MATAPINM. 175 



MATAPA SHALGRAMA. 



Platfi 798, figs. 2, (J , 2a, ? , 2b, $ . 



Mataiia shnhjrama, de Xicoville, Juurn. As. Soc. Bengal, 1883, p. 8.5. Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1888, 

 p. 442. Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 24 (1891). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 649. Swinhne, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 320. Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 85. de Niceville, Gazetteer 

 of Sikkim, Butt. p. 181 (1894). Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 429. Elwes 

 and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 210. Friihstorfer, Iris, 1910, p. 100. 



Hesperia aria, Hewitson (nee lloore), Exot. Butt. iv. Hesp. pi. 3, figs. 24, 25, ? (1868). 



Imago. — Male. Uppereide rich cliocolate-brown, slightly paler at the apex of the 

 forewing, the discal stigma on the forewiug grey, no markings ou either wing. Ciliii 

 of forewing yellowish-white ; of the hindwing a little 1 >righter yellow, shading off intc • 

 yellowish -brown at the apex. Underside slightly paler than the upperside, without 

 any markings, eyes red. Antennae black, underside yellowish-white, tip of club dull 

 orange-yellow ; palpi, head and body above and beneath and the legs concolorous witli 

 the wincrs. 



Female like the male, but paler and duller in colour. Underside paler than the 

 upperside, all the margins of the forewing much paler than the inner portion, tip of 

 abdomen orange, eyes red. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ 2-^q to 2-fo- inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Malayana. 



Distribution. — The types from Sikkim are in the Indian ]\Iuscum, Calcutta ; our 

 description and figures are from a pair in the B. M. from Burma ; Elwes records it 

 from the Karen Hills, E. Pegu, Pulo Laut, Bali and Java. 



INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED GENERA AND SPECIES. 



Mafapn cehina, Hesperia celsina, Felder, Reise, Nov. Lep. iii. p. 512, pi. 71, fig. 12, 5 (18G7). 



Pamphila celsina, Staudinger, Exot. Tagf. p. 298, pi. 99, ^ (1888). Pirdana celsina, Elwes 



and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 224. Synonym, Isniene assur. Mabille, Ann. Soe. 



Ent. Fr. 1876, p. 261. Habitat, Celebes. 

 Matapa neglecta, Ismene neglecta, Mabille, I.e. p. 268. Habitat, Philippines. 

 Mntapa pulla, Hesperia pulla, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. xliii. p. 315 (1882), unpublished plate No. 25(1, 



Habitat, Java. 

 Matapa radaya, Matapa celsina ractaya, Friihstorfer, Iri.s, 1910, p. 101. Habitat, Philippines. 

 Ge geta, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 373, pi. Q, fig. 51, ^. Habitat, 



Penang, Java, Borneo, Sumatra. 

 Sejia noctis, Pamphila noctis, Staudinger, Iris, 1889, p. 143. Sepa noctis, Elwes and Edwards, I.e. 



p. 214. Synonym, Pamphila perfusca, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. p. 53 (189.1). 



Habitat, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra. 

 Sepa cronus, de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1894, p. 50, pi. 5, fig. 4, <J . Habitat, Sumatra, 



Borneo. 



