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Genus ZIZERA. 



Zizera, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. \, 1881, p. 78; de N Butt. 2nd. iii, 1890, 

 p. 110. 



Type, Z. akus, " Wiener Verzeichniss." European. 



Range. Europe ; Northern and Southern Africa ; Asia. 



c? $ . Pore wing : costa widely arched ; apex well-marked but 

 blunt ; termen convex, short ; tornus obtusely angulate ; dorsum 

 slightly sinuate, comparatively long, about three-fourths the 

 length of the costa ; cell a little less than half length of wing ; 

 upper cliscocellular in line with and forming part of subcostal 

 vein, middle and lower discocellulars subequal, obsolescent ; vein 3 

 from well before, 4 from lower apex of cell, vein 6 from upper 

 apex of cell, well separated from 7 at base, vein 8 absent, 9 and 

 10 from apical half of subcostal, vein 11 anastomosed with vein 12. 

 Hind wing : oval, veins 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell. Antennae 

 slightly less than half length of fore wing, club elongate, concave 

 on the underside; palpi subporrect, thickly fringed anteriorly 

 with stiff hairs, third joint long, about three-fourths length of 

 second joint ; eyes naked ; body and legs robust. 



This genus is allied to Lyccena, and the forms arranged under it 

 very closely resemble the forms of Lyccena, but vein 11 of the fore 

 wing is always anastomosed with vein 12. 



Key to the forms of Zizera. 



A. Underside fore wing : a black spot in middle 



of cell. 



. Exp. 3 $ 26-29 mm. Upperside : <$ light 

 blue, silvery in certain lights ; $ brownish 

 black, sometimes purplish at bases of wings. Z. maha, p. 355. 



b. Exp. (j 1 $ 22-24 mm. Upperside : rf violet- 

 blue ; 5 P a l e satiny brown Z. tysimon, p. 357 



B. Underside fore wing : no black spot in middle 



of cell. 

 . Underside hind wing : spot of discal series 



in interspace 6 in same straight line as 



spots in interspaces 5 and 7 Z. yat'ka, p. 359. 



b. Underside hind wing : spot of discal series 



in interspace 6 vertically below spot in 



interspace 7, never in line with spots in 



interspaces 5 and 7 Z. otis, p. 360. 



721. Zizera maha (PI. XIX, figs. 136, 137), Kvllar (Lycama) in 



HuyersKaschmir, iv, 1848, p. 422 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 245 ; 



de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 112, pi. 26, fig. 172 ; Butler, P. Z. S. 



1900, p. 106. 

 Polyonimatus chandala, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 504, pi. 31, fig. 5 J ; 



de N. (Zizera) Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 114. 

 Lyctena dilute, Fetter, Noiara Reise, ii, 1865, p. 280, pi. 35, figs. 12, 



13, (J; de N. (Zizera) Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 114. 



