AECTE. — CYCLODES. 487 



Sect. II. Mid and bind tibiae not spined ; male witb the inner 

 margin of hind wing not fringed witb long hair. 



2471. Arete polygrapha, Koll. HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 478. 



Differs from ccerulea in the thorax being clothed with red- 

 brown pale-tipped hairs ; abdomen greyish, with black rings. 

 Fore wing with patches of white scales on the subbasal patches 

 and in cell ; the antemedial line curved ; no black spot in cell, the 

 postmedial line double and exceedingly sinuous ; a series of black 

 submarginal patches ; a marginal black line. 



Hab. Simla ; Kashmir ; Sikhim. Exp. 92 millim. 



2472. Arete taprobana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl.m., p. 113, pi. 160 ; fig. 1; 



C. $ S. no. 2346. 

 Arete nigrescens, Butl. III. Het. vi, p. 38, pi. 110, fig. 8 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 2345. 



Differs from ccerulea in the antemedial line of fore wing being 

 waved ; the postmedial line regularly curved ; a marginal series of 

 black and fulvous specks. Hind wing with an obscure double 

 postmedial series of small blue spots developed only towards inner 

 margin, and a more developed submarginal series replacing the 

 bright blue markings. 



In the form taprobana from Ceylon, the ground-colour of fore 

 wing is yellow-brown slightly suffused with fuscous ; in nigrescens 

 from Sikhim it is wholly dark except the apical area. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 80-84 millim. 



2473. Arete modesta, Van der Hoev. Tijd. Nat. Gesch. vii, p. 282, 



pi. 7, fig. 8; C. $ S. no. 2344. 



Arete senica, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 113, fig. 2. 

 Cocytodes immodesta, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 42. 

 Cocytodes granulata, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 42 ; C.fy S. no. 2343. 



Differs from taprobana in the basal black patch of fore wing 

 being larger, the antemedial line regularly curved ; the postmedial 

 line angled beyond the cell. Hind wing with single postmedial 

 series of blue spots and indistinct marginal series. Underside 

 with the margin of both wings suffused with pale blue ; hind wing 

 with two medial series of pale blue blotches. 



Hab. Sikhim; Assam; Java. Exp. 86 millim. 



Genus CYCLODES. 



Cyclodes, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 26 (1852). 

 Beregra, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1315 (1858). 



Type, C. omnia, Van der Hoev. 



Range. Sikhim ; Assam ; S. India ; Ceylon : Java. 



Palpi smoothly scaled, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, 

 the 3rd minute ; antennae quite simple ; thorax hairy ; abdomen 

 with strong ridges of coarse hair ; tibiae slightly hairy and without 



