66 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



distances apart beyond end of tlie cell ; cell long ; discocellulars very oblique, upper 

 bent near subcostal, concave below, lower straight, radials from tlie angle and end of 

 upper discocellular ; middle median brancb emitted at a short distance before end of 

 the cell, lower at one-half length of the cell ; submedian slightly recurved : hindwing 

 small, short, broadly ovate ; costal margin straight, exterior margin convex ; costal 

 vein extending to apex, basal spur slightly bent outward at its end ; first subcostal 

 branch emitted at four-fifths from the base ; cell long ; discocellulars very oblique, 

 upper concave, lower straight, radial from their middle; middle median branch 

 emitted at a short distance before end of the cell, lower branch from more than one- 

 half length of the cell ; submedian and internal vein slightly recurved. Body slender, 

 abdomen long, last segment of female furnished with a corneous appendage ; palpi 

 ascending, stout, finely pilose, second joint projecting slightly beyond the head, third 

 joint very short ; legs slender, anterior tarsi of male clothed with short spiny scales, 

 fore tarsi of female armed with a pair of spines on each joint ; antennae abruptly 

 clavate. 



TELCHINIA VIOL^ (Plate 33, Fig. 1 a, b) 



Papilio ViolcE, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 460 (1775); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 164. 



Telchinia Violce, Doubleday, Gen. D. Lep. p. 142; Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 135, pi. 5, 



f. 1, la. 

 Papilio Cephea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 298, f. D, E (1782). 

 Telchinia Cephea, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 27. 



Male. Up^Derside ochreous-red : forewing with a small black spot and an 

 oblique streak within the cell, a large discocellular streak, an upper discal oblique 

 series of four small spots, a single spot below these, and another between the median 

 and submedian veins; costal margin black speckled, exterior margin and up the 

 veins for a short distance, black : hindwing with a small black spot at end of the 

 cell, another on the costal border, and a black marginal band traversed by a row of 

 pale yellow spots. Female paler, with the markings and marginal band broader, the 

 hindwing also having two black spots in the cell, two on the discocellular vein, and 

 a curved discal series beyond. Underside. Male glossy red ; black spots and 

 marginal border of forewing as above, the latter bordered inwardly with yellowish- 

 white : hindwing with a basal cluster of five black-ringed white spots, two 

 costal black spots, three discoidal and a discal outer series of smaller spots ; the 

 marginal band with larger yellowish-white spots and inner border. Female duller 

 coloured : hindwing pale yellowish-ochreous, marked as above, the hindwing having 

 also a basal cluster of ochreous-white black-ringed spots, and the marginal band with 

 larger spots. 



Expanse, ^ 2, ? 2^ inches. 



