TRE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA. 



445s- 



A. — Hind wing 



Genus 25. Telicota. 

 underside / the base unmarked. 



Expanse : 40-50mm. 



B. — Hind wing : underside i with the basal area 

 always with one or two yellow spots. 

 a. Expanse ; never over 25mm. 

 6. Expanse never under 30mm. 



al Fore wing / upperside / golden-ochre- 

 ous, costal and outer, marginal Ime 

 black ; a narrow, pale-blackish streak 

 below upper and lower margins of cell ; 

 a broad black, sub-oval shaped band 

 from lower end of cell to submedian 

 vein ; a black macular, marginal band 

 consisting of elongated square spots 

 decreasing in size upwards, one in each 

 interspace. Expanse : 30-37mm. 

 61. Fore wing, like aitgias, except that the 

 black, marginal band is not macular. 

 Expanse : 32-38mm 



palmarum (38). 

 (Corone). 



moesoides {39) 



augias (S'l 



bambusce (3G). 



(PI. M., figs. 75, 75rt)^ 

 Genus 26. Padraona. 

 Only one species. Expanse 26mm. . . . . gala {40), 



Genus 27. Halpe. 

 A. — Hind wing : underside i a broad, grey- 

 white transverse, medial band occupying 

 one-third of area of wing. Expanse 35mm. hyrtacus {42). 

 B. — Hind wing : underside i with a mugh nar- 

 rower, often irregular, white or yellowish 

 band transv'ersely across. Expanse : 



32-35mm moorei {41). 



C. — Hind wing : underside t with no band of 

 white colour. 



a. Colour : orange and brown, the orange 

 often predominating, particularly on the 

 underside. Expanse: 35-38mm honorei {44). 



(Thoressa). 



b. Colour : brown with white or yellowish 

 white, discal dots or spots. Expanse 



45mm. 



astigmata {43). 

 {Thoressa). 



Baracus. 



Cupitha. 



Genus 28. 

 One species. Expanse : 27-30mm. 



Genus 29. 

 One species. Expanse : 27-38mm. 



Genus 30. Baoris. 

 A. — Antennae : short, never over 7.5mm. 

 a. Fore wing / upperside : small whitish dot 

 or spot in the middle over the inner (ab- 

 dominal) margin. 



ol. Hind wing i underside : green-washed, 

 fading with age to a more ochreous 

 colour but always with the green shade. 

 Expanse : 30-35mm 



hampsoni {45).. 

 purreea {46). 



colaca {51). 

 {Calloris). 



