278 Mr. a. T. Bethune-Baker on 



and h.as more or less a straight termination, finely serrated ; the 

 horny sclerites are sickle-shaped with the blade portion only moder- 

 ately curved ; the bristles on the clasps are long but not very numer- 

 ous ; the tegumen is of the usual shape, with large, strong (propor- 

 tionately) falces, the bristles being fairly long, but not very numerous. 

 The aedoeagus is short and moderately stout and has the apical 

 portion reduced as in most other species. The tectorivis is of 

 moderate size, of the usual shape, with the anellus rather definite. 

 The androconia are almost oval, the sides being nearly straight, 

 but not quite so; they are evenly rounded distally, but not quite 

 evenly rounded proximally, possibly caused by the foot-stalk being 

 given off somewhat away from the centre ; there are fourteen rows 

 of lamina, the sculi)turing of which is rather uneven. 



It is interesting to find that the androconia of the Aresh 

 race are markedly different to those of the type form ; the 

 scale is broader proximally almost evenly oval, but in- 

 creasing in width to near its distal extremity, which is 

 evenly but slightly rounded. The foot-stalk is given off 

 almost at the centre, and there are nineteen rows of 

 lamina which are heavily sculptured. The naming the race 

 areshana is, I think, fully confirmed by the androconia. 



Tarucus callinara, Butler. Plates XIV, fig. 4 ; XV, fig. 4 ; 

 XVIIl and XIX, fig. 23. 



T. callinara, Butler, Ann. and Mag. N.H., vol. xviii, p. 185 



(188G). 



(^. Type form. Both wings lustrous violet blue with a single 

 dark spot closing th.c cell in the primaries only. Underside entirely 

 spotted, not in lines or dashes ; the postmediaii and terminal series 

 of spots are parallel and are composed of definite spots in both wings ; 

 the basal marks of the secondaries are also spots. 



T. callinara nigra, forma nov. 



(^. Pale, sublustrous lilac with a large dark spot closing the cell 

 in the primaries only, beyond which are one, two, or more dark 

 spots, smaller than in hnlkanica, but quite distinct; the marking 

 of the underside is finer than in the type form and inclined to resolve 

 itself more into lines, /. e. the spots are apt to become confluent. 



This form seems to be commoner than the type. I 

 have a series from Cutch, from Karachi and Campbellpore. 



