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entirely yellow. Female. Upperstde, both wings with the ground-colour 

 and markings duller, the latter narrower, than in the male. Forewi'ig 

 with no golden-coloured irrorations ah the base of the wing. Under- 

 side, both wings duller coloured throughout than in the male, the discaL 

 patch on the hindwing distinctly whitish. 



Nearest to " Pamphila " gola, Moore, described and figured from. 

 Port Blair in the South Andaman Isles. A synonym of this species 

 is Padraona goloides, Moore, described and figured from Ceylon. I have 

 carefully compared specimens of these two species from the above- 

 named islands, and find that the differences relied on by Mr. Moore to 

 separate them are absolutely inconstant. The following are recorded 

 localities for P. gola : — Port Blair, South Andamans ; Mergui ; Thaing, 

 King Island (Mergui Archipelago) (Moore); Silcuri (Oachar) (Wood- 

 Muson and de Niceville) ; Sumba ; Sambavva (Doherty) ; Buxa (Bhutan) 

 (Elwes) ; Kiukiang (Central China) (Leech); Sikhim (de Niceville) ; 

 Nilgiri District (Hampson); and I possess specimens from the following 

 hitherto unrecorded localities; — 'Calcutta; Orissa ; Travancore ; Peiak 

 (Malay Peninsula); N.-E. Sumatra; Nias ; Java; S.-B. Borneo; and 

 Celebes. P. goloides has been recorded from Ceylon by Moore, and from 

 Singapore and Java by Distant. " Pamphila " naranatu, Moore, is 

 a MS. name for P. goloides in Horsfield and Moore's Cat. Lep. Mus. 

 E. I. C, vol. i, p. 251, n. 565 (1857), and was recorded from Java. 

 I have been informed by Mr. G. F. Hampson that Pamphila augitstula, 

 Herrich-Schaffer, from Cape York (Northern Australia) and the 

 Fiji Islands is another synonym. Dr. Staudinger also records a 

 "Pamphila" goloides, Moore, var. akar, Mabille, from Palawan ( Iris, 

 vol. ii, p. 146 (1889), which may be another synonym. P. paragola differs 

 from P. gola on the upperside of the hindwing in having the discal patch 

 broader in the middle thereby causing it to be oval instead of lengthened 

 or band-like in shape ; this feature is especially marked on the undei*- 

 side. The golden irroration of the underside almost throughout is pecu- 

 liar l o P. paragola. There are other smaller differences which are very 

 obvious when specimens of the two species are compared side by side, but 

 are difficult to express in words. I hope to figure P. paragola shortly. 



Described from two males and one female in my collection. 



716. Padraona palmarum, Moore. 



"Very rare, but every year Dr. Martin caught a few specimens 

 round his house at Bindjei in the plains in July. 



717. Halpe homolea, Hewitson. 



Originally described from Singapore. Occurs in S imatra some- 

 what rarely on the outer hills from May to August. 

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