146 THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF CEYLON. 



before end of tlie cell, second bifid at two-tbirds from its base, fourtb at one-sixtb 

 before end of the cell, fifth and sixth on a footstalk at a short distance beyond end of 

 the cell ; discocellular extremely slender, visible only under a high magnifying power ; 

 median four-branched, first or lower at two-thirds, second at nearly one-half, and 

 third at one-sixth before end of the cell ; submedian slightly curved downward : 

 hind wing short, ovate ; costal border very oblique, exterior margin convex, abdominal 

 margin long ; costal vein bent near the base and then arched to end ; subcostal two- 

 branched, its first branch emitted near the base and joined slightly to the costal at 

 the basal angle; discocellular extremely slender, very oblique, visible only under a 

 high magnifying power ; four median branches, a submedian, and an internal vein. 

 Body stout, woolly, abdomen attenuated at tip in male, densely tufted at tip in 

 female ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head, obtuse in front, compactly 

 pilose ; antennge bipectinated to tip in both sexes ; legs short, densely pilose. 

 Female : forewing lengthened, exterior margin oblique and slightly scalloped : hind- 

 wing with the exterior margin scalloped. 

 Type, T. Vishnu. 



TEABALi VISHNU (Plate 138, Fig. 1, la, h, 2, 2a,S Q, larva). 



Gastropacha Vishnu, Lefebvrej Zool. Journ. iii. p. 207 (1827), ?. 



Amydona prasina (part), Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. vi. p. 1417 (1855). 



Male. Olive-green, changing after death to greenish ochreous-yellow : forewing 

 with a transverse subbasal, an oblique medial discal, and a submarginal zigzag 

 lunular darker line ; a small dark spot at end of the cell : hindwing with a medial 

 discal transverse line, and a submarginal zigzag lunular line. Female paler : forewing 

 with less distinct subbasal and medial line, the submarginal composed of blackish- 

 speckled dentate spots, the cell spot large and greyish ; the area beneath the cell 

 reddish and dark speckled : hindwing with broader transverse discal line and blackish- 

 speckled submarginal zigzag spots. Anal tuft ochreous-yellow. 



Expanse, $ If, ? 2|- to 3 inches. 



Larva olive-brown or pinkish-brown ; with a subdorsal and lateral row of black 

 tubercular spots, from which radiate, a tuft of black hairs ; a dorsal tuft of radiating 

 black hairs, and an intervening conical tuft of pale pinkish hairs, a lateral row of 

 decumbent tufts of pale pink hairs, and a projecting tuft of long hairs on each side 

 of the head ; a black dorsal collar on front of second segment ; head with red spots ; 

 legs red. Cocoon pale olivaceous or pinkish-brown, protuberant laterally on one side 

 at each end. Pupa brownish-red. 



" Feeds on Terminaha and Eugenia." {Br. Thwaites.) 



