HESPERIIDu^. 169 



Genus CHAPRA. 



From typical Gegenes {G. nostrodamus) this genus differs in its somewhat 

 lengthened form of forewing, more lobular anal angle of hindwing, longer antennae— 

 which has a whip-like point, and the male insect in possessing an oblique glandular 

 streak below the cell, somewhat as in PampMla comma. 



Type, C. Mathias. 



CHAPRA MATHI AS (Plate 70, Fig. 1, la). 



Hesperia Mathias, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 433 (1798). 



Epargyreui Mathias, Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 275, pi. 3, f. 8, (J. 



Hesperia JuUanus, Latreille, Enc. Meth. is. p. 763 (1823), ^. 



Gegenes Thrax, Hiibner, Samml. Exot Schmett. ii. pL 150, fig. 1—4 (1820—26), ,$ ?. 



Male. Upperside ohve-brown : forewing with two small yellowish semi-trdns- 

 parent spots within end of the cell, three before the apex, and in the male three 

 obhque discal spots followed by a dark-bordered slender straight impressed glandular 

 streak : hindwing with one or two very indistinct pale discal spots. Female with 

 five discal spots in the forewing, and four or five in the hindwing. Underside paler ; 

 markings more distinct : hindwing also with a spot at upper end of the cell. 



Expanse If to 1|- inch. 



"Kandy" {Wade). 



" Widely distributed. Low country up to 4000 feet. Found in thousands on 

 swampy patena scrub at certain times ; generally January and February " (Mackwood). 



CHAPRA AGNA. 



Hesperia Agna, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p. 791, jj. 

 Hesperia Chaya, Moore, id. p. 791, ?. 

 Pamphila similis, Mabille, MS. 



Similar to G. Mathias ; differs in being somewhat larger, much darker and more 

 uniformly coloured; the spots on the forewing of the male much smaller, those on 

 the disc being slender (not quadrate as in G. Mathias), and the oblique glandular 

 streak not so prominent. Female also similar. 



Expanse If to If inch. 



" Colombo. Common at all times, about low shrubs in gardens and waste 

 ground. Short flight; easily captured " (-HwicMsow). 



Genus TELICOTA. 



Allied to typical Pamphila (P. comma) : forewing more acutely triangular ; cell 

 somewhat broader; fourth and fifth subcostal branches and upper radial closer 

 together at their base; discocellulars more obhque, upper much longer; middle 

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