114 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



third joint short, pointed; legs short, thickish; antenna gradually thickening to 

 the tip. 



Type, A. Narada. 



AMBLYPODIA NARADOIDES (Plate 43, Fig. 2, 9). 

 Amblypodia Naradoides, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. Lend. 1879, p. 141. 



Male. Upperside dark violet purple-brown, with a broad dusky black marginal 

 band ; anal lobe and tail chestnut-brown, the angle white-speckled. Underside dark 

 purple-brown; transverse band, speckled marks on basal area, and a submarginal 

 series of speckled spots black, the latter and anal angle white-speckled. Female. 

 Upperside dark brown : forewing with the lower basal and discal area smalt-blue. 

 Underside pale brownish-grey, transverse line and speckled markings black; anal 

 angle ferruginous. 



Expanse, $ If, 2 1-| inch. 



A much darker insect than the Javan species A . Narada, Horsf . 



"Western Province. Plains, in forest land, chiefly during S.W. monsoon, from 

 May to October. Flight like N. Amantes. Generally rests on leaves, sometimes, 

 but rarely on the ground" (Hutchison). 



"Kandy. Kather scarce" (Wade). 



AMBLYPODIA DARANA (Plate 43, Fig. 1, la, 2). 

 Amblypodia Darana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond. 1879, p. 141. 

 Differs from A. Naradoides in being larger, the upperside of the male of a 

 deeper violet-blue, and the marginal band narrower; anal lobe red only in the middles 

 its margin and the tail black. Underside purple chestnut-brown ; speckled markings 

 black, the marginal series white-speckled. Female uniformly pale violet-brown 

 above ; underside similar. 



Expanse, $ l-nr, 2 2i inches. 



"Kottawah Forest, near Galle. Rare " (Wade). 



Genus NILASERA. 



Amblypodia (part), Auctorum. 



Wings ample : forewing subtriangular ; costa much arched from the base, apex 



acute, exterior margin very shghtly oblique and convex at lower angle, posterior 



margin recurved ; costal vein short extending only to one-third the margin, subcostal 



branches at equal distances apart, first branch at three-fifths before end of the cell, 



