TARACTROCERA. 



87i _TARACTROCERA CERAMAS, HEWITSON. 



Cyclopides cevamas, Hewitson, Hesperiidae, p. 44, n. 10 (1868). 



" Alls rufo-fuscis, ciliis latis pallidis, anticis maculis octo fulvis, 

 posticis maculis quattuor : anticis infra apice, posticis omninoochraceis, 

 maculis flavis notatis. 



Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with eight minute orange 

 spots: one in the cell, three at the apex, two below these and two 

 nearer the outer margin. Posterior wings with four spots in pairs. 



Underside: anterior wing as above, except that the costal margin 

 and apex and whole of the posterior wing are ochreous-yellow. 

 Posterior wing with some indistinct spots of a brighter yellow. 



In the collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



Also very near to Rhadama, but with the yellow spots differently 

 placed. 



Expanse : | inches. 



Habitat : Neilgherries." (Hewitson, I. c.) 



Also recorded from the Nilgiris by Hampson, and I have obtained 

 in there myself in August. It is readily distinguished from the preced- 

 ing by the bright yellow colour of the markings which are very pale 

 straw colour in mccvius. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



88. TARACTROCERA DANNA, MOORE. 



Pyrgus danna, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C., I, p. 249. 



Pamphila danna, Moore, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 508, pi. xxx, f. 8. 



" Upperside dark greenish-brown ; forewing with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal streak within discoidal cell, terminating in two small spots 

 ascending towards the costa, a small geminated spot before the apex, 

 and three irregular shaped spots obliquely on the disc pale yellow ; 

 hindwing with a slightly defined longitudinal discoidal streak, a nearly 

 parallel spot, and a transverse series of four discal spots pale yellow ; cilia 

 whitish. Underside grey ; basal portion of forewing and broadly on hind- 

 wing brown-black, the latter with a pale yellowish inner border ; base 

 of costa of forewing with spots and marks on both wings, as above but 

 more clearly denned, pale yellow ; cilia grey. 



Expanse : i inch. 



Habitat : Simla Hills and Kunawur. 



Frequents thistle heads and banks of thyme, at hot mid-day with a 

 rapid, flashing, skipping flight, June." (Moon, P. Z. S. I. c.) 



I have included this species under Tavactvocera at the suggestion of 

 Mr. de Niceville. The other two species of this genus have a weak 

 flight and keep close to the ground usually among long grass. 



