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one being bipupilled witli wliite ; the bordering lunular line and outer marginal 

 lines, Tvitk tlie cilia being pale ochreous brown, as in the forewing. Underside 

 somewhat paler ; the ocelli more prominent, the bordering lunular line and marginal 

 lines more strongly defined, paler, and sometimes distinctly violescent-grey. On 

 the hindwing there is a sixth larger similar ocellus, situated at the upper end before 

 the apex. 



Female. Upperside paler, and of a more olivescent tint, especially before the 

 apex of the forewing, where there is an outwardly-curved narrow pale fascia; 

 ocelli somewhat larger and the markings also paler ; the upper ocellus on the hind- 

 wing being sometimes visible, but when so apparent it is only of the normal small 

 size. Underside with the bordering lunular line of the row of ocelli, and the inner 

 marginal line, and also tlie apical oblique fascia pale violescent-grey ; ocelli on the 

 hindwing larger than in the male. Body dark brown, paler beneath ; anal claspers 

 ochreous ; antennee reddish ; sides of the palpi pale brownish-ochreous. 



Expanse, S 2|, ? 3| inches. 



Habitat. — N. B. India. 



Distribution. — Occurs in Sikkim, Assam, the Khasia Hills, Silhet, and Cachar. 

 It is common in the autumn, a,nd probably at other seasons. " Mr. J. "Wood-Mason 

 took it commonly in Cachar, in May, July, and August." (de Niceville, Butt. India, 

 i. p. 99.) " Not uncommon in Sikkim up to about 4000 feet, from April to October." 

 (Elwes, 1. c. p. 303.) 



Habits. — " This is a butterfly that occurs only in thick forests, very seldom 

 venturing out into the sun, and even then never far from the shelter of large trees." 

 (Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. A. S. Bengal, 1887, 348.) 



Genus VIRAPA. 



Yirapa, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 155. 



Mycahsis (Virapa), Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 104 (1883). 



Imago. — Foreinng with, the costa arched in the middle, apex convex, exterior 

 margin oblique and even, posterior angle acute ; costal, subcostal, and median vein 

 swollen at the base ; first subcostal branch emitted immediately before end of the 

 cell; discocellulars bent inward at their middle; radials from upper near the end. 

 Male on the upperside with an oval glandular patch of raised scales situated on each 

 side of the middle of the submedian vein, the patch being partially covered by an 

 overlapping tuft of fine long hairs which are exserted outward from each side of the 

 vein. Eindiving bluntly oval; exterior margin convex; the subcostal vein in the 

 male much curved upward from near the base and thence proceeding straight to the 

 apex, the branch emitted at more than half distance before end of the cell and very 



