236 LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 



costal space pale, nearly white, the abdominal fold paler than the rest of the wing. 

 Cilia bright orange. Underside pale brown. Forewing slightly tinged with ochreous, 

 hinder marginal space pale, whitish, a pale discal shade, the outer margin paler than 

 the rest of the wing, a small orange mark at the base containing a black spot. Hind- 

 wing strongly tinted with orange, with orange streaks in the interspaces. Cilia bright 

 orange, including the cilia of the whole of the a])dominal margin, the latter only 

 slightly apparent on the upperside. Antennae blaekish-brown, pale ochreous beneath, 

 the club orange beneath ; palpi orange, third joint black ; head and body above 

 concolorous with the wings, an orange streak on each side of the head ; below, the 

 pectus, legs and abdomen orange, the last with lateral black spots ; thorax above with 

 l)luish hairs, and there is some blue sheen on the base of the wings. 



Female. Upperside. Forewing dark brown, fairly uniform in colour, broader 

 than in the male. Hindwing without the pale costal space. Underside like the male, 

 l)ut on the forewing the pale discal shade is much paler and forms an obscure band 

 across the wing ; on the hindwing there is an obscure ochreous space in the disc, and 

 the orange-ochreous streaks are more pronounced. 



Expanse of wings, ^ 2 j^g, $ 2y*o inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim, N.W. Himalayas. 



Distribution. — In our collection from Sikkim, from whence the type came ; there 

 is a female in the B. M. from Dhera Dun ; and de Ehe-Philipe records it from Masuri ; 

 it is a rare species. 



BURARA GOMATA. 

 Plate 748, figs. 3, (J , 3a, J , 3b, $ , 3c, d, larva and pupa. 



Ismene gomaia, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865. p. 783, ^. Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 126, 



de Niceville, Gazetteer of Sikkim, Butt. p. 186 (189-1). Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



ix. 1895, p. 437. Davidson, Bell and Aitken, id. 1897, p. 23, pi. 7, fig. 1 (larva and pupa). 



Elwes, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 295. Friilistorfer, Iris, 1911, p. 61. 

 Hesperia gomata, Butler, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1870, p. 58. 

 Choaspes gomata, de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1883, p. 83, pi. 10, fig. 7, J . Ehves, Trans. 



Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 439. Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 7 (1891). 

 Burara gomaia, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 329. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside with the ground colour grey. Forewing with the 

 nervures brown, the nervules thickly streaked with brown, a thin line of that colour 

 inside the cell, the interspaces irrorated with brownish-grey, the costa, apex and outer 

 margin darkening to brown. Hindwing with the costal space whitish, the veins with 

 thick brown streaks, broadening outwards, leaving very narrow streaks of grey in the 

 interspaces, the outer margin broadly brown. Cilia of both wings whitish. Underside. 

 Forewing with the ground colour bluish-white, the veins greyish-blue, or greyish-green, 

 streaked on each side with l)lack, the streaks broadening outwards, the three lowest 



