CATOCHEYSOPS. 33& 
Genus CATOCHEYSOPS. 
Catochrysops, Boisduvalj Voy. Astrolabe^ Lep. pi. i. p. 87 (1832) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 
p. 90 (1881) ; Distant, Eliop. Malay, p. 223 (1884) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. 
p. 175 (1890). 
" FoEE WING triangular ; costal nervure extending half ttie wing, bent upwards to the costa near 
the end ; first subcostal nervule emitted at jiearly one half before the end of the cell, curved 
upwards and slightly touching the costal nervure ; second subcostal emitted at one third, 
third subcostal at one eighth before the end of the cell, fourth subcostal at two thirds from 
the base of the third, and terminating at the apex, fifth subcostal from the end of the cell ; 
discocellular nervules shghtlj concave ; discoidal nervule from their middle ; discoidal cell 
narrower than in the genus S'acaduha, Moore, extending to half length of the wing; second 
median nervule from immediately before the end of the ccU, first median at one half before 
the end. 
" Hind wing short, triangularly oval ; abdominal margin long ; furnished with a single slender 
tail; costal nervure much arched; first subcostal nervule slightly curved, emitted at one 
fourth before the end of the discoidal coll ; discocellular nervules obliquely recurved ; 
discoidal nervule from their middle ; discoidal cell broad ; third and second median nervules 
from the end of the cell, first median at one half before the end ; submedian nervure straight, 
internal nervure recurved. 
" Body moderate. Palj)i porrect, second joint laxly squamose, third joint long, slender. Antennal 
club rather short, grooved. 
" Legs slender. 
" Tyiie C. siraho, Fabricius." {3Ioore, I. c.) 
Catochrysops cnejus. 
Hesperia cnijiis, Fabricius, But. Syst. Suppl. p. 430 (1798). 
Lyccena cnejus, Horstield, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 83 (1829). 
Catochrysops cnejus, Distant, Rliop. Malay, pp. 225, 456, pi. xxi. fig. 2, ^ , pi. xliv. 
fig. 15, ? (1886) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 178 (1890). 
"Alse supra foeminae ad basin, anticae usque ad discum leete cierulese, argenteo nitidae, limbis 
exteriore et posteriore fuscis ; posticae serie puuctorum oceUatorum, ocellia duobus anaKbus 
saturatioribus rufo annulatis, peuultimo insigniore, omnibus posticu abruptu terminatis ; huic 
serie parallels, ad marginem interiorem limbi, maculae quinquo cuneatae, acumine introrsum 
spectante, in serie transversa ordinatce; subtiis canae in flavesceutem vergcntes, singulae 
stigmata brevi in disco fasciisquo transversis cateniilatis albo marginatis ; fascias in anticis 
duae margini postico approximatse tertia saturatior margini discoque intermedia, base per alas 
posticas ducta ex fragmentis brevibus et in regioni anali ex arcubus interruptis efformatur ; 
ocelli anales in posticis duo insignes aequales nigerrimi circulo aureo-irrorato marginali cincti 
lunulaque aurantiii inducti ; punctis insuper quatuor nigerrimis albo annulatis, tribus in 
serie basilari digestis, quarto marginali ad medium costae. 
" Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 lin. 
" Female. Wings above with a deep brown border ; a light blue tint with a bright silvery 
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