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forewing marked as above, the lowest discal spot prominent and yellow : 

 hindwing with three prominent spots, the upper one being between 

 subcostals. 



Expanse I T % inch. 



Larva very pale olivaceous blue, with a darker dorsal and a paler 

 lateral longitudinal line ; head yellowish. Feeds on Graminaceae. Pupa 

 pale olive green. 



Hab. Ceylon." (Moore, I. c.} 



In collection Indian Museum. 



43. PARNARA COLACA, MOORE. 



Hesferia colaca, Moore, P. Z. S., 1877, p. 594, pi. Iviii, fig. 7. 



Parnara colaca, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc.., 1888, p. 446, fig. i. 



" Male and female. Dark olive brown ; cilia cinereous ; forewing 

 with a recurved discal series of seven small yellow spots, the second from 

 hind margin being the largest ; a small spot also at end of the cell. 

 Underside brown, apex and hindwing speckled with olive green scales ; 

 a median discal series of small spots on hindwing. Near to H. cinnava. 



Expanse $ I T %, 9 iyV inch - 



Hab. S. Andamans, Port Blair." (Moore, I. c.) 



Also recorded from Nicobars and Cachar (Wood-Mason and deNiceville) ; 

 and Sikkim (de Niceville; Elwes). 



According to Mr. Elwes this species is very close to P. bevani, from 

 which it may be known by its longer forewing and differently shaped 

 hindwing and by the spots on the upperside of forewing and underside 

 of hindwing being different in number and position. Mr. Elwes gives 

 two woodcuts to illustrate his remarks, and from them it appears that 

 in P. colaca the hindwing is more produced at the anal angle that in 

 P. bevani, which gives it the appearance of being comparatively narrower, 

 the spots on the upperside of the forewing are almost identical, those in 

 P. colaca being slightly larger. On the upperside and underside of the 

 hindwing in P. colaca there are only three spots and in P. bevani five, but 

 as Mr. Elwes remarks these characters are not constant, still he is 

 inclined to the opinion that the two species are distinct. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



44. PARNARA BEVANI, MOORE. 



Hesperia bevani, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 688. 

 . Parnara bevani, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1888, p. 447, fig. 2. 



" Male. Upperside dark olive-brown ; cilia pale brownish-cinereous; 

 forewing with a single small, pale white, semi-diaphanous spot at upper 

 end of the cell, three contiguous subapical spots, another below these; 

 and two larger spots below obliquely on the disc, a small spot also very 

 indistinctly visible on middle of submedian vein ; hindwing without 



