1883,] L. de Niceville — On new aad little-Tcnown Rhopalocera. 85 



M. sasivarna. Cilia of forewing greyish-white, of hindwing broadly 

 from anal angle to two-thirds of the margin orange-yellow, thence to the 

 angle brown. Underside dull rich brown, in some lights beautifully gloss- 

 ed with irridescent greenish. Anal segment of the female furnished with 

 a fringe (not a very close thick tuft) of long yellow hairs. Long hairs on 

 body and base of wings brilliant (especially in the females) irridescent 

 green. Expanse averaging about 1*8 inches. 



M, druna. Cilia as in M. sasivarna. Underside dull rich brown 

 glossed with irridescent greenish, but the apex of the forewing perceptibly 

 lighter brown in the males. Long hairs also irridescent green. Anal tuft 

 of female as in M. sasivarna. Expanse averaging about 1*95 inches. 



28. Matapa shalgeama, n. sp. 

 Hesperia aria, Hewitson, Ex. Butt., vol. iv, Resperia pi. iii, figs. 24, 25 {1SQ%)^ female. 



Hab. Sikkim. 



Expanse : ^ , 21 ; ? , 2-2 inches. 



Desckiption : Male. Uppeeside dull rich chocolate-brown, slightly 

 paler on the outer margin of the forewing. Cilia of forewing yellowish- 

 white, of hindwing orange-yellow, shading ofE into yellowish-brown at the 

 apex. Undeeside dark ferruginous. Female. Uppeeside paler than in 

 the male, the forewing uniformly coloured and lacking the male sexual 

 streak ; with the area before the subcostal nervure from the base to half the 

 length of the wing ochreous. Ujstdeeside lighter coloured than in the male, 

 in some specimens bright ochreous, except the inner margin which is brown 

 extending widelj^ into the disc of the forewing. Anal segment furnished with 

 a very close thick tuft of dark brown hairs, marked on each side with two 

 pale brown bars, l^odg on the upperside dark brown, below ferruginous or 

 ochreous. HJges scarlet. 



Three males and seven females of this species seen by me sliow but 

 little variation. Hewitson's figure of the female is sufticiently charac- 

 teristic to make the species easily recognizable. 



29. Baoeis oceia. (Plate X, fig. 11, 2.) 



Sesperia oceia, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp., p. 31, n. 22 (1868) ; id., Wood-Mason and 

 de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. 1, pt. ii, p. 258 (1881); Baoris oceia, Moore, Lep. 

 Cey., vol. i, p. 166 (1881). 



In the Journ. A. S. B. (1. c), a table of figures is given shewing the 

 great diversity in the number and position of the spots of the forewing 

 of South Andaman specimens of this species. A series of specimens of 

 both sexes from Sikkim exhibits even greater variation, from totally 

 unmarked specimens of both sexes through every gradation to the typical 

 number of eight spots. I have figured a female altogether without 

 markings to show one extreme of this variation. 



