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au outward curve to the sub-median vein, its porlion crossing tlie cell edged outwardly 

 l)y a white luuular mark which closes the end of the cell, a white spot at the base of 

 the second median interspace and another inwards below^ almost touching it, in the 

 first median interspace, a large square blackish-brown patch on the costa limited out- 

 wardly by three sub-apical conjoined white spots, a similar but smaller patch at the 

 apex, a larger similar patch on the middle of the outer margin, and a small narrow one 

 at the hinder angle. Hlndicing darker, a white middle band from the sub-costal vein 

 to the abdominal fold, the inner portion of the wing from the band to the base black, 

 containing a white sub-basal spot, a black band narrowing upwards attached to the 

 lower portion of the white band, and a blackish macular, marginal baud. Cilia of both 

 wings grey, marked in places with brown. Underside grey. Forewing with a darker 

 ante-medial outwardly curved band darker than the ground colour, a white and grey 

 mark at the end of the cell, a broader, grey, discal, more outwardly curved band and a 

 grey band on the lower two-thirds of the margin. Antennae blackish, the underside of 

 the shaft greyish-white ; palpi and body beneath and the legs grey like the 

 colour of the wings ; palpi, head and body above brownish-olive, abdomen with whitish, 

 thin segmental bands. 



Female similar to the male, usually larger. 



Expanse of wings, ,J ^ to 1 inch, ? 1 to 1 f^ inches. 



Habitat. — India, Ceylon, Beloochistan. 



Distribution. — The type came from Ceylon, the type of littoralis from Karachi, 

 we took it at Poona and have it from Madras and from Quetta, Evans records it from 

 the Palni Hills and Moore from Kangra ; it is a scarce species, though widely dis- 

 tributed within our area. 



Genus CARCHARODUS. 



Carcharodus, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 110 (1816). Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 67 ; id. 



Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 189-5, p. 421. Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, 



p. 152. 

 Spilothyrus, Duponchel, Pap. Fr. Diurn. Suppl. p. 415 (1832). 

 Hesj)eria, Watson (part), Hesp. Ind. p. 152 (1901). 



Foreioing, vein 12 ends on costa well before end of cell, cell rather less than two- 

 thirds the length of the costa, discocellulars sub-erect, the lower the longer, vein 3 

 emitted a little before the lower end of the cell ; 2 from a little before the 

 middle ; the male with a costal fold, costa arched at the base, then nearly 

 straight, apex blunt, outer margin convex, a little shorter than the inner margin, 

 which is nearly straight. Ilindimng, cell more than half the length of the wing, 

 vein 7 emitted a little before the upper end, discocellulars and vein 5 faint, 3 from 

 just before lower end, 2 from a little before the middle ; costa highly arched at the 



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