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set with dark scales. The markings are almost exactly alike. The pre- 

 hensores are singularly different : seen from above the uncus of dava is 

 gradually acuminate, that of mcesoides abruptly truncate and slightly 

 bilobed ; seen from the side the uncus of dam is slender, tapering and 

 pointed at the tip, that of mcesoides which is surmounted by a prominent 

 tuft of hairs, is blunt and rounded at the tip; the clasp of .dara is much more 

 slender than in masoides, and its terminal hook much more produced and 

 bent." (/.. A. S. B., 1886, p. 139). 



Mr. Hampson notes the markings of the underside of hindwing are 

 denned with black. 



In collection Indian Museum* 



80. PADRAONA PSEUDOM/ESA, MOORE. 



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



" Allied to P. mmsoides. Comparatively larger. Male with paler yellow 

 markings, which are somewhat broader and more disconnected. Female 

 with comparatively narrower and more disconnected markings. Cilia of 

 a paler tint, Underside also paler yellow. 



Expanse : ,<^, , ij inches." (Moore, I. c.) 



Recorded from Colombo, Ceylon (Hutchison) ; Orissa (Taylor) ; Nilgiris 

 (Hampson). 



Of this species Mr. Hampson notes that the underside is ochreous, 

 that of dara being greenish. 



In collection Indian Museum, 



81 .-PADRAONA GOLA, MOORE. 



Padraona gola, Moore, P. Z. S..., 1877, pL Iviii., fig. 9 $* 



" Male. Upperside dark vinous-brown ; forewing with an oblique 

 discal irregular sinuous bordered golden-yellow band, the band bent before 

 the apex and indented at end of the cell ; hindwing with a median discal 

 golden-yellow band, and a few hairs of the same colour at the base ; cilia 

 edged with golden-yellow. Front of head, palpi and legs golden-yellow. 

 Underside with the bands as above ; costa and apex of forewing and the 

 hindwing suffused with yellow ; both wings with a blackish streak at end 

 of the cell. 



Expanse : i inch. 



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



Also recorded from Sikkim (de Niceville). 



Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville) ; Orissa (Taylor) ; Nilgiris 

 (Hampson) . 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



Mr. Hampson also notes that another species of Padraona nearest to 

 P. gola occurs in the Nilgiris, of which the fulvous markings occupy the 

 greater part of the upperside of the forewing. 



