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Of these lamhrix salsala, Suastus gremiua (and bijmmtus) may be 

 at once known by the very conspicous, long, slender third joint to 

 the palpus; Udaspes foliis and Tagiades litigiosa by the large 

 amount of white ground-colour on the upperside of the hind wing ; 

 the two Notocrypta by the broad, pure-white, discal band on the 

 fore wing ; Gegenes nostradamas by the antennge of only 5mm., 

 the shortest of all skipper — antennae, and the tiny point at the 

 end of the club fit is, besides, only found in desert country) ; 

 Baorisfarri male by the large tuft of hair, or, rather, patch of hair, 

 on the upperside of hindwing near the base ; Caltoris kumara and 

 seriata by their size and the absence of the spots in the cell of the 

 forewing, the latter having a rufous underside to the hind wing 

 which the former has not got ; Parnara canaraica by the underside 

 of the hindwing with the lighter, broad fascia ; Caltoris colaca is 

 distinguished from Parnara hada hj having a white spot above the 

 middle of the inner margin of upperside of fore wing ; Caltoris 

 conjuncta by its large size — it is the largest of all the Baoris group — 

 and Chapra matJiias and siibochracea in the male by having a pro- 

 minent, diagonal sex line or streak on the lower disc of the fore- 

 wing. Cupitha purreea is at once recognizable by its yellow colour 

 with the underside quite pure, unmarked except along the anal 

 margin of the underside of hind wing where it is black ; the male 

 also has a convex, round ''male-mark" on the underside of hind 

 wing near the costa. The Telicota and Padraona lot as well as 

 Ampittia dioscorides (male) are all orange with black, band-like 

 markings on the upperside ; the female Ampittia is rather like 

 Baracus or Taractrocera ceramas on the upperside. Gangara thyrsis 

 is unmistakeable, being the largest of all these skippers, with 

 enormous, yellowish, hyaline spots on the upperside of fore wing. 

 Matapa aria and Sanctis subfasciatus are quite unmarked on the 

 upperside except that the male of the former has a distinct, diago- 

 nal, linear " male-brand " ; Sancus male has an oval, dark male- 

 mark on the underside of fore wing near the inner margin. Plastin'jin 

 submaculata is very like Suastus gremius on the underside of 

 hind wing. 



(To be continued.) 



