YPTHIMA. 145 



172. Ypthima inica, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) ii, 1864, p. 284, 



pi. 17, fig. 5; M. Sr de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 225; Moore 



(Lohana), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 93, pi. 114, figs. 2, 2 a-2 e, <$ 2 . 

 Ypthima ariaspa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 568 ; M. $ de N. Butt. 



Ind. 1883, i, p. 224. 

 Ypthima dsedalia, alkibie, et complexiva, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1886, 



pp. 422, 423, pi. 40, fig. 2 (complexiva). 



Wet-season form. — S 2 • Upperside uniform dark brown. Fore 

 wing with one comparatively large rounded preapical black ocellus, 

 bipupilled, with usual yellow iris. Hind wing with a single 

 similar smaller unipupilled subtornal ocellus. Underside light 

 grey, very evenly and closely striated. Fore wing with the 

 ocellus as above. Hind wing with an apical and two posterior 

 similar but smaller ocelli, the apical slightly in echelon with the 

 other two. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown, paler 

 beneath. 



Dry-season form. — 3 $. Upperside as in the wet-season form. 

 Underside pale grey, transverse brown striae very numerous and 

 fine, evenly spread. Fore wing with a subterminal, ochraceous, 

 broad, some w hat broken fascia. Hind wing crossed in most 

 specimens by four similar fasciae ; ocelli reduced to mere specks 

 or obsolete. Rest similar to the wet-season form. 



Exp. S 2 38-44 mm. (1-5U-7"). 



Hah. Recorded from Tipper Bengal ; Punjab ; Central India. 



173. Ypthima asterope, Klug (Hipparchia), Symb. Phys. 1832, pi. xxix, 



figs. 11-14 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 224 ; Elwes # 

 Ediv. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 4, pi. 3, fig. 44 b. 

 Ypthima mahratta, Moore, J. A. S. B. 1884, p. 16 ; id. (Pandima) 

 Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 90, pi. 114, figs. 1, 1 a-\ c, <$ 2 . 



Wet-season form. — <$ 2 • Upperside somewhat dull brown ; cilia 

 brownish white. Pore wing with the usual subapical ocellus ; in 

 most specimens a pale ocellar area and a subterminal dark brown 

 band. Hind wing uniform, with a single small subtornal ocellus. 

 Underside greyish white, covered with very delicate minute trans- 

 verse striae. Pore wing with the ocellus as on the upperside, 

 discal and subterminal dark brown bands converging and meeting 

 below the ocellus to form a loop. Hind wing more uniform, with 

 a preapical, a subtornal and a tornal comparatively small ocellus. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dull brown ; abdomen 

 greyish white beneath. 



Dry-season form. — tf 2 similar. Upperside slightly paler. 

 Underside differs only in the ocelli on the hind wing being reduced 

 to mere points or altogether absent. In some specimens an obscure 

 discal sinuous transverse dark fascia on the hind wing ; and in all, 

 the dark brown loop round the lower side of the ocellus as in the 

 wet-season form. 



Exp. S 2 36-44 mm. (1-43-P7"). 



Hob. Within our limits in the N.W. Himalayas ; Punjab ; 



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