44 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



fourth at about one-third from base of the third, fifth from end of the cell, and 

 slightly touching the third near its base ; discocellular concave, bent at upper and 

 near lower end, radials from the angles ; middle median from angle close to end of 

 the cell, lower at nearly one-half before the end ; submedian curved : hindwing short, 

 broad, apex very convex; two subcostals from end of the cell; discocellular concave, 

 bent near lower end, radial from the angle ; two upper medians from end of the cell, 

 lower at nearly one-third before the end; submedian and internal vein straight. 

 Body stout, abdomen extending beyond hindwing, tufted at apex ; palpi ascending, 

 compressed, second joint of uniform width, third joint linear, slightly widened at tip, 

 about half length of the second ; antenna simple ; legs thick, femora slightly pilose 

 beneath, middle and hind tibiae with long spurs. 



BEANA CALOPASA (Plate 148, Fig. 6.^). 

 Drana colopasa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1100 (1857). 



Male: forewing dull purplish-grey; with four transverse series of whitish- 

 bordered blue-black spots, including the orbicular and reniform spots ; and a broad 

 outer black band, the inner border of which is whitish, the band being also traversed 

 by a submarginal slender sinuous whitish line and crossed by white veins ; cilia edged 

 with white : hindwing blue-black, the apical border and cilia white. Thorax and head 

 purplish-grey ; thorax spotted with black, and the head with a black streak along 

 the front ; palpi black, the outer side of first and second joints white ; legs black 

 with white bands ; abdomen black above, tip ochreous-red, thorax and abdomen 

 beneath ochreous-red, the latter with black basal bands, anal tuft also black. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Genus RAMADASA. 

 Ramadasa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 603. 

 Forewing moderately short, broad, costa slightly convex, apex obtuse, exterior 

 margin oblique, posterior margin slightly lobed towards the base ; costal vein short, 

 ending at half length of the costa ; cell broad ; first subcostal emitted at two-fifths 

 before end of the cell, second at one-fifth before the end, trifid, the third at one- 

 fourth from base of the second, fourth at one-fifth from base of the third, fifth from 

 end of the cell and touching the third by a short spur near its base ; discocellular 

 concave, bent at each end, radials from the upper and lower angles ; middle median 

 from angle close to end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; Submedian 

 shghtly curved : hindwing short, trigonal, apex convex, exterior margin slightly 

 produced in the middle, abdominal margin straight ; cell short, not extending to 

 half its length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular concave, radial 

 from near lower end ; two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at nearly onj?- 



