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They may be readily distinguished by the blunt club of the antennae, which is excavated 

 on the upperside. 



We know nine species, which we distinguish as follows : — 



1 (6). Pale markings of the upperside white or whitish. 



2 (3). Hind wing below with the veins conspicuously pale l mmvius, Fab. 



3 (2). Hind wing below with the veins not conspicuously pale. 



4 (5). Hind wing below with a whitish stripe from the base to the 



termen in cell 16 danna, Moore. 



5 (4). No whitish stripe in cell 1 b of hind wing below ardonia, Hew. 



6 (1). Pale markings of the uppei-side deep tawny- or golden-yellow. 



7 (14). Hind wing below with a pale spot near the middle of cell 7. 



8 (11). Fore wing below : cell brown, with a yellow spot near the apex. 



9 (10). Size generally larger. Pale spots of upperside smaller, those of 



the hind wing above remote , ceramas, Hew. 



10 (9). Size smaller. Pale spots of upperside larger, those of the hind 



wing above contiguous, forming an irregular macular extra- 



discal band nicevillei, "Wats. 



11 (8). Fore wing below : cell brown, with at least the distal half yellow. 



12 (13). Hind wing below : cell 7 black, with an oblong yellow spot in 



the middle ziclea, Plotz. 



13 (12). Hind wing below : basal third of cell 7 and a subquadrate spot 



beyond the middle of that cell yellow flavoides, Leech. 



14 (7). Hind wing below with no pale spot in cell 7. 



15 (16). Yellow band on hind wing above not recurved towards the costa, 



ending at vein 6 ; fore wing below with the cell brown nearly 



to the middle, thence yellow archias, Feld. 



16 (15). Yellow band on hind wing above recurved towards the costa, 



ending at vein 7 ; fore wing below with the cell brown, with a 



yellow spot near the apex oberth'dri, n. sp. 



! Takacteoceea mcevius. 



Hesperia mcevius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 352 (1793). 



Taractrocera mcevius, Butler, Cat. Lep. Fabr. p. 279, pi. iii. fig. 13 ; Moore, Lep. Cey. vol. i. 



p. 172, pi. lxx. fig. 5 (1880-81) ; Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 62. 

 Pamphila sagara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 792. 



Ha b. N.W. Himalayas {Young, Hocking); Ganjam, Calcutta (Minchin); Ceylon 

 (Mackivood) ; Burmah (Watson). 



1 Specimens from Ceylon have the hind wing below sordid green and the veins less conspicuously pale. 



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