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RHOPALOCKIL 1 MA !.A) I A . I . 



margin wider and paler; marginal ami submarginal lines as on upper -ui-face ; posterior win^s wit-It four 

 ooellaUd snots, the upper of which is placed between the subcostal ncrvules, the second and third as 

 above, the fourth hroad ^apparently duplex), with two pule centres nnd bright outer margin between the 

 third median nervule and the eubmedian nervure (the artist has slightly misplaced this last spot on the 

 figure). Body and legs more or less concolorous with wings. 

 Exp. wings, 27 to 33 millim. 



IIah. — Continental India; Caehar (Brit. Mus.) — Malay Peninsula; Malacca (Brit. Mus.) — Sumatra 

 (Snellen) — Java; Batavia (Snellen) — Celebes (Snellen). 



A female Malaccan specimen in the British Museum, which was collected by Capt. Pin will, 

 is bere figured. The species appears principally to vary in the size and prominence of the 

 oceilated spots on the upper surface* 



I follow Mi. Kirby, and adopt his name for the form figured by Hubner as Y. pkifomda, 

 hut which is not, the species described under dint sju-cilic liEinie by Linmeus, and which evidently 

 belongs to this genus. 



Genus ELYMNIAS. 



Khjmmas, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmott. p. 37 '1810); Batl, Proc. ZooL Soc. X871 t p,519; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 

 i. p. 2fi (1881). 



Melfmitis, part, Fabr., Hirer's Ma-,'- vi. p. 282 (1807); Weatw., Gen. Ditirn, Lep. p. 403 (1851). 

 [HUH*, part, La.tr., Enc. Metb. ns, p. 10 (1810). 



Anterior win^s short and broad, with the costa strongly arched and convex from base, tbc apex more 

 or leas acutely angular ; outer margin soniewbnt old iijue and cmarginate, sometimes waved and dentated; 

 inner margin slightly dilated or convex ; costal nervure strongly dilated at base ; first and second subcostal 

 nervulee emitted before the end of cell ; upper disco-cellular nervule shortest, strongly angulated at base of 

 iirst diseoidal nervule and wry slightly concave along its greatest length; lower disco-cellular strongly 

 concave; first and second median nervuJes with a common origin, and emitted at lower end of cell^ 

 Posterior wings irregularly eubovate, with the outer margin more or less waved and generally produced into 

 an ubtuse angle or tail near lirst uu-dian nervule ; tir>t and second median ncrvnlcs with a common origin 

 about apex of cell ; upper disco-cellular nervule suberect and much shorter than the lower one, which is 

 concave. Eyes naked. Palpi very long and slender, clothed beneath with short compressed hairs, and 

 above with longer, slender, and distinctly separated hairs* Antenna slender, slightly and gradually 

 thickened towards apex. 



I have included this genus in the Satyrmat, in which subfamily it possesses a somewhat 

 unique position, not only in general coloration and markings, but also hy its neunition, the 

 first and second median nervulea of the anterior wings having a common origin* The term at 

 one time used by Mr. Butler, 44 Aberrant Xattjrimv" * seetus therefore very appropriate. Mr. Kirby f 

 followed Herrich-Schiiffer in the opinion that these differences were sufficient to establish a 

 distinct subfamily of the SijmpkulUU, but he also has recently included FJijuutian in the 

 Saiyrina,l 



In this genus the species possess an almost universal mimicry in colour and markings to 

 protected or inedible species mostly belonging to the Ihnntimr, Imi ihev may, however, be readily 



* Cat. Fabr. Lep. p. 38. f Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lop. p. 112 (1871). 



| Zool. Kecord, 1881 ; Ins. p. 138. 



