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oval on the disc, the two lowest spots nearer together than the rest ; 

 these spots are translucent white in some lights, metallic pale brassy- 

 greenish in others ; cilia broadly rich chrome-yellow from the anal 

 angle to the termination of the third median nervule, thence to the 

 apex of the wing vinous-brown. Underside, both wings of the colour 

 of the npperside. Foremng with the spots as on the npperside ; 

 the dull ochreous cilia of the upperside pale clear yellow, that 

 colour extending a little distance on to the wing. Hindmng also 

 with the spots as above ; the chrome-yellow cilia of the npperside 

 is pale clear yellow on the underside, that colour extending irregu- 

 larly on to the wing membrane beyond. Antenna) with the shaft 

 black, becoming ochreous just before the black club ; abdomen 

 tipped with long chrome-yellow hairs ; rest of body, head and palpi 

 more or less concolorous with the wings ; femur and tibia of legs 

 black and clothed with very long thick and closely-set black hairs, 

 tarsus anteriorly black, posteriorly deep chrome-yellow, naked. 



I place this species but doubtfully in the genus Pamara, all the 

 legs being strongly setose, being a character not found in any species 

 of that genus known to me. A somewhat similar character is found 

 in the males only of Abaratha syrichthus, Felder, A. ransonnetii, 

 Felder, and A. taylorii, mini, all of which possess a tuft of black hairs 

 over a quarter of an inch in length attached to the coxae of the front 

 legs, and ordinarily lying along the pectus of the butterfly between 

 the middle and hindlegs. These bunches of hairs are probably scent- 

 fans, and are, moreover, probably susceptible of erection and expansion, 

 but accurate observations on the subject on live specimens are desir- 

 able. In describing the genus Abaratha ,* Mr. Moore stated that the 

 legs are naked, this is certainly not the case with the front legs of the 

 males of the type species. Mr. Distantf is also incorrect in saying 

 that the hindlegs of the type species of the genus are strongly pilose, 

 f-his applies to the forelegs of the male only. It is also quite certain 

 that the species Mr. Distant places in the genus Abaratha (sura, 

 Moore, and pygela, Hewitson), possess a setose clothing quite different 

 ^.0 that found in the true Abarathas : these species, I think, should be 

 placed in another genus. In the genus Casyajxc, Kirby, the males 

 have the tibia of the hindlegs extremely hairy. 



P. parca is described from a single specimen in my collection 



obtained by the Rev. Walter A. Hamilton in the Khasi Hills, who 



* Lep. Ceylon, vol. i, p. 181 (1881). 

 t Rhop. Malay., p. 390 (1886). 



