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long and gradual ; palpi short, anteriorly densely sealed, without 

 porrect hairs ; eyes naked ; intermediate femora long, longer than 

 the tibiae, not hairy beneath. The males bear a secondary sex- 

 mark consisting of a glandular patch covered by a tuft of long 

 hairs on the upperside of the hind wing, subapically on vein 1. 



Three forms are recorded from India and Burma, of which one, 

 C. nothis, the type of the genus, has not, so far as I know, been 

 taken of late years, and may very possibly not come from within 

 our limits. 



Key to the forms of Ccelites. 



a. Ocelli on underside of hind wing very unequal 



in size. 

 a'. Ground-colour of wings on underside pale 



dull brown ; postmedian transverse fascia 



on hind wing diffuse, very broad, terminal 



third of hind wing nearly cencolorous with 



rest of underside C. nothis, p. 71. 



b'. Ground-colour of wings on underside dark 



purplish brown ; postmedian transverse 



fascia on hind wing not diffuse, narrow ; 



terminal third of hind wing brighter purple, 



contrasting with rest of underside C. adamsoni, p. 72. 



b. Ocelli on underside of hind wing subequal .... C. binghami, p. 72. 



73. Ccelites nothis, Boisd. in Dblday., Westio. 8f Heiv. Gen. Bi. Lep. ii, 

 1851, p. 368, pi. 66, fig. 2 £ ; J£ # de N. Butt. Ind, i, 1883, 

 p. 101 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 229, pi. 75, fig. 2 <$ . 



The following is Westwood's description of the <$ — " Wings 



large, splendidly glossed with purple on the upperside On the 



underside the basal half of the wing is dark brown, the apical 

 half paler, with a pinkish gloss, with several slender brown streaks 

 parallel with the apical margin (termen). The hind wings are 

 much darker brown than the upper, and are marked with five 

 ocelli varying in size, the second and outer one being the largest ; 

 they are black with a minute white pupil and a fulvous iris 

 surrounded by a narrow brown circle." 



No mention is made of any secondary sex-mark. A single $ 

 is in the British Museum Collection. This has the upperside pale 

 dull brown ; basal area of both fore and hind wing shot with 

 brilliant purple, both wings with an indistinct pale subterminal 

 line or band. Underside similar, paler ; basal area of wings dark 

 brown, a postmedian transverse sinuous diffuse broad fascia and 

 more clearly marked subterminal and terminal lines of dark brown 

 on both fore and hind wing ; beyond the fascia on the hind wing 

 a curved series of five black ocelli, of which the apical and posterior 

 two are very large, the other two minute ; each ocellus with a 

 white pupil, an inner ochraceous and outer brown ring. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen dull brown. 



Exp. 2 80 mm. (3-2"). 



Hob. East Indies. 



