20 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



cell extending fully lialf the wing; middle median at one-sixth and lower at one-half; 

 submedian much arched, basal branch long : hindwing short, rather broad ; two 

 subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular outwardly recurved ; cell short ; middle 

 median at one-sixth, lower at one-half. Body fusiform ; thorax stout ; antennse 

 thicker than in Theretra (Nessus). (H. Glotlw.) 



HATHIA CLOTHO (Plate 87, Fig. 1). 



Sphinx Clotho, Drury, Illustr. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 28, fig. 1 (1773). 



Chcei-ocampa Clotho, Walker, Catal. Lep. B. M. viii. p. 141 (1856); Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 561. 



Pale olive-brown : forewing with a slender brown band from apex to middle of 

 posterior margin, three parallel inner very indistinct slender lines ; outer border of 

 winf slightly brown speckled ; a black dot at end of the cell, and a black hairy spot 

 at base of wiug : hindwing dark black, the costal border and a short broad irregular 

 fascia from anal angle dull flesh colour. Thorax, head, and palpi above darker olive- 

 brown; a large black basal spot on each side of abdomen; sides of thorax, head, 

 palpi, and tibia above flesh colour. 



Expanse 3 J to 3 1 inches. 



HATHIA LUCASII (Plate 86, Fig. 3). 



ChcBWcampa Lucasii, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. viii. p. 141 (1856); Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. 

 E. I. C. i. p. 277, pi. 11, fig. 3, 3a ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. p. 254 ; Butler, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 560. 



Pale dull ochreous-brown : forewing sparsely speckled with dusky brown scales ; 

 crossed by four oblique dusky brown equidistant lines extending obliquely from apex 

 to middle of posterior margin, the two middle lines indistinct, the inner line broadest 

 and slightly diffused in the middle, the outer line slightly black streaked on the 

 veins ; two or three speckled lines along outer margin ; a black dot at end of the 

 cell, and a less distinct dot near its base ; a black spot at base of posterior margin : 

 hindwing dusky black, the costal border and a short broad irregular fascia from anal 

 angle pale ochreous-brown. Body darker ochreous-brown ; sides of abdomen paler ; 

 a dusky black lateral spot at base of abdomen ; sides of thorax, head, and palpi, and 

 less above lilacine-white. 



Expanse 2^ to 3 inches. 



HATHIA TENEBROSA (Plate 86, Fig. 2, 2a, larva). 

 Chwrocampa tenehrosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 595. 

 Allied to G. Lucasii. Comparatively larger, and darker coloured : forewing dull 

 greyish ochreous-brown ; with similar markings, the oblique lines being somewhat 

 curved in crossing the disc : hindwing blacker, with less pale anal streak. 

 Expanse 3 inches. 



