534 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



on each side by au interrupted yellow stripe, and on eacli segment a large round 

 black spot, and one or two short black lines; twelfth segment with two red spots; 

 head black and crimson. Feeds on Hiptage. Pupa very pale flesh colour, covered 

 with a white powdery-bloom, except upon a large oval spot on the thorax, which 

 remains clear ; a few small black spots upon angles of thorax ; a double dorsal row 

 of inconspicuous spots marking the abdominal segments." — {E. E. Green, July, 



1886.) 



PLESIONEURA SPILOTHYRUS. 



rhsioneura sjnlotlii/rus (Lep. of Ccylou, i. p. 179), Plate 211, Fig. 3, larva. 



" Larva dull green, with two narrow pale dorsal lines ; head brown, divided into 

 two distinct lobes ; middle segments swollen. Feeds on AcMnthm. Pupa pale green; 

 anal segment terminating in a curved blunt point ; sheath of proboscis produced to 

 terminal segment; covering of eyes pubescent." — {E. E. Oreen, July, 1886.) 



Family SPHINGIDiE. 



Genus DAPHNIS (Lep. of Ceylou, ii. p. 14). 

 DAPHNIS ERNESTINA (Plate 211, Fig. 1, ? ). 



Female. Purplish ohvaceous-grey. Forewing with a black basal dot, an 

 olive-green subbasal patch, an almost erect discal darker-bordered fascia, and a 

 narrow upper marginal angular band ; a short curved transverse pale streak before 

 the apex, and some dark sinuous marks on the discal fascia : hindwing olive-green, 

 with a recurved pale submarginal line and abdominal streaks. Head and thorax 

 ])urplish olivaceous-grey; tegular ohve-green; abdomen reddish, with greyish 

 segmental bands and tip. 



Expanse 2i inches. 



Ceylon. " Puuduloya; Dec." {E. E. Green). 



Tamily LITHOSIID^. 



Genus PADENIA (Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, ii. p. 58). 

 PADENIA TEIFASCIATA (Pl.a.te 211, Fig. 14, ? ). 



Female. Forewing creamy-white; crossed by an inwardly-oblique basal, 

 antemedial, and postmedial narrow angulated purplish-brown fascia, followed by some 

 submarginal dots and a mai-ginal dotted line ; two small obliquely superposed black 

 spots at end of the cell : hindwing and abdomen pale yellow. Thorax creamy-white ; 

 head, palpi, and legs yellow ; side of palpi, base of tibiaa, and tarsi with a black 

 band. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Ceylon. " Wattcgama ; April " (Maehcood). 



