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729. Baoris (Parnara) cahira, Muore. 



Originally described from the South Andaman Isles. It has two 

 spots in the discoidal cell and four on the disc of the forewing. I have 

 specimens from Sumatra which agree with Mr. Moore's figure and 

 description of the species. I have specimens also from Sumatra which 

 agree with Mr. Moore's description and Mr. Elwes' woodcut of Baoris 

 austetii, described from Assam, which also has two spots in the discoidal 

 cell and five on the disc of the forewing. Again, I have other speci- 

 mens from Sumatra agreeing with Mr. Moore's description of " Hesperia " 

 muolata, described from Upper Tenasserim in Burma, which has one 

 spot in the discoidal cell and also five on the disc of the forewing. 

 Lastly, I have specimens from Sumatra agreeing with Mr. Moore's 

 figure and description of "Hesperia " kumara, originally described from 

 Canara in Smith India, recorded also from Mergui in Lower Burma and 

 Ceylon by the author. It has no spots in the discoidal cell, but there 

 are seven discal spots on the forewing. As all my Sumatian specimens 

 appear to me to represent one and the same species, I record them under 

 the oldest of Mr. Mooi'e's four names. It may, however, be subse- 

 quently found on an examination of the prehensores of the male that 

 some of these species may be valid. L\i Sumatra B. cahira is found at 

 Biudjei and Nanioe Oekor in the plains, but is much rarer than the 

 two foregoing species, but flies throughout the year. 



730. Baoris (Parnara) bada, Moore. 



Pamphih Snellen, Midden-Sumatra, Lep., p. 27, n. 1 (1892). 



"Hesperia " bada, Moore, was originally described from Ceylon and 

 Malacca, an 1 is figured in " The Lepidoptera of Ceylon " by the author. 

 It has typically no spots in the discoidal cell of the forewing. Mr. 

 Elwes says that " Pamphila" [sic] mangala, Moore, and "Hesperia" 

 bada, Moore, as well as : * Pamphila " [sic] fortunei, Felder, originally des- 

 ciibed from Shanghai in China, are synonyms of " Eudamus " guttatus, 

 Bremer and Grey, originally described from North China. In this I do 

 not entirely agree vith him, as I consider H. bada and H. fortunei 

 to be distinct. Mr. Leech gives LI. fortunei as a synonym of E. guttatus, 

 and omits P. mangala and H. bada. T agree with him in so far as to 

 consider P. mangala to be synonymous with E. guttatus; the latter is, 

 however, larger than (1*5 inches as against c?, 1/2; 2, J'3 inches), 

 and has a different facies to, H. bada. Leech says that Parnara guttata 

 " C n be easily distinguished from P. pellucida, [Murray, originally 

 described from Japan] by its longer, narrower wings, and by the 

 spots of the hindwing, which are almost in a straight line, while 



