AMPITTIA. 



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GENUS XXII. AMPITTIA. 



Ampittia, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 171 (1880-81). 



Telicota, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 381 (r886), Part. 



" Wings shorter, broader and less triangular than in Pamphtla. 

 Male with a very short glandular streak below the cell. Body narrower ; 

 terminal joint of palpi shorter, cylindrical and less pointed. Antennae 

 with a much slenderer and more pointed club. 



Type, A. maro." (Moore, I. c.) 



84. AMPITTIA MARO, FABRIC/ US. 



Hesperia maro, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 432 (1798) <^. 



Cyclopides camertes, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp., p. 43 (1868) <? . 



Ampittia maro, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 172, pi. 71, fig. i, la 

 (1880-81). 



Telicota maro, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 383, pi. ;xxxv, fig. 14 & , 15 9 

 (1886). 



" Upperside purplish olive-brown. Male: forewing with a broad 

 golden-yellow basal band which also crosses the cell, a broad subapical 

 spot, a similar discal spot, and a lower very small spot ; a pale band 

 also along posterior margin: hindwing with a broad medial golden- 

 yellow band. Underside : forewing marked as above, and with a margi- 

 nal row of yellow-bordered blackish dots : hindwing with a subbasal 

 and two discal series of yellow spots. Body, palpi, legs and antennae 

 beneath yellow. Female with paler similarly disposed but much smaller 

 markings, the basal band on forewing represented only by the termina 

 portion at and above the cell, and the band on hindwing by well 

 separated spots. 



Expanse : i inch." (Moore, I. c.) 



Recorded from Ceylon (Wade, Hutchison, Mackwood) ; Orissa (Taylor) ; 

 Cachar (Wood-Mason and de Niceville] ; Calcutta (de Niceville) ; Madras 

 (Swinhoe)\ Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore) ; Nilgiris (Hampsori). 



I have obtained this species commonly at Beeling, Kyaikto, and 

 Sittang in Upper Tenasserim, and also at Pegu and Madras. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



85.-AMPITTIA CORAS, CRAMER. 

 Papilio coras, Cramer, Pap. Ex., pi. xxxi, fig. f. 

 The following description is taken from Cramer's plate : 

 Upperside reddish-brown paler at the base of wings with the following 

 yellow spots, one at end of cell with a patch of the basal colour above 

 it, three at apex divided by the veins, two smaller beneath and exterior 

 to these and a more or less maculated band reaching almost to inner 

 margin (this band is not similar on both wings in the plate). Hindwing 

 with a discal row of five yellow spots of which the second is long and 



