446 Mr. H. J. Elwes’ catalogue of the 
465. Parnara colaca. 
Parnara colaca, Moore, P. Z.§8., 1877, p. 594, t. lviii., 
eer 
This species is so near P. beavani, Moore, that I 
hardly know whether it will prove distinct, but both 
Moller and myself think we can recognise two forms in 
Sikkim, and though the figure of colaca is bad, and the 
description of little help, yet I have specimens from the 
Andamans, from whence colaca was described, which 
agree with the Sikkim insect. It may be known from 
beavani by its longer fore wings and differently shaped 
hind wings, and by the spots on the upper side of fore 
wing and under side of hind wing being different in 
number and position, though in neither form is this 
character constant. These differences are shown in the 
Fia. 1.—Parnara colaca. 
woodeut (fig.1). This form is found at low elevations in 
Sikkim, but seems less common than the next. In 
Cachar it is common, according to de Nicéville. 
466. Parnara beavani. 
Hesperia beavani, Moore, P. Z.8., 1878, p. 688. 
The description of this species is not of much use, 
and there is no figure; but I have a specimen from 
Sikkim named by Moore, and numerous others of both 
sexes from Mandi, N.W. Himalayas (Young), Khasias 
(Elwes), and Sikkim (Elwes ¢ Moller). The woodcut 
(fig. 2) shows the upper and under sides of a typical 
Sikkim male, but there are frequently two or three of 
the spots absent on the fore wing. It is quite common in 
Sikkim, in the low valleys during the rains. The female 
is a little larger, but hardly differs. 
