24 MATAPA. 



According to Mr. Elwes this is a rarer insect that M. shalgrama, 

 and the female differs from the female of that species in having somewhat 

 longer wings and no sexual streak. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



26. MATAPA SHALGRAMA, DE NICEVILLE. 



Hesperia aria, Hewitson (nee Moore), Ex. Butt., vol. iv, Hesperia pi. iii, 

 figs. 24, 25, (1868), female. 



Matapa shalgrama, de Niceville, J. A. S. B., 1883, p. 85, n. 28. 



" Male. Upperside dull rich chocolate-brown, slightly paler on the outer 

 margin of the forewing. Cilia of forewing yellowish-white, of hindwing 

 orange-yellow shading off into yellowish-brown at the apex. Underside 

 dark ferruginous. 



Female. Upperside paler than in the male, the forewing uniformly 

 coloured and lacking the male sexual streak ; with the area before the 

 subcostal nervure from the base to half the length of the wing ochreous. 

 Underside lighter coloured than in the male, in some specimens bright 

 ochreous, except the inner margin which is brown extending widely into the 

 disc of the forewing. Anal segment furnished with a very close thick tuft 

 of dark brown hairs, marked on each side with two pale brown bars. 

 Body on the Upperside dark brown, below ferruginous or ochreous. 

 Eyes scarlet. Three males and seven females of this species seen by me 

 show but little variation. Hewitson's figure of the female is sufficiently 

 characteristic and make the species easily recognisable. 



Expanse *D 2-1, 9 2-2 inches. 



Habitat, Sikkim." (de Niceville, I. c.) 



Also recorded by Mr. Elwes from Sikkim. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville, and there is a single 

 specimen in the Phayre Museum, Rangoon, from the Karen Hills, Burma. 

 27. MATAPA SUBFASCIATA, MOORE. 



Ismene subfasciata, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 686. 



Matapa subfasciata, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 164, pi. 64, fig. 3. a. b. 



(1881). 



" Male. Upperside dark velvety umber brown ; costal edge of 



forewing slightly ochreous; cilia of both wings ochreous. Underside 

 paler : forewing with a pale pink triangular costal patch before the apex ; 

 posterior border ochreous, adorned with a large hairy tuft. Hindwing 

 with a "transverse pink fascia across middle of the wing. Eyes red. 

 Legs beneath and anal tuft ochreous. Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Allied to I. aria, Moore, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 markings of the underside." (Moore, P. Z. S., I. c.) 



" Larva pale purplish-grey, with indistinct darker transverse dorsal 

 lines; head black spotted. Feeds on Palmaceae. Pupa pale olivaceous- 

 yellow." (Moore, Lep. Cey., /. c.) 



