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Nacaduba atrata, Horsfield. — Not uncommon on the Ghats, but very local. 

 Seldom found far away from damp water courses. 



Curetis dentata, Moore.— A female of this variety of C. bulls, Doubleday and 

 Hewitson, taken at Khandala in October 1905. The species is not included 

 in Mr. Comber's lists and is probably very rarely found. 



Amblypodia anita, Hewitson. — This species has apparently not hitherto been 

 recorded on the Bombay side further north than Karwar. Though I took 

 several males on the Ghats, I cannot say they are common. They were only 

 to be found at the end of October and then only on one particular tree grow- 

 ing in one of the ravines above the Khandala Hotel ; and though I got one or 

 two on nearly every occasion I went to this tree, I never, though I explored 

 the country round Khandala pretty extensively, saw the species anywhere else. 

 All the specimens had the undersides darker and more blotched than is 

 typical ; but this was probably due to dry weather dimorphism. 



Aphnceus concunus, Moore. — New to the lists. One taken at Khandala in 

 October. 



Itapala orseis, Hewitson. — Rare. One female on the Ghats near Khandala 

 (October). 



Parnara narooa, Moore. — New to the lists. A couple taken near Andheri 

 after the rains. 



Parnara plebeia, de Niceville. — Not hitherto recorded on the Bombay side. 

 A female taken below Khandala in October last year agrees very closely with 

 de Niceville's description of the species (Watson's Hesperidce Indicce, page 40). 



Odontop ilium sura, Moore. — Also an addition to the list, and new to Western 

 India. One near Khandala, October 1907. Very scarce. 



Coladenia tissa, Moore. — Khandala, October 1907. Scarce. 



Celcenorrhmus fu*ca, Hampson (?). — The description of this species given in 

 Watson's book (page 141) is somewhat scanty, and the specimen taken by me 

 at Khandala in October 1907 is unfortunately rather a damaged one. It is, 

 however, undoubtedly a Celanorrhinus , and agrees most nearly with the 

 description of 'fusca '. Only a single specimen taken. 



The hills of the Konkan are undeniably rich in species of the ' Skipper ' 

 family ; and a thorough exploitation of them would, I have not the least doubt, 

 bring to light a number of forms new to the district if not to India as 

 well. But to get these scarcer Hesperidce one must leave the beaten track 

 altogether ; they are to be found, as a rule, only in heavy jungle or in rocky 

 wooded nullahs and ravines, where rough scrambling is necessary — scrambling 

 which the climate does not encourage. Unfortunately, too, the literature on 

 the Hesperidce is scanty and the family cannot easily be dealt with. Watson's 

 book is most valuable ; but the absence of a key makes it difficult to work 

 with unless one has fairly long series, not only of the different species but of 

 the family as a whole, available for the purposes of comparison. And there 

 are few collections where the Hesperidce are well represented. 



