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ferruginous ; the diaphanous spots as above ; a broad submarginal whitish 

 patch just anterior to the middle of the outer margin of the wing. Hind- 

 wing ochreous-ferruginous bearing a large triangular patch of white which 

 occupies all the surface except the costa and the outer margin widely, and 

 a tripartite patch of the ground colour divided by the median nervules 

 in its middle ; all the veins that reach the outer margin white. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen fuscous above, white beneath, the latter striped with 

 white at the sides. Antennae black throughout. Female almost as in the 

 male, but in two specimens out of three in the forewing there is a fourth 

 smallest discal spot in the lower discoidal interspace, and still another 

 in the submedian interspace almost touching the first median nervule and 

 very small. Hindwing with the discal macular white patch more prominent 

 than in the male. 



Nearly allied to the " Hesperia" semamora of Moore, * originally 

 described from Bengal, but occurring in Sikkim, Assam, and Burma from 

 which it differs in all the diaphanous spots of the forewing being larger, the 

 opaque spot in the submedian interspace always present (in P. semamora it 

 is found in the females only and is very small), and notably in the large 

 pure white and patch of P. semamora being replaced by a whitish shade only 

 in the males, rather more prominent in the females in P. watsonii. On the 

 underside of the hindwing there is always a large patch of the ochreous- 

 ferruginous ground-colour in the middle of the white area, this is only 

 occasionally present in P. semamora and is when present very small. The 

 markings of P. semamora are by no means constant, but the species can 

 always be instantly recognised from P. watsonii by the large pure white area 

 on the upperside of the hindwing. In Burma both sexes of the two species 

 have been found flying together, so one cannot be a seasonal form or 

 geographical race of the other. 



Described from seven males and three females collected at Tilin, Yaw, 

 Upper Burma, in March, 1890, by Lieutenant E. Y. Watson, after whom I 

 have much pleasure in naming it." (de Niceville, I. c.) 



This species occurred very commonly at Tilin throughout March and 

 April in company with P. semamora. I also obtained two worn specimens of 

 it in October, 1886, at Poungadaw on the old Burmese frontier about 30 

 miles north-west of Thayetmyo. 



63. PARNARA PHOLUS, DE NICEVILLE. 



Parnara pJwltts, de Niceville, Journal, Bombay, Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 

 iv, p. 172, pi. B, fig. 3 cj (1889). 



" Habitat : Bhutan. 



Expanse : , 2-4 ; 9,2-6 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, both wings rich brown with a shining 

 vinous tinge, the spots transluent rich ochreous. Forewing with three 

 conjugated subapical spots, the first a mere dot, the next twice as large, 

 * Proc. Zool. Soc., Lond., 1865, p. 791. 



