70 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Vertex yellowish brown to reddish brown, in the middle a dark 
brown longitudinal band which is sometimes crossed in the centre 
by a more indistinct transverse band ; a narrow seam at the inner 
borders of the eyes. Suture of the vertex fine. Ocelli relatively 
close together, the interval between the two posterior ocelli one- 
third to one-fourth of the interval between them and the eye-borders. 
Forehead dark red-brown, with delicate gray pubescence. Clypeus 
black-brown with very fine gray pubescence, moderately convex. 
Clypeolus usually clear yellowish, short. Labrum black. Maxil- 
lary palp without spurs, black ; end-joint, except its extreme base, 
whitish yellow. Antenne about two-thirds the length of the fore 
wing, black-brown, the four first joints dark red-brown, the apex 
of the third and fourth joint, sometimes also the apex of the second 
joint (second basal joint), very pale brownish yellow. The length 
of the eleven (antennary) joints of the flagellum are in millims.: 
0:15, 0°17, 0°2, 0°2, 0°16, 0°13, 0°1,.0°1, 0°07, 0°06, 0°07. Eyes - 
fairly large, black, sometimes with golden lustre, glabrous. Tem- 
ples displaced. 
Thorax black above, covered with golden scales, especially behind. - 
Abdomen in the dried animal blackish, Legs black, ends of the 
coxe, the trochanters, the apices of the femora, tibiz, and first 
tarsal joints clear brownish yellow to whitish yellow with golden 
lustre ; the apices of the first tarsal joints are often only at the 
extreme tip pale coloured ; in the hind legs this clear colour becomes 
sometimes almost entirely obliterated. In clearer specimens the 
three tarsal joints incline to a pale colouration. The length of the 
anterior tibize is 0°5 mm., of the middle tibiez 0°48 mm. ; and. of the 
hind tibie 0°95 mm. The lengths of the tarsal joints of the fore 
foot in millims. amount to : 0°28, 0:05, 0°08; of the middle foot, 
0:32, 0°07, 0°08; of the hind foot 0°6, 0°08, 01. Ratio of the 
posterior tarsal joints as 6: $:1. Claws slender, with one rather 
stout tooth hefore the apex. First hind tarsal joint with 23 cteni- 
diobothria. Femora, tibie, and first tarsal jomts squamous. The 
posterior femur is shown in fig. 123. 
Venation illustrated in fig. 32. Pterostigma very short and 
small, distal portion of the subcosta distinct. The basal part of the 
radial ramus in the hind wing is lacking (the ramus apparently aris- 
ing from the media); 7; is absent and r ends at the place where 
the radial ramus should begin. The pattern produced by the scaling 
of the fore wing (fig. 6) is the following :—Black brown to brown 
with golden marginal spots between the ends of the veins, a narrow 
golden band (which is often broken up into points) near the outer 
margin, and parallel to the latter; in the middle of the, anterior 
