BADAMIA. 



HESPERIID/E. 



GENUS I, BADAMIA. 



Hesptria, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag., 1870, p. 58. 



Badamia, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i., p. 157, (1881). 



" Forewing, narrow, elongated ; costa slightly arched at base, exterior 

 margin very oblique and slightly convex below the apex ; cell very long 

 and narrow, extending three-fourths the wing ; first subcostal branch 

 emitted at two-fifths, second at one-fifth, third at one-seventh, fourth close 

 to and fifth at end of the cell ; disco-cellulars very slender, inwardly oblique, 

 of nearly equal length, upper bent inward close to subcostal ; upper radial 

 from the angle, lower from their middle ; median branches curved at their 

 base, middle branch emitted at about one-fourth, and lower at three-fourths 

 before end of the cell ; submedian curved in the middle ; hindwing short ; 

 apex very convex, angularly lobed at anal angle, abdominal margin short ; 

 praecostal projecting inward ; costal vein arched upward from the base ; 

 second subcostal emitted at one-third from the base ; cell broad through- 

 out ; disco-cellulars very slender, scarcely visible, of equal length ; radial 

 from their angle, very slender ; middle median at about one-third, and 

 lower at one-fifth from the base ; submedian straight, internal slightly 

 curved. Thorax stout ; abdomen rather long, attenuated ; head broad ; 

 palpi broad and flattened in front, bristly on outer edge, third joint long, 

 projected forward, cylindrical ; fore-tibia? tufted beneath, femora slightly 

 pilose beneath ; antennae with a lengthened club and long pointed tip. 



Type H. exclamationis." (Moore, I.e.) 



l.-BADAMIA EXCLAMATIONIS, FABRICIUS. 



Papilio exclamationis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 530 (1775). 



Papilio ladon, Cramer, Pap. Exot., iii, pi. 284, fig. C. 9 . 



Badamia exclamationis, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 157, pi. 66, figs. 2, 

 a. b. (1881). 



" Upperside dark purplish brown, the base of both wings greyish olive 

 brown. Male. Forewing with three transparent slender yellow spots dis- 

 posed longitudinally on the upper disc, the inner spot ending within the 

 cell. Female. Forewing with the spots larger, the middle spot oblique and 

 irregularly angulated ; a less distinct spot also above the middle of sub- 

 median vein. Underside pale greyish brown : forewing with discal area 

 darker brown, the spots as above, and pale ochreous posterior border : 

 hindwing with a dark brown anal area bordered above by a short pale 

 ochreous streak. Thorax greyish olive brown ; abdomen dark brown with 

 pale ochreous segmental bands ; head and palpi in front pale ochreous 

 with brown streaks ; third joint of palpi brown ; legs brown above, pale 

 beneath. 



Expanse if to 2j inches. 



