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76. TELICOTA SIVA, MOORE. 



Pamphila siva, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 692. 



" Male. Allied to preceding (P. brahma). Darker brown above, 

 the base of forewing and lower discal spot only being ochreous, upper 

 semi-diaphanous spots brighter yellow, the one between the lower median 

 branches broader; spots on hindwing prominent. Underside brighter 

 greenish-ochreous,'' base of costa not ochreous-red ; spots on hindwing 

 clear white, very prominent and with dark border. 



Expanse : if inches. 



Habitat : Khasia Hills." (Moore, I. c.) 



77. TELICOTA BRAHMA, MOORE. 



Pamphila brahma, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 691, pi. xlv. fig. 8. 



" Male. Upperside deep ochreous-brown, basal area ochreous, cilia 

 cinereous-yellow ; forewing with a black-bordered white streak obliquely 

 below the cell, a semi-diaphanous yellowish -white constricted spot at end 

 of cell, a small subapical streak of three spots, and two large discal spots, 

 the one above hind margin being ochreous ; hindwing with an indistinct 

 cell spot, and a discal series of three pale yellowish, semi-diaphanous 

 spots. Underside greenish-ochreous ; costal base of forewing ochreous- 

 red, hind margin broadly dusky black and centred by a white streak ; 

 markings as above but less distinct. Female, brown above, with less 

 ochreous at base, the spots more prominent. Underside as in male. 



Expanse : i| inches. 



Habitat: Masuri, 7,000 ft., N.-W. Himalayas. 



Nearest allied to P. subhyalina, Menetries, from China." {Moore, I. c.) 



GENUS XXI.-PADRAONA. 



Padraona. Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 170 (1881). 



Telicota, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 381 (Part), (1886). 



" Allied to Pamphila. Wings shorter, less triangular ; no glandular 

 streak on forewing of male. Body smaller, thorax less robust, terminal 

 joint of palpus slender and cylindrical. Antennal club much longer. 



Type, P. m&sa" (Moore, I. c.} 



78. PADRAONA DARA, KOLLAR. 

 Hesperia dara, Kollar, Htigel's Kaschmir, vol. iv, pt. i, p. 455, n. 4 



Pamphila masa, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 509, pi. xxv, fig, 9. 



" Wings above dusky, a rather broad band on the costa, an oblique 

 spotted fascia, and a squarish spot at the apex of the forewing, yellow ; in 

 the middle of the upperside of the hindwing a spot and a transverse band ; 



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