LYC^NIByE, 87 



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

 quick flight, darting from point to point among hedges on the roadside, and settling 

 on the leaves " [Hutchison). 



" Galle and Kandy. Common" [Wade). 



Genus LYC^NESTHES. 



Lyccenesthes, Moore, Proc. Zool. Sec. Lond. 1865, p. 773. 



"Wings moderately broad : forewing elongated, triangular ; costal mai-gin arched 

 at the base, apex somewhat acute, exterior margin slightly oblique and nearly 

 straight, posterior margin long ; costal vein extending to half length of the margin ; 

 first subcostal branch emitted at more than one-third before end of the cell, second 

 at one-fourth, third at one-eighth before its end, fourth at less than one-half beyond 

 the cell and terminating at the apex, fifth from end of the cell; discocellulars very 

 slender, slightly oblique, radial from their middle ; cell long, extending to more than 

 half length of the wing ; middle median branch emitted at one-eighth before end of 

 the cell, lower at one-third ; submedian recurved : hindwing bluntly oval, costa 

 convex at base, exterior margin convex anteriorly, anal angle slightly acute ; costal 

 vein much arched at the base, extending to the apex ; first subcostal branch emitted 

 at one-fourth before end of the cell ; discocellulars oblique, upper concave, radial 

 from their middle ; the middle median branch emitted at nearly one-half before end 

 of the cell ; submedian vein straight, internal recurved ; a short delicate cilial spine 

 from end of median and submedian veins. Body short, robust ; palpi long, com- 

 pressed laterally, projecting nearly half its length beyond the head, second joint 

 clothed with long hair-scales, third joint slender, naked, about half length of second ; 

 legs slender, femora finely pilose beneath, fore tibige of male spined beneath and with 

 a blunt claw at tip ; antennge with a long slender pointed club. 



LYC^NESTHES LYCENINA (Plate 35, Fig. 8, 8a). 

 LyccBiiesthes Lyccenina, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesch. 1868, p. 281. 



Male. Upperside purple violet-blue : hindwing with indistinct dusky spots with 

 whitish outer border from anal angle. Female violet-brown ; basal area suffused with 

 blue ; marginal anal spots more distinct. Underside pale greyish-brown : forewing 

 with two white discocellular lines, a transverse discal catenulated band, a submarginal 

 and marginal dentated line : hindwing with a white-bordered black spot near end of 

 costal vein, a similar spot on middle of abdominal margin, and a larger ochreous- 

 bordered marginal spot between middle and lower median veins ; a white-bordered 

 discoidal ringlet mark, a discal catenulated band, a submarginal and marginal 

 dentated line. Palpi black above ; legs with black bands. 



