94 THE LEPIDOPTLRA OF CEYLON. 



Genus LAMPIDES. 

 Lampides, lliibner, Verz. bek. Sclimett. p. 70 (1816^. 



Wings somewhat broad ; forewing nearly triangular ; costa arclied, exterior 

 margin slightly oblique and convex, posterior margin acute ; costal vein short, 

 curved, bent upward to the costa near its end ; first subcostal branch bent upward 

 and joined to the costal by a short spur, emitted at one-half before end of the cell; 

 second at one-third, the third at one-eighth before the end, fourth at one-half from 

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

 radial from their middle ; cell broad ; upper median branch emitted at one-eighth 

 before end of the cell, lower at one-half before the end ; submedian straight : hind- 

 wing triangularly-oval; apex convexly-angular ; exterior margin very oblique, slightly 

 angled at end of lower median vein, and a slender tail extending from the angle ; 

 abdominal margin long ; costal vein much arched at base, extending to apex ; first 

 subcostal branch emitted at one-fifth before end of the cell ; discocellulars outwardly 

 oblique, radial from their middle ; cell broad ; two upper median branches emitted 

 from end of the cell, lower at nearly one-half before the end ; submedian and internal 

 veins straight. Body slender, short ; palpi porrect, second joint projecting about 

 half its length beyond the head, clothed with long adpressed scales, third joint very 

 long, slender, naked ; legs slender ; antennse with a lengthened grooved pointed club. 



Ty^e, L. ^lianus. 



I&MPIDES .ffiLIANTJS (Plate 38, Fig. 3, 3 a, h). 



Hesperia ^lianus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 280 (1793). 



Lycwna ^lianus, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 73, pi. 4, f. 1, la. 



Lampides jSlianus, Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 166. 



Papilio Alexis, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exofc. pi. 38, f. 3, 3c, $ (1790). 



Lyccena Alexis, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. L C. i. p. 25. 



Male. Upperside pale cobalt-blue : forewing with a narrow black marginal band 

 tapering to a point at posterior angle : hindwing with a marginal row of white- 

 bordered black lunular spots and a slender outer line ; the white bands of the 

 underside slightly visible. Cilia of forewing black, slightly edged with white, of 

 hindwing white edged with black ; tail black, tipped with white. Female paler : 

 forewing with a broad blackish marginal band, angled at the upper median vein and 

 extending obliquely to middle of the costa : hindwing with the marginal row of 

 white-bordered black spots more distinct, and followed by an inner black lunular 

 line, costal border also broadly blackish. Underside pale brownish-grey : forewing 

 crossed by four white oblique discal bands and three marginal parallel bands, the 

 second, inner and fourth bands short ; hindwing crossed with five white bands, the 

 second, third, and fourth angled inward to abdominal margin ; two upper submarginal 



