80 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



braucli emitted at one-tliird before end of the cell, anastomosed to the costal for a 

 short distance near its end, second at one- sixth, third and fifth at end of the cell, 

 fourth at one-half beyond and terminating at the apex ; discocellulars very slender, 

 radial from their middle ; ceU long ; middle median branch emitted before end of the 

 cell, lower at one-third before its end ; submedian straight : hindwing small, short ; 

 apex convex, anal angle acute, abdominal margin short ; costal vein much curved at 

 the base, extending to the ajoex ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-fourth before 

 end of the cell ; discocellulars very slender, radial from their middle ; cell somewhat 

 short, broad ; two upper median branches emitted from end of the cell, lower at 

 one-half before its end ; submedian and internal vein straight ; no tail. Thorax 

 robust, woolly, abdomen short ; palpi porrect ; second joint long, laxly pilose beneath, 

 extending half its length beyond the head, third joint slender, squamose, half length 

 of second ; legs slender, tarsi five jointed and finely spined beneath ; antennas with 

 a prominent spatular club. 

 Type, A. Ubaldus. 



AZANUS CEAMERI (Plate 36, Fig. 1). 



Male. Upperside pale purple-blue, exterior naargin defined by a slender black 

 line. Cilia white. Female pale violet-brown, the basal areas pale violet-blue ; fore- 

 wing with a whitish-bordered brown discocellular spot : hindwing with a marginal 

 row of indistinct pale-bordered blackish spots. Underside pale brownish-grey, outer 

 marginal line black : forewing with a brown basal streak below tlie costal vein, a 

 white-bordered blackish spot within the cell and a less distinct spot below it, a 

 discocellular pale-bordered brown streak, a transverse subapical white-bordered 

 brown band broken at its lower end, a marginal row of brown pale-bordered spots 

 and an inner white submarginal lunular line : hindwing with a white-bordered black 

 clavate basal streak, three subbasal spots, two spots on middle of abdominal margin, 

 a costal spot, and an outer marginal row of spots, the two from anal angle speckled 

 with metallic green ; a curved discocellular and a discal pale-bordered brown 

 catenulated band. Palpi above black; legs with black tarsal bands. 



Expanse \^r inch. 



" Colombo. In cinnamon gardens. Local. Eare " {Euichison). 

 " Hambantotte. June, among bushes. Common" (IFade). 



This is a comparatively broader insect than A. Ubaldus (Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. 

 pi. 390, f. L, M), the forewing is also less acuminate at the apex, and the underside 

 has additional spots towards the base. 



