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17. Parnara, Mre. 



L©p., Ceylon, i., p. 166, 1881. Watson, P.Z.S., 1893, p. 105. 

 Caltoris, Swinh., T.E.S., 1893, p. 393. 



Type (Caltoris) kumara, Mre. ; type (Parnara) guttatus, 

 Brem. 



Antennae as long or longer than half of costa ; club 

 moderate, apiculus distinct, as long as or longer than greatest 

 width of club. Second joint of palpi densely scaled, terminal 

 joint obtuse, very short, almost concealed ; vein 5 nearer 4 

 than to 6, curved upwards from base, 2 from about -middle 

 of cell. Hind wings with 2 from apical fourth of cell, 5 

 absent. Hind tibiae with two pairs spurs ; 3 without stigma. 



89. P. amalia, Semp. 



Pamphila amalia, Semp., Mus. God. Lep., xiv., 1878. ffes- 

 perilla fulgidus, Misk., P.R.S., Qld., p. 151, 1889. Eryn- 

 nis fulgida, M. and L., T.R.S., p. 116, 1902. 



Type amalia, in Hamburg Museum; type fulgidus, in 

 Queensland Museum. 



Brisbane to Port Darwin; October to December. 



90. P. laraca, Swinh. 



Caltoris laraca, Swinh., A.M.N.H. (7), xx., p. 434, 1907; 

 T.E.S., pi. ii., fig. 21, 1908. 



o* 9 , 36-42 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, and 

 abdomen fuscous ; palpi beneath pale-yellowish ; thorax and 

 abdomen haired with greenish-yellow, becoming paler and 

 brighter beneath ; antennae beneath spotted with yellowish ; 

 club yellowish beneath : apiculus reddish. Legs reddish- 

 yellow. Fore wings elongate, triangular ; costa very slightly 

 arched, termen obliquely rounded ; dark-fuscous ; basal half 

 of wing and dorsum clothed with short orange hairs ; mark- 

 ings pale-yellowish, semi-transparent; two spots in end of cell, 

 upper elongate, lower irregularly quadrate; an irregular 

 transverse series of three small subapical spots lying between 

 veins 6 and 9, middle one lying at base of veins 7 and 8 ; a 

 rather elongate, somewhat quadrate spot lying at base of 

 veins 2 and 3 ; a second, not quite half the size, immediately 

 above, placed obliquely and excised posteriorly; a third, 

 roundish, obliquely above, between veins 4 and 5 ; a some- 

 what cartridge-shaped yellow spot lying on vein 1 in middle ; 

 cilia yellowish- white. Hindwings with termen rounded, anal 

 angle rounded, prominent : colour, orange hairs, and cilia as 

 in forewings ; two ovoid, pale-yellowish, semi-transparent 

 spots lying beyond middle of wing between veins 2, and 4. 

 Forewings beneath rather bright-greenish yellow or yellow, 

 lower half of wing, which is fuscous, excepting terminal area ; 

 markings of upper-side reproduced; cilia as above. Hind- 



