the closely appressed 
costal nervure and first subcostal nervule I place it in C//iavia, though its long narrow 
wings give it quite a different aspect.’”’ (Doherty, l. c.) 
This species resembles almost exactly on both surfaces the common Ayfolycena erylus, 
Godart, the coloration and markings are almost identical, but it is smaller than the smallest 
#7. erylus that I have seen, though that species varies extraordinarily in size. 
The seventh division that I have made in the Indian Zycenide I have called the 
Myrina* group, the typeof whichis the A/yrina szlenus, Fabricius, an African species ; it 
contains six genera occurring within Indian limits, and three in the Malay Peninsula; the 
latter so far have not been recorded from Burma, though it is not at all improbable that they 
may be found hereafter within the confines of that region. The A/yrina group consists of 
species which have either one or the other of the tails to the hindwing over half an inch 
in length. The group can be split up into two subgroups ; in the first, which contains two 
Indian and two Malay Peninsula genera, the inner tail from the end of the submedian 
nervure, in the second, which contains four Indian and one Malay Peninsula genus, the outer 
tail from the termination of the first median nervule, is the longer. 
‘The first genus, Ze/¢zs, mihi, is monotypic, and occurs in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, 
Burma, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, also in Orissa and South India. Z. e/olus, 
Fabricius, has only two subcostal nervules to the forewing, all the remaining genera of the 
Myrina group having three. The male is dark indigo-blue on the upperside, brilliantly 
iridescent in some lights. the base of the forewing and all but the apex of the hindwing pale 
bluish-white. The female is dull smoky brown on the upperside, the tails and anal region 
of the hindwing white. The underside is marked very similarly to Hyfolycena erylus, Godart. 
The male has no secondary sexual characters. 
The second genus, Charana, mihi, is also monotypic. C. mandarinus, Hewitson, is found 
only in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Assam ; always, i believe, at low elevations. The male is 
very rich blue on the upperside, but more than half the area of the forewing and the costa 
widely of the hindwing is black. The female is dull brown on the upperside, the anal region of 
the hindwing irrorated with white. The markings of the underside remind one of 7ajuria 
jalindra, Horsfield, and allies, but the ground-colour is pale yellow instead of white or bluish- 
white. The male lacks secondary sexual characters. 
Neocheritra, Distant, and /acoona, Distant, occur in the Malay Peninsula ; the former is 
said to have four subcostal nervules to the forewing in the male, three in the female, as in 
the Indian genera Amblyfodia, Horsfield, Zraota, Moore, and Zesius, Hiibner. The male has 
secondary sexual characters on both wings. /acoona is said to have only three subcostal nervules 
to the forewing in both sexes, and no secondary sexual characters are described in the male. 
In the second subgroup of the J/yrina group it is the outer instead of the inner tail 
to the hindwing which isthe longer. The first genus, Cheritre//a, mihi, is again monotypic, 
and is known only from Sikkim and Assam. The male is purple on the upperside, the hindwing 
of a lighter shade than the forewing, with the usual outer black borders. The female is blue 
not purple. The underside of both sexes is brown with some darker brown markings. The 
tail, and J/y7ima should be used instead of Loxuva fcr what I call the Loxuva group. But the key to the 
genera being printed off, I cannot, without inconvenience, make the alteration now. 
