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According to Mr. de Niceville the males are very common in Sikkim in 

 June and October. Mr. Elwes (/. c.) figures a female specimen which he 

 took in August at Rikisum, 6000 feet elevation, in British Bhotan. He also 

 records the species from the Jaintia Hills. 



Genus SATSUMA. 

 Satsuma, Murray, Entom. Month. Mag. xi. p. 168 (1875). 



" Oculi sat magni ^nlosi. Palpi valde pilosi, porrecti. Antennae graciles, sat longaj, distinctissime 

 albo-annulatae, in clavam distinctara subito desinentes. Alaj angulatse, anticte vena subcostal! 

 triramosa, postice ad angulum analem valde productas. 



"Head of moderate size; eyes hairy ; palpi moderately long, porrect, densely clothed with long 

 hairs, terminal joint slender; antennae rather long, slender, white-ringed, with distinct fusi- 

 form club. 



" Thorax robust. Wings triangular, elbowed on hind margin, especially the hind wing, which 



possesses a distinct lobe at anal angle. 

 "Male with a small, almost linear, patch on fore wing at extremity of cell, similar to that observed 



in many species of TJwcIa. 

 " Hind wing with a distinct groove to receive abdomen. Fringes spotted." {Murray, I. c.) 



This genus was founded by the Rev. R. P. Murray for the reception of the 

 species described by Mr. Butler as " Lyccena " ferrea, which has been con- 

 sidered identical with the " Thecla '\frimldszhji of Lederer and the " Thecla " 

 ccerulescens of Motschulsky. This determination is, -however, partly erro- 

 neous, as fricaldsz/ryi is certainly specifically distinct from ferrca ; but it is not 

 possible to judge from the description whether Motschulsky's ccerulescens is 

 referable to either of these; as, however, the specimen was said to be from 

 Japan it is probably S. ferrea. 



In 1890 I added two new species to the genus, i. e. *S'. chalyheia and 

 8. pratti, both from Central China. A fifth species was indicated by INIr. de 

 Niceville in tlie 'Bombay Natural History Journal,' 1891, and this may turn 

 nut to !)(• the same as nicevillei from Central China described by me in the 

 ])resent work, but as Mr. de Niceville has not named his insect, synonymy will 

 not be involved. S. circe, from AVestern China, also described in these pages, 

 increases tlic number of known species of the genus Saisuma to seven. 



I he species of Sat.suma may be grouped as follows: — 



fi. Male mark Miiall and pale in colour S. cluihjbeia. 



') » lfi'>ic S. ferrea S. circe. 



^- » » '1:"'^ „ S.frivaldszkyi-AuiXS.pratti. 



" » ''"'f?*' „ >> ,) S. nicevillei. 



