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LEPIDOPTERA INDICA . 
one being bipupilled with white; the bordering lunular line and outer marginal 
lines, with the cilia being pale ochreous brown, as in the forewing. Underside 
somewhat paler; the ocelli more prominent, the bordering lunular line and marginal 
lines more strongly defined, paler, and sometimes distinctly violescent-grey. On 
the hind wing there is a sixth larger similar ocellus, situated at the upper end before 
the apex. 
Female. Upperside paler, and of a more oliveseent tint, especially before the 
apex of the forewing, where there is an outwardly-curved narrow pale fascia; 
ocelli somewhat larger and the markings also paler; the upper ocellus on the hind¬ 
wing being sometimes visible, but when so apparent it is only of the normal small 
size. Underside with the bordering lunular line of the row of ocelli, and the inner 
marginal line, and also the apical oblique fascia pale violescent-grey; ocelli on the 
hindwing larger than in the male. Body dark brown, paler beneath ; anal claspers 
ochreous ; antennae reddish; sides of the palpi pale brownish-ochreous. 
Expanse, <? 2§-, ? 3f inches. 
Habitat.— N. E. India. 
Distribution. —Occurs in Sikkim, Assam, the Kliasia Hills, Silhet, and Cachar. 
It is common in the autumn, and probably at other seasons. “ Mr. J. Wood-Mason 
took it commonly in Cachar, in May, July, and August/ 5 (de Niceville, Butt. India, 
i. p. 99.) cc Not uncommon in Sikkim up to about 4000 feet, from April to October. 55 
(Elwes, 1. c. p. 303.) 
Habits. —“ This is a butterfly that occurs only in thick forests, very seldom 
venturing out into the sun, and even then never far from the shelter of large trees. 55 
(Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. A. S. Bengal, 1887, 348.) 
Genus VIRAPA. 
Virapa, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 155. 
Mycalesis ( Virajpa ), Marshall and de NTiceville, Butt, of India, etc. i. p. 104 (1883). 
Imago. — Forewing with the costa arched in the middle, apex convex, exterior 
margin oblique and even, posterior angle acute ; costal, subcostal, and median vein 
swollen at the base; first subcostal branch emitted immediately before end of the 
cell; discocellulars bent inward at their middle; radials from upper near the end. 
Male on the upperside with an oval glandular patch of raised scales situated on each 
side of the middle of the submedian vein, the patch being partially covered by an 
overlapping tuft of fine long hairs which are exserted outward from each side of the 
vein. Hindwing bluntly oval; exterior margin convex; the subcostal vein in the 
male much curved upward from near the base and thence proceeding straight to the 
apex, the branch emitted at more than half distance before end of the cell and very 
