116 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. ^ 



is a submarginal series of five small ocelli, each with a minute silvery-vs^hite pupil, 

 ochreous outer ring and then a blurred circlet of brownish-ochreous speckles. 



Female. Upper side as in the male, except that on the fore wing the ocelli are 

 more prominent, the posterior one larger, blacker, and blind ; on the hindwing the 

 outer-discal angulate band is externally edged by a narrow bright ochreous line, and 

 all the ocelli are distinctly ringed with ochreous. Underside slightly paler than in 

 male, the transverse strigae confined to the basal area, the transverse discal bands 

 on both wings ochreous, those on the hindwing brightest, and the ocelli on both 

 wings more prominent. Body beneath, Jegs beneath and sides of palpi pale ochreous ; 

 legs above brownish-ochreous ; clothing of palpi in fi-ont dusky-brown ; antenuae 

 brownish-ochreous. 



Expanse, c? ? 2^^^ to 2*^ inches. 



Habitat.— Pegu ; Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula. 



DiSTKiBUTfON. — The type specimens were taken by Mr. Ossian Limborg on the 

 Taoo plateau, Upper Tenasserim, at from 3000 to 5000 feet elevation. " Oapt. 0. 

 T. Bingham obtained it in the Mepley Valley in Januar}^ and in the Thoungyeen 

 forests in March " (Butt. Ind. 237). Major C. H. E. Adamson " found it common 

 at Jayling Choung, near the three Pagodas at the boundary between Burma and 

 Siam, in December, 1877, and January, 18-78, these specimens being much worn, 

 and occasionally in other places in Upper Tenasserim, in April " (Adamson, Catal. 

 Burma Butt. p. 9). "Mr. W. Doherty took numerous specimens in East Pegu, at 

 about 1500 feet " (Blwes, P. Z. S. 1891, 268). Mr. ^Y. -L. Distant (Rhop. Malay. 

 p. 47) records it from -Perak, in the Malay Peninsula. 



ERITES FALCIPENNIS (Plate 121, figs. 3, 3a, i). 



Erites falcipennu, "Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 237 (1S83), cj. De Nice- 

 ville, Journ. Asiatic See. Bengal, 1887, p. 351, iil. 16, fig. 2, j'. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dark purpurescent fuliginous-brown throughout ; 

 the outer marginal lines slightly defined. Forewing distinctly falcate ; the transverse 

 discal bands of the underside visible, the posterior ocellus prominent, rounded, 

 black, with a distinct white pupil. Hindwing with the two discal angulate ochreous 

 bands of the underside slightly visible ; the submarginal blind-ocelli uniformly 

 defined. Underside purpurescent-cinereous, the hindwing posteriorly being tinted 

 with ochreous ; both wings with numerous dark brown transversely-disposed 

 speckled-strigae ; marginal lines ill-defined. Foreivhig crossed by two distinct 

 brownish-ochreous discal bands ; the posterior ocellus very prominent, the small 

 upper subapical ocelli minute, but distinct. Hindwing crossed by two discal, 

 angulate ochreous bands, and a submarginal series of five small distinct ocelli, each 

 with a white pupil and narrow ochreous outer I'ing. 



Expanse, 2^q to 2^-0 inches. 



