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base, at middle and end ; an indistinct rufous oblique band from 

 apex to vein 2 ; two submarginal very indistinct maculate lines ; 

 hind wing with three grey rufous-ringed spots in the cell, one 

 near base and two near the end ; four very indistinct rufous bands, 



Fig. 220. Cleosiris catamita, J. \. 



one medial, two postmedial, and one submarginal and maculate 

 the two postmedial bands may coalesce, forming a more prominent 

 irregular band; the marking of the underside may be brown 

 instead of rufous. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Mlgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans ; 

 Nicobars ; Tenasserim ; Penang ; Java. Exp. 40-48 millim. 



Genus CALLIDULA. 



Callidula, Hubn. Verz. p. 66 (1818). 

 Datanga, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 21 (1879). 



Type, C.petavia, Cram. 



Range. Afghanistan ; Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Malacca ; Philip- 

 pines ; Borneo ; Sumatra ; Java. 



Frenulum present but minute; the retinaculum arising from 

 below the median nervure of fore wing. Palpi with the third 

 joint somewhat long and upturned. Fore wing with vein 1 b not 

 forked at the base. Veins 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 

 6 and 7 arising not so near the base as in Cleosiris; male with 

 a large patch of raised scales below the middle of vein 8. 



691. Callidula minor, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 21 ; C.Sf S. no. 486. 



<$ . Dark red-brown. Fore wing with an oblique nearly regular 

 orange band from the costa beyond the middle to vein 2 near 

 outer margin ; some specimens with traces of a submarginal 

 orange band. Underside yellowish, with numerous dark stria? ; fore 

 wing with a grey dark-ringed spot at centre of cell and two at its 

 end which are sometimes conjoined ; some red at end and beyond 

 the cell ; hind wing with a grey dark-ringed spot at centre of cell ; 

 a larger one at end of cell ; an indistinct waved red and grey post- 

 med'al line. Cilia orange. 



Settles on the upperside of leaves, with the wings raised over 



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