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Show 252 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 21, end, radial from the angle ; middle median near end of the cell, lower at one fourth before the end, curved downwards; submedian straight: hind wing very convex externally; costa much recurved from the base, apex angular ; costal vein recurved, extending to the apex ; first subcostal emitted at one third before end of the cell; discocellular slightly bent in the middle, radial from the angle; two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at one fourth before the end; submedian straight, internal recurved. Body short, thorax moderate ; palpi porrect, compactly squamose, second joint projecting half its length beyond the head, third joint one third its length, slender; legs compactly squamose ; antennae short, thickening to the apex. Type P. ganesa. PANCHALA GANESA. Amblypodia ganesa, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 44, pl. la. f. 8 (1857). PANCHALA DODONEA. Amblypodia dodonea, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 43, pl. la.f.8 (1857). PANCHALA BAMA. Thecla rama, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 412, pl. 4. f. 1, 2 (1844). * PAPILIONID^E. PlERINcE. TERIAS HECABE. Papilio hecabe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 763 (1767). TERIAS EXCAVATA, n. sp. Near T. hecabe. Fore wing with the marginal band of a similar form but not quite so wide, the lower portion extending less from the angle: hind wing with a marginal slender dentated line. Female. Fore wing with a slightly wider marginal band ; hind wing with a very slender marginal dentated line. Underside with pale markings ; the apical streak pale in the male, prominent in tbe female. Expanse 1-| inch. Hub. Kangra district (Dharmsala). In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. TERIAS PURREEA, n. sp. Allied to T. asiope. Smaller in size; the marginal band on fore wing one third less in width at upper and lower ends, the upper and lower angles of the excavated portion less acute: hind wing with a slight marginal dentated line. Underside with similar but narrower and smaller markings. Expanse If to If inch. Hab. Kangra distirct. In coll. British Mnseum. |
