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purcndra. S. purendra Mr. (165 f). Cf. Vol. I, p. 335. This species seemed to be confined to the North- 
Western Himalaya, but Elwes reports of a specimen which is said to originate from the Nilghiri Hills (South 
India). I did not discover the species there. 
sati. S. sati Nic. differs from purendra (165 f) particularly in the absence of the large hyaline spot in the 
disc above the submedian. Kuch; Rajputana. 
dasahara. S. dasahara Mr., from India (Ivangra and Sikkim to Bombay), differs from the figured Ceylon-form 
albicilla. albicilla Mr. (165 f) chiefly in the hindwing beneath not being whitish but brown. Specimens from the southern 
philippus. point of the Indian peninsula already show transitions to this form by a brighter under surface. — philippus 
hampsoni. Mab. which by a mistake was denoted as American only shows yet traces of the small hyaline spots. — hampsoni 
davidsoni. Swh. and davidsoni Swh. are unknown to me. 
18. Genus: Otlfua Mab. 
The members of this genus differ much from all the Hesperidae enumerated so far in the yellow-speckled 
colouring by which they are at once recognised. Morphologically they resemble the mostly beautifully sky- 
blue American Pythonides (Vol. V, pi. 112) and the likewise peculiarly coloured Entheus ; in Tropical Africa 
the Abantis (Vol. XIII, pi. 75, 76) may correspond to them. In the forewing vein 5 is somewhat nearer to 
6 than to 4; the lower median branch rises at about % of the base of the lower cell-wall. The species of 
this genus seem to be extremely rare insects; even in large collections they are entirely absent. 
hieroglyphi- 0. hieroglyphiea Btlr. (= chrysomelaena Mab.). Black with large orange spots being somewhat 
cuneiior- ra diatiform at the margin of the forewing. The typical form in Borneo. — cuneiforrnis Smpr. (165 f), from the 
mis. Philippines (Mindoro), differs from it in the large orange discal spot on the hindwing not being triangular but 
ortygia. irregularly quadrangular. — In ortygia Nic., from Tenasserim, described from 1 the yellow spots in the apex 
of the fore wing are smaller, those in the hindwing larger. 
decorata. 0. decorata Hew. (= bicolor Oberth.) (165 f), on the contrary, is golden yellow with black spots, 
only the margin of the forewing being broad dark brown with whitish rays. Tonkin. 
19. Genus: Darpa Mr. 
The only species of this genus is coloured like Tagiades ; in the dark forewing there are discal hyaline 
pots, the anal half of the hindwing is white. But it is at once discernible by the dentate margin of both wings. 
hcinria. D. hanria Mr. (165 f). Dark brownish slate-coloured with a radiate black marking and a bone-coloured 
anal half of the hindwing. Sikkim. Apparently not common. 
20. Genus: Ctenoptilon Nic. 
The genus contains 2 species with long palpi showing a prolonged pendent terminal joint; apex of 
forewing truncate, the anal portion of the margin being irregularly curved. The hindwing exhibits a sharp 
tooth in the middle of the margin. All the wings are intermixed with numerous hyaline spots. 
vasava. C. vasava Mr. (165 f) has a reddish ground-colour; cf. Vol. I, p. 335. The chief range is Northern 
India from where the species is distributed as far as the south of the palearctic region. The Chinese specimens 
chinensis. have, chiefly owing to anatomical researches of the <$ genitals, been separated as chinensis Leech (Vol. I, 
pi. 84 f as vasava). Not rare. 
multigutta- C. multiguttata Nic., from Akyab and Tenasserim, is very similar, but the spot of the subapical hyaline 
ta - band of the forewing does not project beyond the others towards the apex, as it does in vasava. 
21. Genus: Tapeaa Mr. 
Allied to the preceding genus, but the wings are less sharply angled. The dents particularly in the 
centre of the distal margin of the hind wing only project as angles not as an appendage. Above all, the discal 
hyaline spots are all absent. 
thwaitesi. T. thwaitesi Mr. (165 f) is almost uni-coloured deep sepia-brown with indistinct black transverse 
bands. Before the apex 3 small hyaline spots, the lowest of which is removed towards the margin. In the disc 
minuscuia. of the hindwing there is a hardly noticeable minute spot. Indo-China, Sumatra, Borneo. — minuscula Elw. & Edw. 
