2 L. de Niceville — On Erites, an oriental [No. 1, 



I give "below a key by which the several species may be distin- 

 guished : — 



Key to the species of Erites. 



A. Forewing with five equal-sized ocelli. 



1. E. elegans, Borneo. 



B. ForeTring with the posterior ocellus very much larger than the others. 



a. Forewing with the large ocellus on the upperside prominently pupilled 

 with white. The apex of the wing falcate. 



2. E. falcipennis, Assam ; Burma. 



t>. Forewing with the large ocellus on the upperside blind or nearly so. 

 The apex of the wing rounded. 



1. Both wings with all the ocelli prominent and well-formed on the 

 underside, 

 a 2. Forewing with three small apical ocelli only in addition to the 

 large anal one. 



3. E. medicra, Java ; Philippines. 



b2. Forewing with four apical ocelli in addition to the large anal 

 one. 

 a 3. The inner discal band on the hindwing straight. 



4. E. argentina, Labuan ; Borneo ; Malacca. 



b 3. The inner discal band on the hindwing highly angled out- 

 wards in the middle. 



5. E. angularis, Burma ; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra. 



b 1 . Both wings with all the ocelli inconspicuous except the anal one in 

 the forewing, reduced to black dots only. 



6. E. rotundata, Burma. 



1. Erites elegans, Butler. 



E. elegans, Butler, Cat. Diurn. Lep. B. M., Satyridss, p. 147, n. 2, pi. ii, fig. 4, 

 female (1868); id., Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 340, n. 2; id., Staudinger, 

 Ex. Schmett., p. 230, pi. lxxxii, male (1887). 



Habitat: Borneo {Butler, British Museum; Bruce; Staudinger); 

 three mules Borneo, one female Padas River, North Borneo {collection 

 de Xice'ville) . 



2. Erites falcitenms, W.-M. and de N. 



E. falcipennis, Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Butt, of India, vol. i, p. 237, n. 230 

 (1883) ; idem, id., Journ. A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 351, n. 30, pi. xvi, fig. 2, male 

 (1887). 



Habitat : One male Silcuri, August; one male, Nemotha, September 

 — both in Cachar, Assam ( Wood-Mason, collection Indian Museum) ; one 

 male, Fort Lungleh, Lushai Hills, October, 1890 {B. BugJie, collection de 

 Niceville) ; one female, Karen Hills, Burma, April {collection Bhayre 

 Museum, Rangoon). 



