120 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



PADEMMA MACCLELLANDI (Plate U, fig. 2, 2a, (? ? ). 

 Pademma Macclellandi, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 18S3, p. 303, pi. 32, fig. 4, ? . 



Imago. — Male and Female. Upperside olivaceous-brown. Foreiving with tlie 

 basal area darker brown and slightly suffused with violaceous-blue ; a large violet- 

 blue spot at lower end of the cell, two slender streaks beyond, a large spot between 

 the middle and lower median veinlets, and a streak above the submedian vein ; a 

 submarginal row of elongated whitish-centred spots, the two upper and lowest 

 beino- small, and a marginal row of small distinct white spots. Sexual mark clothed 

 with widely-separated broad tridentate and quadridentate-tipt scales. Hindwing 

 darker brown ; with a submarginal and marginal row of small very pale brown 

 spots, the upper submarginal spot only being white. 



Expanse, c? 3J, ? 4 inches. 



Habitat. — Nowgong, Assam. 



This form has a similar pattern of markings to that pertaining in P. Klugii, 

 but differs in its much paler colouring, and in the absence of the brilliant steel-blue 

 gloss present on the forewings of the latter species. 



PADEMMA INDIGOFERA (Plate 44, fig. 3,t^). 

 Pademma hidigofera, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 306, pi. 32, fig. 2>,^. 



Imago. — Male. Differs from P. Klugii in being much smaller in expanse. 

 Upperside, Forewlng uniformly suffused with clear blue throughout ; both marginal 

 rows of spots similar and prominent, the two streaks beyond the cell very short, and 

 the small costal spot distinct. Sexual streak short, broad, clothed with widely-separated 

 narrow bidentate and tridentate-tipt scales. Hindwing also suffused with clear blue ; 

 the discal patch duller coloured; marginal row of white spots prominent, three 

 prominent upper submarginal white spots, the lower obsolete. Underside dark 

 olivescent-brown. Foreiving with prominent violet-white costal spot, four discal 

 spots, of which the lowest is large ; submarginal and marginal white spots complete, 

 those of both rows being of equal size. Hindwing with a prominent submarginal and 

 marginal row of white spots. Some white spots at base of the wing. Body dark 

 brown ; head, palpi, thorax above and beneath black, spotted with white ; legs black, 

 fore femora white beneath ; abdomen beneath with slight bluish bands. 



Expanse, S 2f inches. 



Habitat. — Nowgong, Assam. 



PADEMMA SHEEWILLII (Plate 45, fig. 1, J). 

 Imago.— Male. Upperside dark olivescent-brown. Foreiving darker and" blue- 

 glossed on the basal half ; a small pale blue costal spot above end of the cell, three 

 slender upper discal spots beyond the cell, sometimes a small lower discal spot 



