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PADUKA. 



20, PARATA MALAYANA, f 'ELDER. 



Ismene malayana, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon., vol. iv, p. 401, n. 28(1860). 



Ismene malayana, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep., vol. iii, t. 72, f. 15 (1866). 



Choaspes ? malayana, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 373, pi. xxxv, fig. 2 

 (1886). 



"Alls supra fuscis, subtus anticarum limbo costali, posticarum 

 dimidio basali chalybaeis, his striga discali alba. V (Felder, I. c.) 



1 The females have a small semi-transparent yellowish discal speck 

 between the two posterior branches of the median vein, and of course lack 

 the oblique band of short lines of modified scales seen in the males of this 

 as well as of the preceding closely-allied species." (Wood-Mason and de 

 Niceville, J. A. S. B., 1881, p. 254.) 



The above refers to Andaman females only, as in the Nicobar females 

 the small semi-transparent yellow discal speck between the two posterior 

 branches of the median vein is wanting according to Messrs. Wood-Mason 

 and de Niceville. 



Recorded from the Andamans and Nicobars. 



In collection de Niceville. 



GENUS VIII. PADUKA. 



Paduka, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 375 (1886). 



"Anterior wings elongate, subtriangular ; costal margin oblique, outer 

 margin nearly straight, inner margin very slightly rounded. Costal nervure 

 terminating on costa a little before the end of cell, first subcostal nervule 

 emitted a little beyond middle of cell ; second, third, and fourth subcostal 

 nervules about equal distances apart, fifth from near end of cell; disco- 

 cellular nervules about equal in length, the upper suberect, the lower 

 obliquely directed inwardly ; middle median nervule slightly nearer upper 

 than lower. Posterior wings with the costal margin rounded, the outer 

 margin sinuated and somewhat lobately produced at anal angle ; subcostal 

 nervules bifurcating about middle of cell ; median nervules with their bases 

 moderately close together. Body robust, pilose, the hairs forming several 

 prominent tufts, of which the most noticeable are three in triangular series, 

 above base of abdomen. Palpi broad and coarsely pilose. Legs strongly 

 pilose beneath. Antennae somewhat long and slender, with a moderately 

 formed club, its apex attenuated and strongly curved or hooked. 



Male. Anterior wings above with a large discal patch of silky hairs 

 extending to base along the median nervure, and an elongate patch of long 

 silky hairs on base of inner margin. Posterior wings above with long silky 

 hairs at base and along submedian nervure, and with two prominent discal- 

 elongate glandular pouches or pseudo-scent glands situated on the 

 second and third median nervules. 



Anterior wings beneath with a long tuft of coarse hairs on the sub- 

 median nervure." (Distant, I. r.) 



