TERACOLUS. Ill 



Expanse 1*3 inches. {Sppc. cr Fiiffnfnni, Ceylon; J. PoIp ; Mm, BHf.) 



Female. — Very similar to that of 2\ etrida, but with the sulphur-yellow shading 

 on the primaries rather more pronounced ; the dusky spot above the sub-median 

 nervure on the primaries neai'ly obsolete. Secondaries similar to those of T. etridn, 

 but having the brownish-black marginal border somewhat broader than in that species. 



Underside. — Central area of the primaries white ; the basal area, costal margin, 

 apical area, and hind-margin greenish-yellow ; the spots and mai-kings similar to 

 T. etrida. Secondaries, ground colour whitish, thickly sprinkled with greenish- grey. 



Expanse r4 inches. [Spec, ex Piitfalaiii, Ceylon; J. Pole ; Mus. Brit.) 

 " Dry-season " form or Male. — Central area of the primaries creamy-white, the 

 apical patch slightly more reddish in colour ; the brownish-black transverse line 

 somewhat broader and terminating on tlie posterior angle ; base and costal margin 

 dusted with grey. Secondaries creamy-white ; the brownish-black nervular spots 

 larger and forming a distinct border. 



Underside. — Central area creamy-white, the base and apical area of the primaries 

 greenish-yellow; a minute black dot at the end of the cell. Secondaries creamy-white, 

 with a greenish-3^ellow border on the hind-margin, and with a minute black dot 

 visible at the end of the cell. 



Expanse I '2 inches. {Spec, ex Trincomali, Ceylon, July 17, 1890 ; Colonel Yerbiiry ; 

 Mus. Brif. ) 



" Dry-seasox " FORM OF Female. — Central area of the primaries wliite, with 

 greyish dusting at the base, the orange-red patch larger than in 71 eirida ; the 

 brownish-black transverse line somewhat broader, edged on the inner side with a 

 sulphur-yellow line ; the two dusky spots situated above the sab-median nervure and 

 between the first and second median nervules, nearly obsolete ; the costa and hind- 

 margin brownish-black, terminating at the posterior angle. Secondaries creamy- 

 white, the nervules terminating in large brownisli-black spots on the hind-margin. 



Underside. — Central halt of the primaries white, the basal area, costal margin, and 

 apical area being greenish-yellow ; the olive-green discal band strongly pronounced. 

 Secondaries, ground colour whitish, sprinkled with a greyish dusting, the olive- 

 greenish discal band somewhat faintl}- marked, a border of greenish-yellow on the 

 hind-margin ; the discoidal spot well pronounced. 



Expanse 1'2 inches. {Spec, ex Ceylon ; -J. Pole; J/us. Bril.) 



Habitat. — Ceylon. 



Ceylon {R. Ternpleton ; Mus. Bril.; Type of Species). Ceylon {A. Whyte; Godman- 

 Salvin Coll.; Mus. Brif.). Puttalam (.7. Pole; Mus. Bril.). Trincomali, March and 

 July {Col. Yerbury ; Mus. Brif.). Hambantotte {Jf'ade ; Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, i. 

 p. 129, 1881). Vavoniya Vilankulam {Pole; Moore, f.c. p. 129, 1881). 



