92 THE LEPIBOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



CATOCHEYSOPS CNEJUS. 



Hesperia Cnejus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 430 (1798). 

 Lyccena Cnejus, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 83. 

 Lampides Cnejus, Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. B. M. p. 165. 



Male. Upperside violet-blue, with a very slender brownisli marginal sliade, and 

 a delicate outer black line : hindwing with two anal distinct black spots. Female 

 violet-brown, with the lower basal and discal areas pale blue : hindwing voth a 

 bluish white-bordered black row of marginal spots, and an inner row of white 

 lunules, the two anal spots red bordered. Ciha greyish-white; tail black, tipped 

 with white. Underside pale brownish-grey : forewing with a white-bordered 

 brownish discocellular streak, a transverse discal catenulated band, and marginal 

 lunular lines : hindwing with two white-bordered black costal spots and two subanal 

 spots; a white-bordered brownish discocellular streak, a discal catenulated band, 

 marginal row of conical spots and a lunular line ; two prominent black anal spots 

 speckled with metallic green scales and bordered inwardly with orange-yellow. 



Expanse li to If inch. 



"Colombo. In cinnamon gardens" (-HMicHso?i). 



" Hambantotte; among low shrubs in June " {Wade). 



CATOCHEYSOPS PANDAVA (Plate 37, Fig. 1, 1 a, *j. 

 Lycmna Pandava, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. E. I. C. p. 84 (1S29). 



Male. Upperside glossy lavender-blue : forewing with a distinct brownish-black 

 marginal border, and slender black outer line : hindwing with a marginal row of 

 brownish-black spots bordered outwardly by a slender white lunular line, the 

 penultimate spot bordered inwardly with red ; costal border also brownish-black. 

 Female violet-brown, with the lower basal and discal areas glossy lavender-blue i 

 hindwing vpith a marginal row of white-bordered black spots, and bluish- white inner 

 lunular line, the penultimate spot red bordered. Underside pale greyish-brown : 

 forewing with a white-bordered brown discocellular streak, a discal catenulated band, 

 and two marginal bands : hindwing with two white-bordered black costal spots and 

 three lower subbasal spots, a white-bordered brown discocellular streak, a discal 

 catenulated band, a submarginal lunular line, and a marginal macular band, the two 

 anal spots red bordered. 



Expanse If inch. 



Larva onisciform ; greenish or violet-brown above, vnth a dorsal darker brown 

 line and white spots, and a yellow lateral line. 



Pupa violet-brown, thick, head truncate. 



" Feeds on Cycadace*" (Thwaites). 



" Hambantotte. Among low shrubs. June " (Wade). 



