SATARUPA. — D.AIMIO. 563 



pellucidis : 1 cellulae mediip, 9 in serie curva transversa (5 minoribus apicem versus, 4 in- 

 ferioribus quadrangulis pono medium) dcpositis ; al. posterioribus fascia media lata nivea, 

 subtus in basim vircscenti-pilosulam eti'usa." {Speyer, I. c.) 



Tliis species greatly resembles Satancpa gopala, Moore, but it is larger 

 and may be distinguished by the following characters : — Primaries : the spot 

 at end of the discoidal cell is rather quadrate than triangular, and the three 

 subapical spots nearest costa are elongate, of almost uniform width, and 

 contiguous. Secondaries : the outer third is black, intersected by a trans- 

 verse, curved, ill-defined, pale line, the portion within this line is more or 

 less broken up into oblong spots ; the white portion of the fringes is very 

 narrowly interrupted with black at extremities of the nervules. 



Occurs at moderate elevations in June and July at Omei-shan, Moupin, and 

 Kwei-chow, Western China, and at Chang-yang and Kiukiang, Central China, 

 and also in Northern China. Christoph met with the species at Vladivostock, 

 Avhence Speyer received the type, and Dorries at Suifun, Amurland. 



Genus DxilMIO. 



Daimio, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi. p. 171 (1875) ; Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1893, p. 47. 



"Antennae costie medium superantes, gracillimfe, clava fusiformi, hamata. Palpi sat breves, 

 squamosi, articulo ultimo distincto. 



" I have very briefly characterized this genus, which only contains, at 

 present, a single species, D. tetliys, Men. Hitherto this insect has been 

 associated doubtfully with Pyrgus (sect. Erynnis) or with Nisoniades, but it 

 differs considerably from both in structure. The antennae are long and very 

 slender, and terminate in a gradually formed hooked fusiform club. They 

 are provided with a tuft of hair at the base. The palpi have the second 

 joint covered beneath with squamous scales, whilst the terminal joint is 

 scantily clothed w^ith short hairs. The fore wings of the male appear to be 

 destitute of the costal fold found both in Pyrgus and Nisoniades." 

 [Murray, I. c.) 



" AntennsB : club moderate, terminal crook bent at about rigbt angles. Palpi porrcct ; third 

 joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing: outer margin slightly oblique; inner margin 

 longer than outer margin ; cell less than two thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching 

 costa before the end of cell ; discoceUulars suberect ; vein 3 close to end of cell, more than 

 twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. 



