CATOCHEYSOPS. 



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Genus CATOCHRYSOPS. 



Catochrytops, Eoisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Lep. pi. i. j). 87 (1832) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 

 p. 90 (1881) ; Distant, Eliop. Malay, p. 223 (1884) ; dc Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. 

 p. 175 (1890). 



"FoEE AvixG triaiif^ular ; costal ncrvure extending half the wing, bent upwards to the costa near 

 the end ; first subcostal ncrvule emitted at nearly one half before the end of the cell, curved! 

 upwards and slightly touching the costal nervure; second subcostal emitted at one third, 

 third subcostal at one eighth before the end of the cell, fourth subcostal at two thirds from 

 the base of the third, and terminating at the apex, fifth subcostal from the end of the cell ; 

 discocelhilar ncrvules slightly concave ; discoidal nervule from their middle ; discoidal cell 

 narrower than in the genus Xucaduha, Moore, extending to half length of the wing; second 

 median nervule from immediately before the end of the cell, first median at one half before 

 the end. 



" HiKD wiKG short, triangvilarly ovul : abdominal margin long ; furnished with a single slender 

 tail; costal nervure much arched; first subcostal nervule slightly curved, emitted at one 

 fourth before the end of the discoidal cell ; discocellular nervules obliquely recurved ; 

 discoidal nervule from their middle ; discoidal cell broad ; third and second median nervules 

 from the end of the cell, first median at one half before the end ; submedian nervure straight, 

 internal nervure recurved. 



" Body moderate. Palj/i porrcct, second joint laxly squamose, third joint long, slender. Antennal 

 chih rather short, grooved. 

 " Legs slender. 

 " Type C. straho, Fabricius." {Moore, 1. c.) 



Catochrysops cnejus. 



Hesperia cnejus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 430 (1798). 

 Lyc(Bna cmjus, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 83 (1829). 



Catochrysops cnejus, Distant, Rliop. Malay, pp. 225, 456, pi. xxi. fig. 2, J", pi. xliv. 

 fig. 15, ? (1886) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 178 (1890). 



" Alae supra fceminse ad basin, antiese usque ad discum laste csrulese, argenteo nitidae, limbis 

 exteriore et posteriore fuscis ; posticse serie puuctorum ocellatorum, ocellis duobus analibus 

 saturatioribus rufo annulatis, peuultimo insigniore, omnibus postice abrupte terminatis ; huic 

 serie parallele, ad marginem interiorem limbi, maculae quinque cuneatse, acumine iutrorsum 

 spectante, in serie transversa ordinata); subtus cause in flavescentem vergentes, singula} 

 stigmate brevi in disco fasciisquo transversis catenulatis albo marginatis ; fasciae in anticis 

 duae margini postico apprOximatae tertia saturatior margini discoque intermedia, haec per alas 

 posticas ducta ex fragmentis brevibus et in region! anali ex arcubus interruptis etformatur ; 

 ocelli anales ifl posticis duo insignes aequales nigerrimi circulo aureo-irrorato marginali cincfci 

 lunulaque aurantia inducti ; punctis insuper quatuor nigerrimis albo annulatis, tribus in 

 serie basilar! digestis, quarto marginali ad medium costte. 



" Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 lin. 



" Female. Wings above M'ith a deep brown border ; a light blue tint with a bright silvery 



