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a broad bright ferruginous ring, and centred with two white dots. Hind wing with a small 
similar ocellus near the anal angle. Underside brighter brown. Fore wing mottled at the 
apex, the ocellus as above, with a posterior dusky border. Hind wing with numerous greyish- 
white, transverse, short strigaj, which are most numerous from the abdominal margin and less 
frequent before and below the apex ; two very small contiguous anal black spots encircled by 
a ferruginous ring, each without a central white dot." (Moore, I. c.) 
The Chinese specimens of the type-form have the wings rather more fuliginous in colour ; the iris of 
apical ocellus of primaries is broader and deeper fulvous. The under surface of the secondaries 
of Chinese and also Indian examples I should describe as whitish, with numerous short, trans- 
verse, brown stria>, less numerous on the abdominal and submarginal areas ; there is a fairly 
distinct, angulated, narrow, brown central band, and sometimes there are indications of 
another brown band nearer the base ; the ocelli towards anal angle are generally obsolete. 
Expanse c? 63-66 millim. 
Var, polyphemuS, Oberthilr, (Plate XII. fig. 7, 6 .) ^^ale. The ocellus of primaries and that 
towards anal angle of secondaries much larger ; the pupils of the apical one are tinged with 
bluish and more conspicuous, and the iris is often very broadly diffused on its outer and lower 
edges, the latter especially so. On the under surface the primaries are generally less mottled 
at the apex : the secondaries are whiter and less striated, the central brown band is broader, 
and the interior one often distinctly defined ; the outer margin is clouded with brown, and 
there is generally a large cloud of this colour on the costal portion of the submarginal area ; 
usually there are two well-formed ocelli towards anal angle. 
Female. Paler than the male ; iris of the apical ocellus of primaries is pale fulvous, and its lower 
edge expands nearly to the iris of a second ocellus placed between the first and second median 
nciTules ; there is generally a black spot in this expansion of the iris, which is often pupilled 
with white ; sometimes this intermediate spot is united with the black spot of apical ocellus. 
On the secondaries there are always two ocelli near anal angle, and often a more or less 
complete ocellus is placed between the second and third median uervules. The under surface 
of primaries is greyish brown : secondaries tinged with ochreous, especially on the submarginal 
area ; the transverse brown lines are very distinct. 
Expanse, S 70-80 millim., 9 74-86 millim. 
One male example from Wa-ssu-kow has a second ocellus on primaries, as 
in the female, and the pupils of apical ocellus are outwardly dilated : the 
ocellus of secondaries has a large pupil, but the iris is very dull in colour ; 
there is a second ocellus nearer the anal angle, but this is not well defined. 
Another specimen from the same locality has three ocelli on primaries as in 
the female, and a large black spot on the secondaries ketween the usual 
ocellus and anal angle. A second ocellus on primaries is also seen in two 
specimens from Wa-shan and one from JIuang-mu-cliang ; the last has a 
minute black dot in the dilated lower portion of tlie iris of apical ocellus. 
On the under surface of secondaries the brown stria) sometimes unite and 
form short bands on the costal portion of central area. In one specimen from 
