TPTHIMA. 
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Var. chinensis, var. nov. (Plate X. fig. 5, c? .) The basal two thirds of the wings in both sexes 
is clouded with fuliginous ; the apical ocellus of primaries is larger, the iris broader, and the 
small subanal ocellus of secondaries, when present, is nearer the large one than in the 
type. The under surface is whitish grey, without any ochreous tint, striated with brown ; 
the inner marginal area of primaries is also clouded with fuliginous brown, and the two lower 
ocelli of secondaries are invariably contiguous ; (the ocellus at outer angle of secondaries is 
very much smaller iu the male) ; there is no brown submarginal band, and the fringes arc 
much paler. In some examples of each sex there is a small ocellus below the apical 07ie of 
primaries, and one or two specimens of the female have the outer half of all the wings irro- 
rated with grey, as in Indian specimens of the same sex. 
Expanse, S 50 millim., 2 56 millim. 
Occurs at Kiukiang iu May, and at Chang-yang in August ; but does not 
appear to inhabit Western China. 
According to Marshall and de Niceville, Y. newara frequents Nepal, 
Sikkim, Assam, Cachar, Upper Burma ; and specimens were obtained by 
the Yunan Expedition. These last will probably prove to be identical with 
Epinephele phania, Oberthiir (Etud. d'Ent. xv. p. 17, pi. 2. fig. 17), also from 
Yunan. 
Ypthima avanta. 
Ypthima avanta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 567 ; Marshall & de Niceville, 
Butt. lud. i. p. 218, pi. xvii. fig. 66, ^ (1882) j Waterhouse, Aid Ident. Ins. ii. 
pi. 179. fig. 6. 
" TJpperside dark brown, with an indistinct bipupilled ocellus on the fore wing, and two subanal 
ocelli on hind wing. Underside grey, numerously covered with dark brown mrrow striae, 
and crossed with three brown fasciae, the subbasal being indistinct. Fore wing with a bright 
oval ocellus bipupilled with silver. Hind wing with seven small prominent silver-pupiUed 
ocelli, the upper third minute, the two anal geminated." (J/oore, I. c.) 
" T, avanta closely resembles Y. singala on the uppersidc, but has a sexual patch on the fore wing 
of the male, which Y. singala lacks. On the underside the ocellation, too, is somewhat 
similar, but T. singala almost always lacks the transverse dark fasciae, which in Y. avanta 
are conspicuous. From Y. indecora it differs on the uppersido in having the ocelli of the 
hind wing blind, and that of the fore wing small, very indistinct, sometimes quite obsolete ; 
and on the underside in having the ocelli distinct (though varying in size in different speci- 
mens), and always prominently pupilled with silver. From Y. philomela it is distinguished 
by the four lower ocelli on the underside of the hind wing being arranged in linear order, not 
in pairs in echelon." (Marshall ^- Niceville, I. c.) 
I have only received specimens of this species from Chang-yang and Ichang, 
Central China, although it probably occurs in other parts of that country, 
The apical ocellus on upper surface of primaries is usually indistinct and 
