UN KAN A. 



Larva pale violaceous yellow, with numerous black transverse dorsal 

 lines ; stigmata whitish encircled with black. Feeds on Terminalia. Pupa 

 violaceous." (Moore, I. c.) 



Recorded from Ceylon, Sikkim, Nicobars, Andamans, Calcutta, 

 Kumaon, Cachar, Kangra, Bombay, Poona, Belgaum, Nilgiris, and Orissa. 



A common species everywhere. 



According to Mr. Elwes this species in Sikkim varies considerably in 

 size, and in the number and size of the spots on the forewing. 



I have this species from the Deccan, Ganjam, Mysore and Madras ; 

 the spots on the forewing of the male are sometimes obsolete. 



Mr. Butler (Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., sixth series, vol. i, p. 206) is 

 inclined to consider B. ladon as distinct from B. exclatnationis, but as the 

 former is universally admitted to be the female of the latter, and, as Mr. 

 Butler himself apparently considered the two species as identical in his 

 catalogue of the Fabrician Lepidoptera, it would seem highly improbable 

 that the two names apply to two distinct species, apparently the only 

 difference between the two forms lies in the number of spots on the fore- 

 wing, a character which is eminently variable. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



GENUS II. UNKANA. 



Unkana, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 370 (1882-86). 



" Anterior wings elongate ; costal margin moderately convex, outer 

 margin oblique, inner margin nearly straight, a little shorter than outer 

 margin. Costal nervure extending to about half the length of costal 

 margin ; first subcostal nervule emitted at about equal distances apart 

 between base of first and end of cell ; fifth from end of cell : disco-cellular 

 nervules obliquely directed inwardly, the upper distinctly longer than the 

 lower ; second median nervule emitted much nearer upper than lower 

 median nervule. Posterior wings elongate and somewhat lobately pro- 

 duced near anal angle, the outer margin obliquely convex. Subcostal 

 nervules bifurcating beyond middle of cell ; second median nervule emitted 

 nearer to upper than lower median nervule. Body robust ; palpi broad 

 and pilose ; antennae moderately long, their apices incrassated, with the 

 tip attenuated and curved or hooked ; legs long, anterior tibiae short and 

 thickened ; posterior tibiae with two long and prominent spines near apex. 



Unkana is allied to Badamia, Moore, and includes three species which 

 are at present known as found in this (i.e., Malayan) fauna." (Distant, I.e.) 



2. UNKANA ATTINA, HEWITSON. 



Hesperia attina, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc., third series, vol. ii, p. 489, 

 n. 10 (1866). 



Hesperia attina, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit., vol. xliii, p. 339, n. 122 (1882). 



Hesperia latreillei, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep., vol. iii, p. 511, n. 892, 

 t. 71, fig. 8 (1866). 



Unkana attina, Distant. Rhop. Mai., p. 371, pi. xxxiv, fig. 30 (1882-86). 



