COLADENIA. IIQ 



yellowish-white subapical spots, a transverse medial series of larger spots 

 composed of a large irregular-shaped spot at end of the cell, a smaller 

 spot on the costa above it, a large spot beneath it below end of the cell, 

 and a very small spot between them at the junction of upper and middle 

 median veins ; between these is an irregular triangularly-lobed black- 

 bordered ferruginous spot ; a small black spot below the cell near the base ; 

 hindwing with an indistinct blackish discal spot, and a discal series of 

 spots curving from base of costa to above anal angle. Cilia brownish- 

 ferruginous, with a slight paler streak above posterior angle of forewing. 

 Underside dusky ferruginous-brown ; markings more prominent. Palpi 

 and legs pale ferruginous. Female paler, with marginal lunules more 

 diffused ; markings as in male. ,, {*'/ 



Expanse: j i-J ; ? if inches. ^5* 



Allied to C. indrani. Of a darker colour ; has deeper yellow and differ- 

 ently-shaped semi-transparent spots on forewing, and the cilia is not 

 alternated with white." (Moon, I. c.) 



Occurs Ceylon (Wade, Mackwood) ; Calcutta (de Niceville) ; Nilgiris. 

 (Hampson). 



Mr. de Niceville notes that in Calcutta there are two broods, the one 

 that appears in the rains differing from the cold-weather generation in 

 having the ground-colour of both wings umber-brown, instead of ochreous, 

 and all the black spots and markings more prominent. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



169. COLADENIA FATIH, KOLLAR. 



Hesperia fatih, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, vol. iv, pt. i, p. 454, n. 3, 

 pi. xviii, figs. 5, 6 (1848). 



"Expanse: i" 5.1. " ; (1/75 inches in figure). 



Wings yellow-brown ; in the middle of forewing four spots, two 

 adjacent dots and three lesser spots at the apex, transparent white, on the 

 hindwing two dusky obsolete bands. 



Of the size of Hesperia tessellum ; wings dark brown covered with 

 yellowish-grey scales so that the ground-colour is only visible here and 

 there ; on the middle of the forewing are two big quadrangular white 

 transparent spots and between them a third smaller one, on the costal 

 margin but in the same line there is a fourth still smaller one, and besides 

 beyond *the second window-like spot there are also two transparent dots ; 

 lastly there are three similar transparent spots before the apex arranged 

 in a semi-circle. On the hindwing the ground-colour is visible as two in- 

 distinct badly-defined bands. The underside is duller, but otherv/ise agrees 

 entirely with the upperside. Fringe alternately brown and white. Head 

 and thorax clothed with reddish-yellow hairs, antennae brown. 



Hugel obtained a single example in the Himalayas." (Kollar, I. c.) 



In collection Indian Museum. 



* *. e between it and the inner margin 



