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discal, which are also smaller; hindwing with a black tuft. Underside 

 of forewing marked as on upperside, and with a glossy purple space on 

 hind margin enclosing a small brown patch of raised scales. 



Expanse, if inch." (Moore, I. c.) 



Recorded from Ceylon (Mackwooet.) 



Not in collection Indian Museum, unknown to Mr. de Niceville. 



GENUS XVI. CHAPRA. 



Chapra, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 168 (1881). 



Baoris, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 379 (1886), part. 



" From typical Gegenes (G. nostrodamus) this genus differs in its some- 

 what lengthened form of forewing, more lobular anal angle of hindwing, 

 longer antennae which have a whip-like joint, and the male insect in 

 possessing an oblique glandular streak below the cell, somewhat as in 

 Pamphila comma. 



Type, C. mathias" (Moore, I. c.) 



35. CHAPRA MATH I AS, FABRICIUS 



Hesperia mathias, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Supplt, p. 433 (1798). 



Hesperia juliamis, Latreille, Enc. Meth., vol. ix, p. 763 (1823), t>. 



Gegenes thrax, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. vol. ii, pi. 150, f. 1-4 

 (1820-26). 



Chapra mathias, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 169, pi. 70, figs. la. 

 (1881). 



Baoris mathias, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 380, pi. xxxv, fig. 10, (1886). 



Chapra mathias, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. iv, 

 p. 176, n. 14, pi. B, fig. 7, mnle, (1889). 



" Male. Upperside olive brown : forewing with two small yellowish 

 semi-transparent spots within end of cell, three before the apex, and in the 

 male three oblique discal spots followed by a dark-bordered slender straight 

 impressed glandular streak : hindwing with one or two very indistinct 

 pale discal spots. Female with five discal spots in the forewing, and four 

 or five in the hindwing. Underside paler ; markings more distinct ; hind- 

 wing also with a spot at upper end of the cell. Expanse if to if inch." 

 (Moore, I.e.) 



Recorded from Ceylon ; Sikkim ; Andamans ; Kumaon ; Cachar ; 

 Upper Burmah ; Moulmein to Meetan, Upper Tenasserim ; Mhow ; 

 Bombay; Poona ; Ahmednagar ; Karachi; Kangra, N. W. Himalayas^ 

 Orissa, Nilgiris. 



Occurs commonly throughout India. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



Mr. Elwes states this species can be distinguished in the male sex 

 by the brand on the forewing characteristic of the genus, and in both sexes 

 by a spot on the middle of the underside of the hindwing near the base ; 



