LYGjENID^. 109 



TAJURIA LONGINUS (Plate 42, Fig. 2, 2a, $ 9, 26, larva). 

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

 Ainhlypodia Longinus, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 110, pi. 1, fig. 7. 

 Polyommatus Longinus, Lucas, Lep. Exot. pi. 44, f. 3. 

 Bithys Longinus, Hiibner, Zutrage, Exot. Schmett. fig. 933, 934. 

 Amhlypodia Pseudolonginus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 35. 



Male. Upperside : forewing with the basal posterior area including the cell 

 deep blue, costal and exterior border black, the division oblique across the disc : 

 hindwing with the medial basal and discal areas including the cell deep blue, the 

 costal border broadly and a slender marginal line black ; a black spot on anal lobe ; 

 abdominal margin greyish-black. Female lavender-blue, darkest at the base : forewing 

 with the costa and exterior border violet-brown, the division across the disc being 

 curved : hindwing with the costal border broadly, a marginal macular band and a 

 discal sinuous band violet-brown. Palpi black above, white beneath ; legs white 

 with black bands. Underside greyish-white, with a slender black discal broken line 

 nearly obsolete on forewing, and indistinct ochreous -brown marginal lines, an anal 

 and subanal black spot bordered with ochreous-yellow. 



Expanse \\ inch. 



Larva distended anteriorly, excavated on the sides, dorsally contracted behind, 

 and throughout transversely swollen, head small ; purple-brown, with grey dorsal 

 and lateral transverse fascia. Pupa purple-brown, short, thick, head truncate, 

 excavated behind the thorax, dorsal segments produced. 



"Feeds on Loranthacege " [Thioaites). 



" Colombo. In cinnamon gardens. Rare. Flight rapid, darting. Settles on 

 leaves of shrubs" (EutcMson). 



"Numerous to the north of Kandy" [Maclcwood). 

 "Kandy; Colombo, and Galle. Common " (TFat^e). 



Genus CHERITRA. 

 Forewing triangular ; costa uniformly arched to the tip, exterior margin oblique, 

 posterior margin straight ; first subcostal branch emitted at one- half and second at 

 one-third before end of the cell, third immediately before the end, fourth at two- 

 thirds from below the third and terminating at the apex, fifth from a slight angle at 

 end of the cell; discocellular slightly waved, radial from their middle; cell very 

 broad, long, extending to more than half the wing ; middle median from close to end 

 of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submedian slightly waved : hindwing 

 short, broadly truncate hindward ; costa much arched at the base and very oblique 

 to apex ; exterior margin angled at end of upper and median veins, with a very long 

 tail from lower median and a short tail from submedian vein ; anal angle excavated 

 above the lobe ; male with a tuft of fine hair covering a glandular patch between 



