634 HESPEEIIDiE. 
three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 three times as far from end 
of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : cell very short, only reaching about one third 
across wing ; vein 7 twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars very faint, slightly out- 
wardly oblique ; vein o well developed ; vein 3 Just before end of cell ; outer margin sinuate 
but not distinctly lobed. Hind tibiae slightly fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. The 
above diagnosis is from a Javan female of typical cedipodea, and applies to the females of all 
other species of the genus. 
" In the males of all the species the hind tibiae are much swollen, and have a long tuft of hairs 
affixed near the proximal end on the upperside, beneath which, along their outer edge, they 
are clothed with large rounded scales. This character is most fuUy developed in mahintha, 
and least of all in Jiarisa, the other species showing a gradual transition between the two. 
" In typical cedijiodea the male has a very prominent rounded patch of appressed scales on the upper- 
side of the fore wing, owing to which the lower margin of the cell is strongly curved upwards, 
and vein 3 arises near the base of the wing and very close to vein 2. On the hind wing 
vein 8 is very short, and runs upwards to the costa at a short distance from the base, and, 
just beyond it, the costal margin is folded over on the upperside. Vein 7 is much as in the 
female, but vein (5 is strongly curved downwards. The folding over of the costal margin on 
the upperside gives the wing, as seen from beneath, the appearance of being strongly arched 
at base and then cut away obliquely to just beyond vein 7. 
" The above characters occur only in males of typical cedipodea from Java and Borneo. In the 
Indian species, which has hitherto been considered to he identical with cedipodea and which I 
propose to rename aiap}lius, the veins of the fore wing are distorted as in osdipodea ; but the 
costa of the hind wing is not folded over, and the neuration of that wing is much as in the 
female. 
" The other species of the genus vary considerably in the male mark of the fore wing, which is 
sometimes very prominent and sometimes entirely absent, and there is also considerable 
variation in the distortion of the veins of the fore wing. However, the character of the 
swollen hind tibife is invariably present and the females are inseparable, so I have considered 
it very unadvisable to form new genera on the male characteristics alone. 
" This genus is confined to the Oriental region, China, and Japan." ( Watson, I. c.) 
Ismene gomata. (riate xxxix. fig. 12, var.) 
Ismene gomata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend. 1865, p. 783. 
Choaspes gomata, de Niceville, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1883, p. 83, pi. x. fig. 7, $ . 
" Male. Upperside pale vinaceous brown ; both wings with pale brownish-yellow streaks longi- 
tudinally between the veins. Abdomen blackish brown, with yellowish bands. Cilia 
yellowish. Underside dark brown, with the veins and longitudinal streaks between them 
greyish green, the brown showing only along each side of the veins ; posterior margin of fore 
wing broadly pale vinaceous ; exterior margin of both wings defined by a brown line. Third 
joint of palpi and edge of sides brown, the rest yellow. Thorax, legs, and abdomen beneath 
orange-yellow. 
" Expanse 2] inches. N.E.Bengal." {Moore, J. c.) 
" Female. Upperside very glossy bronzy-green, shading off into glossy indigo-blue at the apex and 
outer margin. Underside with the markings and ground-colour darker than in Sikkim 
males ; fore wing with a pale green spot in the second median interspace, with a larger one 
