LYCANID AR BINDAHARA: 473 
Nicobar Island. These two species are undoubtedly male and female of one species. Hewitson 
gave areca as a synonym of sugriva, and camorta as a distinct species. Mr. Wood-Mason 
and I piled confusion upon confusion by recording segriva, var. areca from the Andaman Isles; 
while the species’ should have been /hocédes pure and simple. I trust that the synonymy 
of thesespecies is satisfactorily cleared up in the following pages, to which end Mr,. Distant has 
so largely contributed by pointing out what the true phocides is. 
Key to the Indian species of Bindahara. 
A. Male with no blue patch on the upperside of the hindwing. 
a. Both sexes, underside with prominent markings. 
1oog. B. puocipes, Sikkim, Bhutan, Sylhet, Burma, South Andamans, Malay 
Peninsula, Nias Island. 
4. Both sexes, underside with obsolete markings, 
toro. B. areca, Nicobar Isles. 
B. Male with a blue patch on the upperside of the hindwing on the middle of the outer margin, 
torr. B. suGriva, South India, Ceylon, Java. 
1oo9. Bindahara phocides, Fabricius. 
Hesperia phocides, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. 1, p. 282,n. 85, female (1793) ; Papilio phocides; 
Donovan, Nat. Hist. Rep., vol. ii, pl. xliv, figs. 1, female (1834) ; Myrina phocides, Butler, Cat. Fab. 
Lep. B. M., p. 183, n. 1 (1860) ; Bindahara phocides, Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 247, n. 1, pl. xx, fig. 25, 
Jemale (1884) ; Sithon sugriva, var. areca, Wood-Mason and de Nicéville, Journ, A. S. B., vol. xlix, pt. 2 
P» 232, n. 45 (1880) ; idem., id., 1. c., vol. ]. pt, 2, p. 249, n. 65 (1881), 
Hapitat: Africa? (Fabricius and Donovan), Moulmein (Suéler), Province Wellesley, 
Perak, Singapore (D¢stant), Nias Island (Azez/), Burma (Doherty), Sikkim, Bhutan, Syiet 
South Andaman Isles. 
EXxpaANsE: @, 1°25 to 1'703; 2, 1°30 to I’60 inches. fe 
DESCRIPTION : ‘f MALE. UPPERSIDE, oth wings dark fuliginous-brown. Aindwing with 
the faz/ and anal lobe ochraceous, the latter with a fuliginous spot. UNDERSIDE, oth wings 
brownish-ochraceous. Forewing with the following castaneous markings :—a spot at the base 
of the cell, a broad outwardly curved fascia crossing the cell near the middle, commencing on 
the costal nervure and continued to about the submedian nervure ; between this and the outer 
margin is another broad fascia, commencing near the costal margin and narrowly terminating 
at the submedian nervure ; and a narrow, obscure and more fuscous submarginal fascia ; at the 
end of the cell there is a narrow, disco-cellular castaneous streak. Azxzdwing with the follow- 
ing castaneous markings :—a series of basal spots, two narrow and much-waved and sinuated 
discal fascize crossing the wing beyond the middle, between which and the basal spots is-a 
broad obscure fascia commencing on the costal nervure and terminating at the median nervure ; 
a dark submarginal line at the anal angle enclosing two blackish spots with'scattered metallic 
greenish scales, and a prominent black spot onthe anal Jobe. ody and /egs more or less con- 
colorous with the wings. FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings olivaceous-brown. Hindwing 
with a large white anal angular patch divided by the dark median nervules, and containing a 
large black marginal spot between the second and first median nervules, and a smaller and 
much more obsolete spot at the anal angle ; ¢az7 and anal lobe white, with black basal streaks. 
UNDERSIDE, both wings whitish. Forewing with the castaneous markings as in the male, the 
outer fascia narrowly margined with white, and the remaining ground-colour pale castaneous, 
Hindwing with the markings more distinct and linear than in the male.” (Déestant, 1. c.) 
Mr. Wood-Mason and I described the female of this species from the South Andaman 
Tsles as follows:—‘‘ FEMALE. Smaller than the male. UPPERSIDE, oth wings sepia-brown 
with a bronzy gloss, the spots and fascize of the underside scarcely showing through. Azzd- 
wing with a pure white patch divided by the brown veins, margined externally by a fine and 
sharp dark brown or black anteciliary line, and marked by a large circular black spot at the 
base of the tail on the anterior side and by another smaller lighter and less distinct one on 
the posterior side ; with the caudal lobe blackish, and the ¢az/ black with pure white cilia. 
