47G THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



bifid close to its base, tlie first touching tlie costal near its end, third trifid, sixth 

 from end of cell ; discocellular outwardly-concave, radial from the middle ; the 

 middle median very close to end, lower at nearly one-third : hindwiug short, apex 

 convex, anal angle prominent ; cell half the length, broad at the base; first sub- 

 costal near end ; discocellular outwardly-concave, no radial ; middle median near 

 end of cell, lower at one-third. Body rather stout, short ; palpi short, slender, 

 slightly curved, extending a little beyond the head, smoothly squamous, third joint 

 short, thick, very obtuse ; antennae broadly bipectinated to near tip, branches 

 ciliated, less pectinated in female : legs smooth ; hind tibia3 with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



Tyfe, P. squalida. 



PRIONIA SaUAlIDA (Plate 205, Fig. 3, 4, c? 2 ; 4a, larva). 



Prionia squalida, Hiibner, Zutriige, iv. p. 40, fig. 787-8 (1832), g ; Gueuee, Phal. i. p. 144 (1857). 



Prionia violacearia, Guenee, Pbal. i. p. 144 (1857), ? . 



Osicerda alienata. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1084 (1862), ^ ?. 



Celesdera scliistifusata, Walker, id. xxvi. p. 1749 (1862), ?. 



Isnisca cyclogonata, Walker, id. p. 1765 (1862), ij. 



Male. Forewing violaceous-cinereous, thickly flecked with short transverse 

 violet-black strigas, which are most densely disposed and confluent on the basal 

 half; crossed by an ill-defined blackish antemedial and a postmedial undulated diffuse 

 line, each with a dilated ochreous costal end : hindwing ochreous, the anal border 

 broadly violaceous-cinereous, flecked with short black strigee. Body violaceous- 

 cinereous, black-speckled ; front of head, palpi, and forelegs above ochreous-brown ; 

 palpi black tipt. 



Female. Wings with dark red strigas, and dilated costal stripes on forewing ; 

 base of hindwing darker ochreous. Body reddish. 



Expanse, $ to, s Its inch. 



Larva rather thick, looped; with 10 legs; dark purple-brown, delicately reticu- 

 lated with white, and with some irregular white marks on the middle and anal 

 segments; head and front legs black. Pupa short, front obtuse, pinkish, with black 

 bands. " Feeds on Lcora " (Thwaites). 



Family PANTHERIDiE.* 



Zerenidw, Guenee, Phal. ii. p. 195 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1106. 

 Wings ample, entire, generally white or yellow, with dark spots or lines : fore- 



* Zerene was used by Hubncr (Verz. p. 97, 181G) in the Pierinir. It cannot therefore be retained 

 as a geinis of Geomefrina. A new family appellation thus becomes necessary. 



