398 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol XXII, 1921. , 



Represented in the Museum collection from Ramnad in South 

 India, and Rambha in the Ganjam district. 



Palpares contrarius Wlk. 



Barkuda, i specimen, iv-20 [Dover). 



Tlie Museum has specimens from Khurda Road in Orissa, 

 Coorg in South India, 2,000 feet, and the Koyna Vallej- in the 

 Satara District of the Bombay Presidency. The example was 

 taken on the trunk of the Banyan {Ficus hengalensis). 



Palpares pardus Rljr. 



Barkuda, many examples, 24-x-2o (Annandale) ; 12-X-20, 

 27-X-20 [Annandale, " at light ") s-ig-ix-ig [Gravely). 



Represented in the Museum collection by specimens from 

 vSikkim, Purulia in the Manbhum District, Ambaoli in the Ratnagiri 

 District, Purneah District, Khurda Road, Rambha in Ganjam, 

 Barkul on I^ake Chilka, Dehra Dun and Bangalore. Apparently 

 a widely distributed species in India, common on Barkuda, where 

 it is often taken fluttering round lamps. 



Palpares patiens Wlk. 



Barkuda, i specimen, 15-22-vii 16 [Annandale and Gravely). 



This seems to be an extra-Indian species of which we have 

 examples from Bushire and Seistan in Persia. After careful com- 

 parison I am unable to separate the Barkuda specimen from Persian 

 examjjles. 



Family Nemopteridae. 

 Croce filipennis Westw. 



Barkuda, I example, 20-22-vii-20 [Annandale). 



The Indian Museum possesses specimens of this handsome 

 little insect from Calcutta, the Purneah District and Lucknow. 

 In Calcutta it is often very common about April, and large num- 

 bers may sometimes be taken at dusk. In the day, as a general 

 rule, they are found singly, resting on walls and window panes. 

 The species is rare on Barkuda.' 



' Of. Lefro)', Journ, Bomb. Nat. Hisf.Soc. XIX. p. 1005. 1910, for notes on 

 the food and the larva of this species. 



