HYAROTIS. 117 



GENUS XLI. HYAROTIS. 



Hyarotis, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 174 (1881). 



Hyarotis, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 397 (1886). 



" Forewing triangular ; costa long, apex pointed, exterior margin 

 very oblique, posterior margin short in male ; subcostal at equal distances 

 apart, first branch at one-third before end of the cell ; the cell two-thirds 

 the length of the wing ; disco-cellulars inwardly oblique ; upper radial from 

 angle near subcostal, lower from their middle ; the middle median at one- 

 seventh, lower at four-sevenths before end of the cell ; submedian slightly 

 arched in the middle : hindwing oval ; exterior margin convex ; cell 

 extending half the wing, broad ; disco-cellulars very slender ; radial very 

 indistinct ; middle median from close to end, and lower at one-third 

 before end of the cell ; submedian straight ; internal slightly curved. 

 Body moderate ; palpi flattened laterally in front, terminal joint short, 

 conical, pointed ; antennae slender, with a stoutish club and slender tip. 



Type : H. adrastus." (Moore, I. c.) 



166. HYAROTIS ADRASTUS, CRAMER. 



Hesperia adrastus, Cramer, Pap. Exot., vol. iv, pi. 319, figs. F, G 

 (1780). 



Plesioneura praba, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 790. 



Hesperia phanicis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt., Hesp., pi. 4, figs. 36, 37 



(1869). 



Hyarotis adrastus, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 174, pi. 67, figs. 5, 5 a 



(1881). 



Hyarotis adrastus, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 397, pi. xxxiv, fig. 4 (1886). 



" Male and female, dark chocolate-brown. Upperside, forewing with 

 three small conjugated subapical semi-transparent white spots, three 

 similar and larger discal spots, and a fourth above them within the cell. 

 Underside darker brown basally, paler exteriorly ; forewing with spots as 

 above, bordered externally by a suffused dark brown streak ; hindwing 

 with a double series of white dark brown-outer-bordered lunules crossing 

 the middle of the wing, beyond which is a submarginal series of suffused 

 dark brown spots. Palpi, thorax, and abdomen beneath pale greyish- 

 brown. Legs brown. Cilia yellowish- white, spotted with pale brown. 



Expanse: cf if; 9 if inches. 



Habitat : Bengal." (Moore, I. c. in P. Z. S.) Recorded from Ceylon 

 (Hutchison, Wade, Mackwood); Andamans, Cachar (Wood-Mason and dt 

 Niceville); Sikkim (de Niceville; Elwes) ; Calcutta (de Niceville) ; Kumaon 

 (Doherty); Kangra, N.-W. Himalayas (Moore)', Orissa (Taylor); Nilgiris 

 (H amp son). 



I have obtained this species at Pegu and Rangoon. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



