LYC^NIBM. Ill 



joint half its length ; legs short, thick, squamose ; antennae short, one-third only of 

 length of costa, thickened throughout its length. 

 Tyi^e, L. Atymnus. 



LOXUHA ARCUATA (Plate 42, Fig. 4, 4a, ^ 9, 4S, larva). 



Male. TJpperside bright fulvous : forewing with a blackish apical marginal 

 band, curving from middle of the costa to posterior angle : hindwing with a very 

 slender indistinct blackish marginal band ; abdominal margin and anal lobe, and tail, 

 yellowish or brownish-fulvous. Female with broader marginal bands ; basal areas, 

 abdominal margin and tail more dusky than in male. Underside yellowish-ochreous ; 

 both wings crossed by two outer very indistinct narrow lunular bands. Palpi and 

 legs white, speckled with black. 



Expanse, $ \-t(S, 2 \^ inch. 



Larva slender, limaciform, anterior segments thickened, head small ; green, with 

 two dorsal white-striped marks. Pupa green ; thorax oblique in front, anal segments 

 attenuated. 



" Feeds on Smilax " {Thwaites). 



An intermediate species, nearer to L. Prabha than to Atymnus. 



" "Western and Central Provinces. Plains and up to 2000 feet in forest ground. 

 At any time. Flight slow; settles on the bushes, and easily caught " [Hutchison). 



" Kandy and Galle. Common " {Wade). 



" Very plentiful in March and April, but found nearly always ; generally about 

 1000 to 2000 feet, but ranges as high as 3500 feet " (MacJavood). 



Genus BINDAHARA. 

 Forewing short, triangular ; costa much arched at the base, exterior margin 

 oblique, posterior margin convex in the middle and furnished beneath with a tuft of 

 hair ; first subcostal emitted at nearly one-half, second at one-fifth, and third close 

 before end of the cell, fourth at one-third from below the third, fifth from end of the 

 cell ; discocellulars recurved, radial from their middle ; cell broad ; middle median at 

 one-fifth, lower at nearly one-half before end of the cell : hindwing short, attenuated 

 hindward and produced into a very long tail, anal angle lobed ; exterior margin 

 sinuous towards the tail ; furnished with a prominent costal glandular patch ; costal 

 vein abruptly arched at the base ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before end of 

 the cell ; discocellulars oblique, radial from their middle ; cell broad ; middle median 

 from immediately before end of the cell, lower at nearly one-half and extending to 

 end of the tail ; submedian straight, internal recurved. Body moderately stout ; 

 palpi porrect, second joint squamose, very long, extending two-thirds beyond the 

 head, third joint one-third its length, slender, naked ; legs squamose, femora slightly 

 pilose beneath ; antenna with a lengthened pointed club. 



