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123. Zipcetis saitis, Heivitson, Exot. Butt, iii, 1863, Satyridae : Hvpo- 

 cista & Zipcetis, pi. fig. 6 ; M.dfdeN. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 249, 

 pi. 17, fig. 58 $; Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 108, pi. 119, 

 figs. 1,1a, lb, 6 2 • 



6 2 • Upperside in fresh specimens velvet-black, or brown to 

 light brown in the $ . Fore wing with a 

 broad, oblique, snow-white band from 

 middle of costa to near apex of interspace 

 1, inwardly emarginate in its lower third. 

 Hind wing with a similar broad white post- 

 discal band parallel to the posterior two- 

 thirds of the terminal margin, the outer 

 margin of the baud emarginate between the 

 veins. Underside similar, ground-colour 

 paler ; the white bands as on the upperside ; 

 both fore and hind wings with a subter- 

 minal sinuous pale line. Hind wing with 

 a row of five ocelli enclosed in a common 

 -p. 24 silvery narrow band, on the inner side of 



etis laitis, 2 . * ne white band ; each ocellus with a white 



Underside. centre, an inner ring of ochraceous, and an 



outer ring of blackish brown ; the ocelli at 

 each end of the row the smallest, the preapical very large and bi- 

 pupilled. Antennae ochraceous red ; head, thorax and abdomen 

 dark brown. 



Exp, $ 2 64-74 mm. (2-55-2-9"). 



Hab. Southern India ; the Nilgiris, Anaimalais ; Cochin and 

 Travancore. 



124. Zipcetis scylax, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, iii, 1863, Satyridae : 

 Hypocista & Zipcetis, pi. fig. 1 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883. 

 p. 249, pi. 17, fig. 62 2 ', Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 109, 

 pi. 119, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, d 2 • 



<5 2 • Upperside dark velvety brown, paling towards apex and 

 terminal margins of wings. Eore and hind wings with very pale, 

 conspicuous, subterminal and terminal lines. Underside : ground- 

 colour similar, paler ; cilia very pale brow T nish white ; subterminal 

 and terminal lines as on upperside, only broader. Fore wing 

 with a postdiscal row of five more or less subequal, small, 

 fulvous-ringed, white-pupilled ocelli beginning in interspace 2, 

 bordered inwardly by a sinuous silvery line and outwardly by 

 a broader pale band. Hind wing with a row of ocelli enclosed 

 in a common silvery band very similar to that on the underside of 

 hind wing of Z. saitis. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as 

 in Z. saitis. 



Exp. c? 2 51-58 mm. (2-2-3"). 



Hab. Sikhim, through the hill-ranges of Assam to Upper Burma. 

 Eecorded as far south as the hills west of Taungoo. 



