SPECIES INCERT^ SEDIS. l6l 



Parnam parca, Watson, Htsp. Ind., p. 49, n. 65 (1891). 



" Upperside dark brown. Antennas ringed with white near the point. 

 Anterior wing with seven transparent spots one in the cell bifid, three 

 placed longitudinally below this, and three near the apex. Posterior wings 

 with the five transparent spots forming a circle : the fringe, except at the 

 apex, orange. Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has the 

 outer margin near the anal angle yellow, and that the posterior wing has 

 the outer margin between the branches of the median nervures, as well as 

 the fringe, yellow and indented inwardly. 



Expanse : i'8 inches. 



Habitat : Darjeeling. 



Unlike any described species." (Hewitson, I. e.) 



In collection de Niceville. 



230, HE8PERIA DECORATUS HEWITSON. 



Eudamus decoratus, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp., p. 17, n. 30 (1867). 

 Ptevygospidea decoratus, id., Ex. Butt., vol. v, pi. Ptevygospidea, fig. 2 



(1873)- " 



" Upperside orange, with bands and spots of black ; the abdomen 

 orange banded with black. Anterior wing with two spots near the base, 

 a band of three spots before the middle, a triangular spot on the costal 

 margin beyond the middle and a spot below this, all black ; the apex and 

 outer margin broadly brown crossed longitudinally by fine hastate yellow 

 lines. Posterior wing with a spot at the base, two spots before the 

 middle, and two submarginal bands of pyriform spots near the apex. 

 Underside as above, except that the black spots are larger, and that the 

 anal angle of the posterior wing is black. A specimen of this species in 

 the collection of Dr. Boisduval is white instead of orange. (Hewitson, I. c., 

 in Ex. Butt.) 



There is not in the whole family of the Hespeviida a more beautiful 

 species than this." (Hew., I. c., in Desc. Hesp.) 



Expanse : 1*6 inches. 



Habitat : Sylhet, Java (Hewitson) ; Garo Hills (de Nicetille). 



In collection de Niceville. 



