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obliquely truncate at its end ; middle median branch emitted at some distance before 

 end of tbe cell, lower at about half its length : hindwing somewhat quadrangular ; 

 apex convex, exterior margin scalloped and angulated at end of upper median vein ; 

 costal vein extending to apex, with a short inwardly-bent basal spur; cell fusiform; 

 first subcostal brancli emitted at one-fourth from its base ; discocellulars outwardly 

 recurved, upper shortest, lower slender, radial from end of upper; two upper median 

 branches from end of the cell, lower from opposite second subcostal ; submedian 

 vein much curved; internal vein short, recurved. Body robust; palpi porrect, 

 pilose; second joint long, projecting half its length beyond front of the head, third 

 joint short, pointed ; legs slender ; antennge long, with stout rounded club. [V. lo.] 



VANESSA HARONICA (Plate 25, Fig. 2, 2a). 

 Vanessa Haronica, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soo. Lond. 1879, p. 137. 



Male and female. Upperside deep blue-black, basal area suffused with dark 

 sap-green ; a broad greyish-blue band crossing the disc of both wings, the band 

 continuous from the costa to the anal angle, and with a sinuous outer border; a 

 small grey-blue lunule before the apex of forewing ; a submarginal row of small blue 

 spots, and narrow marginal line on hindwing. Underside with the basal and marginal 

 area densely studded with black strigne, interspersed with grey, green, and ochreous 

 streaks ; basal area bordered across the disc by a sinuous purple-black line, the disc 

 beyond and the apex of forewing broadly clouded with ochreous; a yellow dentate 

 spot at end of each cell. 



Expanse, $ 2^, 2 3 inches. 



Larva light red, spotted with black, the segments divided by black and purple 

 lines, armed with eight longitudinal rows of delicate branched spines anal segment 

 slightly humped. Feeds on Smilax. Pupa reddish-brown, abdominal segments 

 tubercular, thorax angular, head produced and bifid. 



" Found in hilly country from 2000 to 6000 feet. Very common on pathways 

 or roads bordered by jungle. Occurs all the year round. Larva feeds on Wild 

 Yam " (Mackwood). 



" Taken in the Kottawa forest, Galle ; also at Kandy " (Wade). 



Genus PYRAMEIS. 



Pyrameis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 33 (1816); Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 202. 

 Ammiralis, Eencie, Consp. p. 10 (1832). 



Forewing triangular ; costa slightly arched, exterior margin oblique, scalloped, 

 slightly angular below the apex, posterior margin straight; costal vein extending to 



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