106 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



distance beyond end of the cell, fourtt at two-tliirds from below tliird and terminating 

 at apex ; discocellulars obliquely recurved, radial from tlieir middle ; middle median 

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

 hindwing conical ; costa gently arched, abdominal margin long, anal angle lobed ; 

 furnished with two tails ; costal vein arched at base and curved to apex ; first 

 subcostal at one-fourth before end of the cell ; discocellulars recurved, radial from 

 their middle ; middle median from close to end of the cell, lower at one-half before 

 the end ; submedian straight, internal recurved. Body short, robust ; palpi porrect, 

 squamose, second joint long, third short; legs squamose, femora slightly pilose 

 beneath; antennal club long, stout. 

 Type, A. Orcas, Drury. 



APHN.ffiUS SCHISTACEA (Plate 41, Fig. 3, ^a,b, $ j). 

 Male and female. TJpperside greyish violet-brown ; basal areas slightly grey- 

 blue : forewing with three or four more or less prominent orange-yellow transverse 

 streaks, the two middle often bifid, and in the female often also joined at the lower 

 end to the outer streaks ; an orange-yellow anal patch and two black spots at the 

 angle. Underside pale yellow : forewing with a black-bordered red spot at base of 

 the discocellular cell, a band across middle of the cell, a lengthened band at its end 

 and crossing obliquely to near posterior angle, two short bands beyond, followed by 

 a submarginal and a marginal band, each band proceeding from the costal margin, 

 and all but the outer traversed by a silver line : hindwing with a lengthened similar 

 band extending irregularly from the costa down the abdominal margin, two transverse 

 medial bands, an upper discal band, and a submarginal band, the latter and outer 

 medial band confluent at their lower end and extending into a red anal patch ; 

 marginal line and an inner row of narrow spots, and two spots on anal lobe black. 

 Expanse, $ 1^, 2 1^^ inch. 



"Colombo. Common" (TFatZe). 



APHlT.a:TIS FTJSCA (Plate 41, Fig. 2, 2a,b, $ 9). 



Male and female. TJpperside uniform purplish violet-brown : forewing with 

 two slender indistinct orange-red streaks in male and three or four in female : 

 hindwing with a narrow orange-red anal patch spotted with black. Underside pale 

 yellow ; crossed by black-bordered silver-streaked red bands (similar to those in 

 A. scMstacea) , but these are comparatively broader and more confluent. 



Expanse, ^ 1, ? 1^ inch. 



" Colombo. In cinnamon gardens. Has a quick flight ; almost invariably 

 settles on the leaves of cinnamon plants" (Hutchison). 



