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three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 three times as far from end 

 of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : cell very short, only reaching about one third 

 across wing ; vein 7 twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars very faint, slightly out- 

 wardly oblique ; vein o well develojjed ; vein 3 just before end of cell ; outer margin sinuate 

 but not distinctly lobed. Hind tibiae slightly fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. The 

 above diagnosis is from a Javan female of typical cedipodea, and applies to the females of all 

 other species of the genus. 



" In the males of all the species the hind tibiae are much swollen, and have a long tuft of hairs 

 affixed near the proximal end on the upperside, beneath which, along their outer edge, they 

 are clothed with large rounded scales. This character is most fully developed in mahintha, 

 and least of all in harisa, the other species showing a gradual transition between the two. 



" In typical oedipodea the male has a very prominent rounded patch of appressed scales on the upper- 

 side of the fore wing, owing to which the lower margin of the cell is strongly curved upwards, 

 and vein 3 arises near the base of the wing and very close to vein 2. On the hind wing 

 vein 8 is very short, and runs upwards to the costa at a short distance from the base, and, 

 just beyond it, the costal margin is folded over on the upperside. Vein 7 is much as in the 

 female, but vein 6 is strongly curved downwards. The folding over of the costal margin on 

 the u])perside gives the wing, as seen from beneath, the appearance of being strongly arched 

 at base and then cut away obliquely to just beyond vein 7. 



" The above characters occur only in males of typical eedipoden from Java and Borneo. In the 

 Indian species, which has hitherto been considered to be identical with (edlpodea and which I 

 I)ropo8e to rename ataphus, the veins of the fore wing are distorted as in oedipodea ; but the 

 costa of the hind wing is not folded over, and the neuration of that wing is much as in the 

 female. 



" The other species of the genus vary considerably in the male mark of the fore wing, which is 

 sometimes very prominent and sometimes entirely absent, and there is also considerable 

 variation in the distortion of the veins of the fore wing. However, the character of the 

 swollen hind tibiic is invariably present and the females are inseparable, so I have considered 

 it very unadvisablo to form new genera on the male characteristics alone. 



"This genus is confined to the Oriental region, China, and Japan." ( Watson, I. c.) 



Ismene gomata. (riate XXXIX. fig. 12, var.) 



hmeiie (joiiuUa, Moon;, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1805, p. 783. 



Choaspes gomata, de Niceville, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Ucng. 1883, p. 83, pi. x. fig. 7, $ . 



Male. Upperside pale vinaceous brown ; both wings willi piilc hrownish-yollow streaks longi- 

 tudinally Ijctween the veins. Abdomen blacki;;li brown, with yellowish band^. CiUa 

 ycllowisli. Underside dark brown, with Ihe veins and longitudinal streaks between tliem 

 greyish green, the brown sliowing only along eacli side of the veins ; posterior margin of fore 

 wing broadly pale vinaceous; exterior iniirgiii of both wings defined l)y a ])r()wn line. Third 

 joint of palj)i and edge of sides brown, the rest yellow. Thorax, legs, and abdome]i beneath 

 orange-yellow. 

 " Expanse 2,J inches. N.E. IJengal." {Moore, I.e.) 



" Female. Upperside very glossy bronzy-green, shading off into glossy indigo-liluc at the apex and 

 outer margin. Underside with the markings and ground-colour darker than in Kikkim 

 males; fore wing with a pule green spot in Ihe second niedi;iii inlers]mce, with a larger one 



