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by a small spot of the same colour ; beyond tbo cell is an angulated dark line edged extern- 
ally with pale ochreous ; this edging forms a triangular patch at costa, and unites with a 
quadrate spot of the same colour on inner margin ; there are six pale ochreous spots towards 
outer margin, all of which, with the exception of the first, have black centres with white 
pupils ; beyond these is an interrupted short ochreous band, two pale ochreous lines enclosing 
a brown one parallel with outer margin. Secondaries brown, with aa olive tint ; some spots 
and an interrupted white band near the base ; central band white, angulated and intersected 
at the angle by a short longitudinal white bar ; a submarginal series of six ocelli, the first 
bipupillated and the third very small, the first three are distinctly bordered externally with 
white, and the last three less distinctly ; lines parallel with outer margin whitish ; fringes as 
above. 
Female. Similar to the male, but the black spots are ringed with pale yellow, and there is an 
oblique dash of the same colour from costa to the third median nervule, from whence a pale 
indistinct line proceeds towards the inner margin, which, however, it does not quite reach ; 
the white markings on the under surface are rather broader. 
Expanse 55 millim. 
Pararge catena is closely allied to P. achine, and possibly may be a 
Chinese local race of that species, but it exhibits the following points of 
difference : — The upper surface is more fuliginous, the fringes are purer white 
and more distinctly chequered with the dark ground-colour. The under 
surface is darker ; the transverse markings are better defined on the pri- 
maries ; the central band of secondaries is distinctly white, much narrower, 
and uninterrupted ; there are always some white spots at the base, and a clear 
white subbasal line interrupted near costa is a conspicuous feature of these 
wings. 
Occurs at Chang-yang in July and August, but my collectors did not meet 
with it in any other part of China. 
Pararge deidamia. (Plate Xll. fig. 5, $ .) 
Pararge deidamia, Eversmanii; Bull. Mosc. 1851, i. p. 617; Pryer, Rliop. Nihon. p. 31, 
pi. ix. fig. 7. 
Satyrus menetriesii, Bremer & Gray, Schmett, Nordl. China's, p. 8 (1853) ; Menetries, 
Cat. Mus. Petr. pt. i. pi. vi. fig. 4 (1855). 
Pararge erebina, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xi. p. 278 (1883). 
Fuliginous brown. Primaries with a subapical ocellus, pupilled with white, ringed with yellowish, 
and preceded by an oblique obscure yellowish streak ; there is another similar streak between 
third and first median nervules. Secondaries have one ocellus in each median interspace, 
irides obscure yellowish. Under surface paler, the iris of ocellus on primaries is paler yellow, 
and the oblique streaks are white ; secondaries have a submarginal series of six ocelli pre- 
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