164 LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 



in a rather acute triaugular form, outer margin almost straight, a little shorter than 

 the hinder margin. Ilindwing, vein 7 from about one-third before the upper end of 

 the cell, cell short, less than half the breadth of the wing, discocellulars outwardly 

 oljliquc. vein 5 absent, the lower end of the cell bent upwards at vein 2, veins 3 and 2 

 with their bases close together from a little before the lower end of the cell, 

 outer margin sinuate, somewhat produced at the anal angle, costa and apex rounded. 

 In tlie male, vein 3 of the forewing is a little further from the end of the cell than it 

 is in the female ; the male has a discal patch of silky hairs on the upperside of the 

 forewing, a long tuft of hairs on the underside at the base of the sub-median vein, 

 and two olandular streaks on veins 2 and 3 of the hindwing, making them somewhat 

 bent and swollen. Autennse long, about two-thirds the length of the costa of 

 forewing, club moderate, long, gradual, shortly pointed at the tip, which is bent over ; 

 palpi with tlie second joint pressed closely against the face, densely scaled, third joint 

 concealed ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, the upper pair minute. 

 Type, llesperia lehadea, Hewitson. 



PADUKA LEBADEA. 



Plate 795, figs. 2, ^ , '2a,, $ , 2b, (J , 2c, $ , 2d, larva and pupa. 



Hes})crici hhcidea, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iv. Hasp. pi. 2, figs. 22, 23 (1868). 



Padukii IcharJca, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 647. Watson, id. 1893, p. 86 ; id. Journ. Bo. Nat- 



Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 429. de Kiceville and Martin, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 539. 



Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 219. Friihstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 9. 

 Ismene hhadea var. andamanka, Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1881, p. 254. 

 Ismene suhfasciata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 686. 

 Matapa suhfasciata, Moore, Lep. Ct^ylon, i. p. 164, pi. 64, figs. 3, a, b (1881). Watson, Hesp. Ind. 



p. 24 (1891). 

 Paduka (/landulosa, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 376, pi. 35, fig. 5, (J (1886). Watson, Journ. Bo. 



Nat. Hist. Soc. 1888, p. 26. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dark umber-lirown, the margins slightly paler, the 

 discal patch of silky hairs on the forewing somewhat glossy and with a slight tint 

 of purple in certain lights, no markings on either wing. Cilia of both wings ochreous- 

 grey. Underside paler. Forewing with a pale, indistinct, ochreous, sulj-costal streak 

 from base to end of cell, and a large and very indistinct pale sub-apical patch ; hinder 

 marginal space dull, pale ochreous-grey. Hindwing with a broad, pale, greyish 

 straight fascia across the wing, a little before the middle, slightly tinted with pinkish. 

 Antennae lilack, the club whitish on the underside ; eyes red ; palpi, head and body 

 above and below and the leos concolorous with the win as, abdomen with a small 

 ochreous anal tuft. 



