224 LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 



INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED GENERA AND SPECIES. 



Lotonqtis sclisetUa, Hesperia schredia, Hewitson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1876, p. 452. Lotongus schipdia, 

 de Niceville and Martin, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 542. Synonym, Lotongus maculatus, 

 Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 372, pi. 35, fig. 1 (1886). Habitat, Sumatra. 



Lotongus onara, Hesperia onara, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 498 ; id. Lap. Exot. p. 166, pi. 59, 

 fig. 11, 9 . Lotongu.s onara, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. 1898, p. 156, pi. AA, 

 fig- 32, ^ . Synonym, Lotongus onara adorabilis, Frtihstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 18. Habitat, 

 Sumatra. 



Lotongus mijtheca, Hesperia mytheca, Hewitson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1877, p. 81. Zea mytheca, 

 Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 377, pi. 35, fig. 7 (1886). Habitat, Perak, Sumatra. 



Lotongus taprohanus, Hesperia taprobanus, Plotz, Berl. ent. Zeit. xxix. p. 226 (1885), unpublished 

 plate No. 1371 ; id. idem, xlvii. p. 92 (1886). Zea taprobanus, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 1908, p. 31. Synonym, Zea mythecoides, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. 1898, 

 p. 157, pi. AA, fig. 33, (J, 34 $ . Habitat, Celebes (Ceylon, fide Plotz, ex errore). 



Lotongus imrthenope, Hesperia parthenope, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. xlvii. p. 91 (1886), unpublished 

 plate No. 1365 $. Weymer, id. xlviii. p. 17, pi. 2, fig. 8, $ (1887). Lotongus parthenope, 

 de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1892, p. 354, pi. J, tig. 4, <? , 5, 9 . Habitat, Nias. 



Lotongus excellcns, Proteides excellens, StaudLnger, Iris, 1889, p. 141, pi. 2, fig. 6. Habitat, 

 Philippines. 



Lotongus aliena, Plesioneura aliena, Staudinger, I.e. p. 155. Habitat, Palawan. 



Lotongus znlates, Proteides zalates, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. p. 52 (1893). Habitat, 

 Borneo. 



Lotongus sums, Proteides sums, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1895, p. lix. Habitat, Borneo. 



Zampu zenon, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 391, pi. Q, fig. 58. Habitat, 

 Pulo Laut, Borneo. 



Genus ZELA. 



Zda, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 386. Watson, id. p. 431. 

 Lotongus, Elwes and Edwards (part), Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 230. 



Forewing, vein 12 ends on costa opposite the upper end of cell, cell broader than 

 in Lotongus, its upper margin curving downwards at its end, its lower margin curving 

 upwax'ds from the base of vein 2 to its end, consequently the upper discocellular is 

 rather longer than usual, is highly outwardly oblique, being in nearly a straight line 

 with the upper margin, the middle discocellular upriglit concave, much longer than the 

 lower which is straight and inwardly oblique ; vein 3 emitted about one-sixth before 

 lower end of cell, 2 from the middle ; sub-median vein straight ; costa nearly straight, 

 only slightly arched before the middle, apex acute, outer margin nearly straight, very 

 slightly convex, about as long as the hinder margin. Hindwing, vein 8 arched, 

 ending at the apex of the wung, 7 from one-fourth before upper end of cell, cell broad, 

 short, less than half the breadth of the wing, discocellulars faint, vein 5 traceable but 

 very faint, 3 from close to lower end of cell, the base of vein 2 about twice as far from 



