16 LEPIDOPTERA INDIGA. 



Expanse, S 21, ? 2^ inches. 



Habitat. — Nicobar Islands. 



Described from specimens in Col, C. T, Bingham's Collection, taken on Great 

 Nicobar Island, March, 1904, by Mr. G, Rogers. 



Indo-Malayan Species. — Saletara Disfanti, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1898, 

 p. 400, c? ? . Sal. Nathalia, Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 317, pi. 26, fig. 1, 2, c? ? (1885). 

 Snellen, Mid. Sumatra, p. 8, pi. 2, fig. 6-11 (1888). de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1895, p. 504. Tachyris Nathalia, Wallace, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 369. 

 Hahitaf. Malay Peninsula ; Singapore ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Saletara Engania, Fruhstorfer, Soc. Ent. 1903, p. 124; id. Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1904, 

 p. 203 ; id. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1904, p. 847. P. Panda, var. Snellen, Tijd. v. Ent. 

 1895, pi. 1, fig. 3, <S. Habitat. Engano Island; Nias Island. 



Saletara Panda (Pieris Panda, Godart, Encyc. Meth. ix. p. 147, c? (1819). 

 Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. p. 485 (1836) ; Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Company, i. 

 p. 71 (1857). Trigonia Panda, Geyer, Hiibner's Zutr. v. p. 85, fig. 943-4, c? (1837). 

 Tachyris Panda, \^'allace, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 368. Saletara Panda, Butler, Ann. 

 N. H. 1898, p. 400. Si/n. Pieris sulphui-ea, Vollenhoven, Monog. Pier. p. 32, pi. 4, 

 fig. 4, ? (1865). Habitat. Java. 



Saleta.ra Nathalia (Pieris Nathalia, Felder, Wieu. Ent. Monat. 1862, p. 285), 

 Semper, Reis. Phil. Lep. p. 249, pi. 40, fig. 12, 13, ? (1891). Butler, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 1898, p. 400. Si/n. Tachyris Panthea, Wallace, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 376, ? . 

 Habitat. Phihppiues. 



Genus TACHYRIS. 



Tachyris (sect. C, pt.), Wallace, Traus. Ent. Soc. 1867, pp. 312, 316. 

 Tachyris, Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. A. Sc. 1875, p. 274r. 

 Trigonia, Geyer, Hiibner's Zutr. v. p. 21 (1837), preoccupied. 



Male. Forewiug triangular ; costa arched from the base, apex obtuse ; third 

 subcostal furcated at one-fifth from the apex. Hindwing triangularly-oval, exterior 

 margin very convex. Anal tufts long. 



Type.— T. Nero. 



Habits. — Mr. H. 0. Forbes (Wanderings Eastern Archipelago, p. 227) writes : 

 " This species, as observed in Sumatra, is found in the open paths aud sunny roads, 

 often flying in flocks of over a scoi'e, exactly matching in colour the fallen leaves, 

 which it was amusing to observe how often they mistook for one of their fellows at 

 rest, and to watch the futile attentions of an amoi'ous male towards such a leaf 

 moving slightly in the wind." Dr. L. Martin says "males are not rare in N. F. 

 Sumatra, in large forest, and frequent wet spots on roads. Females are very rare. 

 It is found throughout the year, and over the whole of our area, except iu the higher 



