BARACUS. 



from their middle ; cell short ; two upper medians from end of the cell, 

 lower at one-third before the end ; submedian and internal slightly 

 recurved. Body moderate ; palpi laxly clothed, terminal joint somewhat 

 long, thick, pointed ; hind tibiae hairy above ; antennae with a thick club 

 and pointed tip. 



Type : B. vittatus." (Moon, I. c.) 



214. BARACUS VITTATUS, FELDER. 



Jsoteinon vittatus, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, vol. xii, 

 p. 480 (1862). 



Bavacus vittatus, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. i, p. 162, pi. 69, figs. 1,10 

 (1881). 



" Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the 

 lower basal and discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small sub- 

 apical spot of the same colour also on the forewing. Female : forewing 

 with a small olive -grey subapical spot and slender macular discal streak : 

 hindwing with less distinct olive-grey lower basal and discal area. Un- 

 derside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferruginous : 

 forewing with the basal area dusky brown : hindwing with a longitudinal 

 medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow 

 discal streak between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler 

 beneath. 



Expanse: <? ly^i 9 A inches." [? i T S 2 inches ?] (Moore, I.e.} 



Habitat : Ceylon (Hutchison, Wade, Mackwood}. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



215. BARACUS SUBDITUS, MOORE. 



Baracus subditus, Moore, P. Z. S., 1883, p. 534. 



" Female. Differs from the same sex of B. vittatus (Isoteinon vittatus, 

 Felder) on the upperside, in being of a uniform olive- brown : forewing 

 with three somewhat indistinct small olivaceous-yellow subapical spots, 

 below which are four similar spots, the two lower of which are very 

 indistinct. Hindwing uniformly olive-brown. Underside similar to that 

 of B. vittatus, except that the forewing has no subapical or anal spots, and 

 the intermediary streaks on the hindwing are more prominent. 



Expanse : i J- inches. 



Habitat : Coonoor, Nilgiris (Lindsay}.'" (Moorf, I. c.) 



Also recorded from the Nilgiris by Mr. Hampson. 



In collection de Niceville. 



216. BARACUS SEPTENTRIONUM, WOOD-MASON and DE NICEVILLE. 



Baracus septentrionum, Wood-Mason and de Niceville, J. A. S. B., vol. 

 Iv, pt. 2, p. 379, n. 203, pi. xviii, figs. 4, 40, <? (1886). 



" </. Upperside, both wings very dark vandyke-brown with golden, 

 and in certain lights, greenish reflections. Forewing with an oblique 



