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23. Parata, Mre. 

 Lep., Ceylon, i., p. 160, 1881. 

 Type chromus, Cr. 



This genus differs from Hasora only by the presence of 

 the stigma, in & , which is somewhat crescentic. The genus 

 is useful in separating the two groups. 



103. P. chromus, Cr. 



Papilio chromus, Cr., Pap., ex., pi. celxxxiv., fig. e, $ , 1782. 

 Parata chromus, Mre., Lep., Ceylon, i., p. 161, pi. lxv., fig. 1, 1881. 

 Hasora chromus, M. and L., T.R.S., p. 125 (nee Cramer). Hasora 

 lucescens, Lucas, P.R.S., Qld., xv., p. 138, 1899. 



cS 9 > 42-48 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark- 

 fuscous, more or less densely clothed with greenish-golden 

 hairs ; face ochreous ; palpi and antennae dark-fuscous ; palpi 

 beneath ochreous-fuscous. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, triangular ; costa nearly straight, termen nearly 

 straight, oblique : dark-velvety fuscous, almost blackish in 

 some specimens ; basal hairs greenish-golden ; markings 

 whitish in 9 ) male without markings, except stigma, which 

 is densely black ; moderately narrow and curved inwards from 

 base of vein 3 to dorsum before middle ; a somewhat tri- 

 angular spot near base of veins 3 and 4 ; a similar spot, 

 excised posteriorly, obliquely below, between veins 2 and 3 ; 

 sometimes a minute subcostal spot between veins 6 and 7, 

 usually absent; cilia dark-fuscous, tips whitish. Hindwings 

 with termen somewhat produced on vein 1 ; colour, as in 

 forewings ; basal hairs greenish-golden ; dorsum broadly 

 dull-light fuscous; cilia as in forewings. Under-side of both 

 wings fuscous, washed with bluish-purple ; cell of forewings 

 blackish, markings of upper side of 9 reproduced ; dorsum 

 broadly dull-ochreous whitish, limited by vein 1 ; a small 

 similarly-coloured patch above anal angle. Hindwings with 

 a moderately broad transverse white fascia, about 3 mm. 

 wide ; anterior edge moderately straight, posterior edge 

 suffused and gradually mixing with ground-colour, from costa 

 at f to vein 16; a large patch of velvety black on anal 

 angle ; an obscure dull-whitish streak along vein la to base ; 

 a small white patch on dorsum, just above anal angle; cilia 

 as above, blackish on anal angle, and with a fine white basal 

 line between veins lb and 3. 



The insects formerly described by us as chromus were 

 small specimens of haslia, Swinh., which were known to Aus- 

 tralian collectors as chromus. It was under these circum- 

 stances that Dr. Lucas renamed the present species lucescens. 

 The description here given is drawn from Australian speci- 

 mens, but a nice series sent me by Colonel Swinhoe from 

 various Indian localities vary very little from our form, the 



