IIO GANGARA. 



light olive. Beneath the markings are similar, with the addition of a 

 black oblong spot across the end of the cell of the hindwing. Abdomen 

 dark, with olive bands. Antennae brown. 



Expanse : 2 inches. 



This species is placed without a name in the genus Chcetocnemc in the 

 British Museum collection. 



A species which seems allied to this has recently been described from 

 the Tipperah Hills by Doherty in J. A. S. B., 1886, p. -263, as *Eri<mota 

 lalita." (Elwes, I. c.) 



GENUS XXXVIII. GANGARA. 



Gangara, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 164 (1881). 



Gangara, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 394 (1886). 



" Wings, large ; forewing elongated, triangular ; costa arched at the 

 base; apex bluntly pointed ; exterior margin short, oblique ; cell broad, 

 clavate, extending two-thirds the wing ; subcostal much arched along 

 the cell, its branches at equal distances apart, first branch at two-fifths 

 before end of the cell ; disco -cellulars inwardly oblique, upper bent near 

 subcostal, upper radial from its angle, lower from their middle ; the 

 middle median at one-sixth and lower at four-sixths before end of the cell ; 

 tubmedian curved in the middle : hindwing short, broad, somewhat 

 quadrate ; apex convex, exterior margin somewhat produced and convexly 

 angular in the middle ; abdominal margin short ; cell short, extending one- 

 third the wing and of equal width throughout ; costal vein very slightly 

 arched, second subcostal at one-third before end of the cell ; disco-cellulars 

 obliquely concave, slender ; no radial visible ; middle median from near end 

 and lower at one-half before end of the cell ; both the middle and lower 

 medians and the submedian vein in the male swollen towards the base, and 

 clothed on the upperside of the wing with long hair; submedian and 

 internal straight. Body large, .robust ; palpi thick, compactly flattened 

 outwardly in front, terminal joint very short, broad, conical; antennae 

 slender, tip finely pointed. 



Type : G. thyrsis." (Moore, I. c.) 



159. GANGARA THYRSIS, FABRICIUS. 



Papilio thyrsis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 532 (1775). 



Telegonus thyrsis, Butler, Cat. Lep. Fab., p. 262. 



Hesperia pandia, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 790. 



Gangara thyrsis, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 163, pi. 66, figs. 3, 30, 

 (1881). 



Gangara thyrsis, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 394, pi. 35, fig. 13 (1886). 



" Male and female dark chocolate-brown. Forewing with bright 

 yellow semi-transparent quadrate spots disposed triangularly, the first large 



* ViAc preceding species. 



