Lepidoptera of Sikkim. 451 
479. Telicota augias. 
Papilio augias, Linn., Syst. Nat.,i, pt. 2, p. 794. 
Telicota augias, Wood-Mason & de Nicé., J.A.S B., 
1886, p. 384, t. xvii., 1, 3. 
Though I have no Javan specimens of this species 
with which to compare mine from Sikkim, yet I have 
them from the Andaman Isles, Burmah, Cochin, and 
Bombay ; and I can only say that the differences noted 
in Moore’s description of bambuse seem to me insufficient, 
though the two species may be distinct. In de Nicé- 
ville’s list of the butterflies of Calcutta, from whence 
the type of bambuse came, he notes it as very common 
at all seasons, and includes augias as a rare species. 
The insect is not rare in Sikkim up to 5000 ft. from 
April to December. 
480. Telicota dara. 
Hesperia dara, Koll., Hugel’s Kash., p. 455 (1844). 
Pamphila mesa, Moore, P. Z.8., 1865, p. 509, t. xxx., 
fig. 9. 
2 P. flava, Murr., Ent. Mo. Mag., xii., p. 4 (1875). 
Padraona sp., Wood-Mason & de Nicé., J.A.8.B., 
1886, p. 385. 
A common species up to 5000 ft. from April to 
December. After comparing a long series of this species, 
namely, twelve from the North-west Himalaya (mesa, 
Moore) ; eight from Sikkim, one named mesa by Moore ; 
four from Khasias taken by myself, three from Japan, 
and three from China, I believe they are all the same 
species; and I see that in Moore’s paper on Hocking’s 
Kanera collection he has identified mesa with dara. 
481. Telicota mesoides. 
Pamphila mesoides, Butl., Trans. Linn. Soc., 1877, 
Zool., 1., p. 554. 
This wide-ranging species, though very near the last, 
seems constantly smaller in all localities. I have it 
from Sikkim, Bhotan, Khasia, Burmah, the Andamans, 
and Philippine Isles, Java, and Ceylon. 
