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Imago. — Male. Upperside olivescent ocbreous-brown. Forewing with a large 

 median ocellus ringed with yellow. Hindtv'uig with a minute imperfect ocellus 

 between the middle and lower median veins. Underside paler ochreous-brown, or 

 greyish-brown ; the basal area darkest, and slightly speckled externally ; the trans- 

 verse discal line more or less defined, and sometimes with a slight pale outer border ; 

 ocelli indicated by very small blackish spots with white central dot. The glandular 

 patch with its overlapping yellow tuft on the upperside of the hindwing, and the 

 patch on the underside of the forewing dark brown. Female. Upperside similar to 

 the male. Underside more uniformly paler ; brown speckled ; the transverse discal 

 line more or less diffused ; ocelli very small, as in male. 



Expanse, <? If to 2, ? 2 to 2^ inches. 



Habitat. — Northern and Eastern India ; Burma; Siam ; S.-E. China. 



HiSTOEiCAL Note. — Of the identity of Cramer's P. Drusia with P. Mineus I 

 have satisfied myself by actual comparison of South Chinese specimens, identical 

 with the figures of Drtisia, and with the type specimen of the Liunean Mineus, now 

 in the cabinet of the Linnean Society of London. The locality given by both these 

 authors for their species is " China," and the type specimen of both is that of a 

 female. Of the Chinese specimens that have been under our personal examination — 

 and the females of which represent the above-named species — all the males possess 

 the small Mack glandular patch of scales on the underside of the forewing. The 

 Linnean name therefore has been here assigned to the insect bearing the black imtch, 

 and not to its Indian ally possessing the yellow patch. 



The dry-season brood of C. Mineus differs in both sexes from those of the dry- 

 season form of C. visaUi in their comparatively smaller size, more rounded apex of 

 the forewing, and more even exterior margin of the hindwing; the median ocellus on 

 the upperside of the forewing is also of larger size, and on the underside of both 

 wings the transverse subbasal and discal line are both generally much less defined. 

 In addition to these differences, is the position, size, and colour of the glandular 

 patch on underside of the forewing. This patch, present in the males of both the wet 

 and dry-season brood, is, in Mineus, small and blackish, and situated on the middle 

 of the submedian vein, whereas in Visala it is large, much longer, extending from 

 middle of the vein to the discal band, and is of a yellow colour. 



Of the illustrations of this species on our Plate No. 60, figs. 1, la, represent a 

 vet-season male from the Naga Hills, fig. 1, c, that of a female from the N.-"W". 

 Himalayas, and fig. d, a female from Ranchi; figs. 1, e, f, represent dry-season males, 

 the latter figure being from the Kangra type named suhfasciata. 



DiSTEiBUTioN. — So far as the personal vei'ification of specimens from the 

 localities subsequently referred to have shown, this species is confined, within our 

 area, to North India and Burma. Commencing at the north-west, we find that it 

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