208 LEPIDOPTEEA INDICA. 



Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 1886, p. 52. Ehves, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 463. Watson, Journ. Bo. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. 1888, p. 28. Manders, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 538. 

 Krmna diodes, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 403, pi. 34, fig. 8 (1886). Elwes and de Niceville, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 439. Wood-IMason and de Niceville, id. p. 381. Watson, Hesp. 

 Ind. p. 148 (1891). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 663. Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, 

 p. 328. Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 115. de Niceville, Gazetteer of Sikkim, Butt. p. 185 

 (1894). de Niceville and Martin, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 539. Watson, Journ. Bo. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 435. Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 222. 

 Adamson, Trans. N. H. Soc. Northumberland, etc. 1908, p. 144. Hannyngton, Journ. Bo. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. XX. 1910, p. 372. Fruhstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 9. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside uniform deep glossy olive-brown without any markings. 

 Underside somewhat paler, the hinder marginal space of the forewing and a broad 

 discal space running close to the outer margin in some specimens, paler than the rest 

 of the wing. Antennse black, the upper part of the shaft and the club almost to the 

 tip white on the underside. Cilia of both wings, palpi, head and body above and 

 lielow and the legs concolorous with the wino;s. 



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



Expanse of wings, ,? ? lyV to 2fV inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



DrsTRiBUTiox. — The types are marked Bengal ; we have it from Sikkim, Johore 

 and Brunei, Borneo, and have received many examples from the Khasia Hills ; 

 Hannyngton records it also from Kumaon, Manders from the Shan States, Moore from 

 Tenasserim and Mergui, Elwes and de Niceville from Tavoy, Watson from Meetan, 

 3,000 feet elevation, Elwes from Sikkim, 3,000 feet elevation, Perak, Java, Pulo Laut 

 and Nias ; de Niceville and Martin from Sumatra. We give, in our statement of allied 

 species, a list of local forms described by various authors ; without examining the types 

 it is impossible to express any opinion about them ; we have, however, seen examples 

 from several of the localities mentioned by them, which we cannot separate 

 from diodes. 



INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED GENERA AND SPECIES. 



Tamela fumatus, Tagiades fumatus, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1876, p. 26; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



1876, p. 271. Habitat, Luzon, Philippines. 

 Tamela gemmifer, Astictopterus gemmifer, Butlei-, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 1877, p. 555. 



Kerana gemmifer. Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 403, pi. 34, fig. 29 (1886). Habitat, Borneo, 



Perak, Natuna Island. 

 Tamela maura, Tagiades maura, Snellen, Midd. Sum. Lep. p. 28 (1892). Habitat, Sumatra. 

 Tamela ful/jur, Kerana fulgur, de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1894, p. 55, pi. i. fig. 6, 9 ; id. 



Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 383, pi. Q, fig. 54, ,J . Habitat, Sumatra. 

 Tamela jirahha, Kerana diodes prabha, Fruhstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 10. Habitat, Baziland Island, 



Philippines. 



