232 LEPIDOPTEEA INDICA. 



INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED SPECIES. 



Pirilana ismcne, Hesperia ismene, Felder, Reise, Nov. Lep. iii. p. -Jli, pi. 73, figs. 4, 5 (1867). 



Pirdana ismene, Elwes and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, p. 438. Habitat, 



Celebes. 

 Pirdana hi/da, Hesperia hyela, Hewitson, Descr. Hesp. p. 23 (1867). Pirdana hyela, de Niceville 



and Martin, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 189-5, p. 540. Habitat, Java, Sumatra. 

 Pirdana sanjon, Ismene sargon, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1876, p. 261. Pirdana sargon, 



Friihstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 12. Habitat, Celebes. 

 Pirdana alhicornis, Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 224, pi. 21, fig. 14, (^. Habitat, 



Kina Balu, Borneo. 

 Pirdana scanda, Pirdana hyela scanda, Friihstorfer, I.e. Habitat, E. Java. 



Genus CERANE, 

 (Erane, Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 242. 



Forewinq, veiu 12 recurved, terminates on costa opposite the end of the cell ; cell 

 loQo-, about two-thirds the length of costa, upper discocellular distinct, outwardly 

 oblique, middle and lower discocellulars nearly erect, the lower the shorter, vein 5 

 from their junction, slightly curved; 3 from close to lower end of cell, 2 from about 

 one-third from the base. Costa slightly and evenly arched, apex somewhat acute, 

 outer margin convex to the end of vein 5, then nearly straight to the hinder angle, 

 which is rounded, hinder margin about'one-third shorter than the costa, making the wing 

 apically produced. Hindwing, vein 7 emitted near the upper end of cell, discocellulars 

 and vein 5 faint ; 3 and 2 from close to lower end of cell, the base of 2 being about 

 twice as far from 3 as the base of 3 is from the cell end. Costa highly arched at its 

 base, then evenly convex, apex and outer margin evenly rounded. Antennae long, 

 about two-thirds the length of the costa of the forewing, club long, slender, gradual, 

 the tip evenly curved and acuminate; palpi with the second joint densely scaled, 

 upturned in front of the face, third joint erect, obtusely conical, partially concealed by 

 the scaling of the second joint ; hind tibife fringed and with two pairs of spurs. 



Type, Notocrypta neasra, de Niceville. 



(ERANE NEJIRA. 

 Plate 810, figs. 2, ^ , 2a, ? , 2b, S- 



Notocrtipta nexra, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1891, p. 379, pi. G, fig. 27, 9 . Elwes, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 658. Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. is. 1895, p. 435. 

 de Niceville and Martin, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 544. 



(Erane msera, Elwes and Edwards, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 242. Friihstorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 28. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside black. Forewing with a white patch, consisting of an 

 oval spot at the lower end of the cell joined to a smaller sub-quadrate spot above it, and 



