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race cannot be retained as distinct since the Manipur specimens are 

 in all I oiats intermediate tetween Chin Hill and Khasi Hill specimenSj 

 and it is impossible to say to which race they should be assigned. 

 44. Tpthbu avanta, Moore. 



Common in the Upper Chindwin, the dry-season form from March 

 to May, and the rainy-season form in May. This species varies 

 greatly in the development of the ocellus on the upperside of the fore- 

 wing, which is found in all stages from entire absence to an almost 

 perfect ocellus. There seems to be some mystery about the allied 

 T. singala. Both Moore and de Niceviile describe it as without any 

 male-mark. Elwes says " neither sex is distinguishable on the upper- 

 side from Y. avanta,^^ so he apparently recognises as Y. singala some 

 species with a male-mark, since the male- mark is very strongly 

 developed in Y. avanta. Then again Moore confines Y. singala 

 to Ceylon, while de Niceviile and Elwes record it from Northern 

 India as well as from Ceylon ; I also have in my collection specimens 

 of an Yptlihna of this group from the Himalayas, which are certainly 

 not Y. avanta^ as the males have no male-mark. 



I take this opportunity to describe a new species of Yptldma belong- 

 ing to this group recently taken by me in some numbers at Myingyan 

 in Upper Burma. 



Ypthima cekealis, n.sp. (Plate A, Fig. 4 $^ rainy-season form^ 

 I^^ig- 3 ^5 drj-season form.) 



Habitat : Myingyan, Upper Burma. 



Expanse ; (^, 1'3 ; 9, 1'4 inches. 



Rainy-season Form. 



Desceiption : Male. Upperside, both wings uniform dark brown 

 irrorated with greyish at the anal angle of the hindwing. Forewing 

 with faint traces of a sexual brand, a rather large subapical ocellus 

 conspicuously bipupilled with silver. Hindioing with two subanal 

 ocelli between the median branches, and two minute anal ocelli, one or 

 both of the latter frequently wanting. Underside, hotJi wings greyish- 

 white, striation dark brown, fine and regular. Foreioing with a very 

 prominent subapical ocellus, and faint traces of a discal fascia. Hind- 

 wing with six ocelli arranged in pairs, the anal two pairs in line, all with 

 silvery pupils ; striation even, with no tendency to form fascisei. 

 Female. Upperside, loth loings obscurely paler towards the margins, 



