84 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



discal transverse band, whicli is angled outward at its anterior end, the discal area 

 outside tlie band suffused with blue. Female fuliginous-brown, with a similar white 

 discal band, but not glossed with blue. Tail black. Underside bluish-white : 

 forewing with two black basal oblique bands, an upper and lower discal short band 

 with an intervening small spot, and two marginal rows of small spots : hindwing 

 with two short black basal bands, three outer discal spots, and two marginal rows of 

 smaller spots, the two spots from anal angle speckled with metallic-green scales; 

 palpi black above ; legs black with white bands. 

 Expanse 1 inch. 



" Galle and Kandy. Very common " ( Wade). 



CASTALIUS DECIDIA. 



Lycana Decidia, Hewitson, Exotic Butt. V. Lye. pi. i. f. 4 (1876). 



Upperside violet-black, with a broad white medial transverse band, which is 

 angled inward towards the costa and hooked outward below the apes. Underside 

 with narrow black markings on forewing and very attenuated streaks on the hindwing. 



Expanse 1-|- inch. 



" Western and Central Provinces. Plains and Hills up to 4000 feet. Common 

 in low country forests from June to October. Flits about the tops of shrubs and 

 low trees, settling among the leaves " (Rutchison). 



CASTALIUS HAMATTJS (Plate 36, Fig. 6, 6a}. 



Male. Upperside dark violet-black ; both wings with a narrow white medial 

 discal transverse band, which is attenuated and hooked outward at its anterior end 

 below the costa, the band on both wings is also crossed by black veins, and thickly 

 black speckled on the hindwing ; cilia white alternated with black. Female with the 

 white band broader and more acutely hooked. Underside white : forewing with a 

 broad black subbasal band curving inward from the costa, an obhque short subapical 

 and a lower discal band, a marginal lunular band which is dilated at both ends and 

 projected inward from the middle : hindwing with a black basal curved band, a 

 small contiguous spot on abdominal margin, a large upper and lower irregular discal 

 spot, and a smaller intervening spot, a marginal row of lunules. Palpi black above ; 

 legs black with white bands. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



"Galle and Kandy. Yevy common" (Wade). 



