472. LYC/ENID. BINDAHARA, 
end of the cell ; dé'sco-cel/ular nervules recurved, Jower discotdal nervule from their middle ; 
discoidal cell broad ; second median nervule at one-fifth, first median at nearly one-half before 
the end of thecell. H1INDWING, short, attenuated hindwards and produced into a very long 
tail [from the end of the first median nervule], anal angle lobed ; exterior margin sinuous to- 
wards the tail ; furnished with a prominent costal glandular patch [in the male only]; costal 
nervure abruptly arched at the base ; frst subcostal nervule emitted at one-half before the end 
of the-cell ; dzsco-ce/ludar nervules oblique, déscoédal nervule from their middle ; dzscotdal cell 
broad ; second median nervule from immediately before the end of the cell, /vs¢ median at nearly 
one-half and extending to the end of the tail; suémedian nervure straight, zzternal nervure 
recurved. Bopy moderately stout ; Za/éz porrect, [twice as long in the female as in the male], 
second joint squamose, very long, extending two-thirds beyond the head, third joint one-third 
its length, slender, naked ; /egs squamose, femora slightly pilose beneath ; azéenn@ with a length- 
ened pointed club.” (Jove, 1. c.) 
In the forewing the costal nervure ends opposite to the apex of the discoidal cell, the 
first subcostal nervule almost touches the costal nervure for a short distance, the base of the 
second subcostal is nearer to the base of the first subcostal than to that of the upper discoidal, 
the third subcostal originates about midway between the apices of the cell and of the wing ; the 
disco-cellular nervules are upright, slightly concave, the middle a little shorter than the lower, 
the second median nervule originates some little distance before the lower end of the cell. In 
the hindwing in the male the glandular patch is large and well defined, almost quadrate, but with 
the two anterior corners a little rounded off ; it is wholly placed anterior to the discoidal cell, 
and covers the base of the first subcostal nervule, but does not reach the point on the costal ner- 
vure where the upper disco-cellular nervule is given off ; the disco-cellular nervules are of nearly 
equal length, straight, outwardly oblique, the second median nervule given off immediately 
before the lower end of the cell, The female has the wings broader and shorter than the 
male, the apex of the forewing less acute, the ‘outer margin convex not straight, the hindwing 
much less produced hindwards, the tail shorter. The eyes are hairy. 
Bindahara is a remarkable and most distinct genus, and is probably found in the Indo- 
Malayan region only. It occurs in North-East and South India, in Ceylon, in the Andaman and 
Nicobar Isles, in Burma, in the Malay Peninsula, and in several of the Islands of the Malay 
Archipelago. The male is very deep velvety black above, of almost exactly the same shade and 
character as Apatura parysatis, Westwood; the anal angle of the hindwing with the tail 
ochreous, the underside ochreous-brown, with darker brown bands and spots, In two 
species the male has a rich cyaneous patch on the outer margin of the hindwing on the upper- 
side. The female is fuliginous-black above, the anal angle of the hindwing broadly white, 
enclosing a prominent deep black spot on the margin in the first median interspace, the tail 
white ; underside also white, with rich deep brown bands and spots. The difference in the 
general appearance of the opposite sexes on the underside is perhaps greater than in any other 
Indian lycenid, owing to the ground-colour in the male being more or less fuscous, of the 
female pure white, though it is approached by the species of the genus Sz¢hon, Hiibner. 
There has been terrible confusion regarding the proper identification of the species of this 
genus. The oldest described species is the phocides of Fabricius, who no doubt incorrectly 
recorded it from Africa. Mr. Butler doubtless gives a correct locality for it as Moulmein, Burma, 
The next species to be described is the swgrivq of Horsfield. There can be no doubt whatever 
about this species, the male having a patch of blue on the upperside of the hindwing, a character 
which is presented by no other Indian species. As far as I know it is confined to South India, 
Ceylon, and Java, Mr. Moore quite incorrectly places this species as a synonym of phocédes, with 
which it has nothing todo. The next oldest species is the zsade//a of Felder, described from: 
the island of Amboina, the female of which, also from Amboina, was named jo/cus by Felder, 
With this species I am not concerned, though Hewitson certainly incorrectly states that it is syno- 
nymous with phocides ; it has a blue patch on the upperside inthe male as in swgriva. Lastly Felder 
described areca from Kar Nicobar, and kamorta from Sambelong, the native name for Great 
