126 TEE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



marked with a black spot ; band on the hindwing as in male. Underside duller 

 yellow ; the costal area and hindwing sparsely marked with delicate black-speckled 

 striga3 ; a black spot at end of each cell ; both wings with a transverse discal in- 

 distinct row of purple-brown spots, the spots largest and most distinct on the costa 

 and middle of hindwing. 



Expanse, i \-h, * 2i^ inches. 



"Eastern Province. Plains. In forest land. February and August" 

 {KvAcliison). 



" Hambantotte. Haragama near Kandy. Mulliatim. Common " (l^acZe). 



" Low country. Found plentifully in the low jungle about April, especially 

 north of Kandy" (MacJcwood). 



IXIAS CINGALENSIS (Plate 50, Fig. 2, 2a, c? ? ). 



Male. Comparatively larger than I. PM-e;!.ass(X ; the sub apical orange-red band 

 broader and its outer scalloped border more regularly curved : hindwing with a some- 

 what broader band. Underside uniformly yellow, without markings, the hindwing 

 only having a very small spot at end of the cell, or slightly indicated discal spots. 

 Female yellow ; with a yellow subapical continuous band, and a broad marginal black 

 band on hindwing. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



IXIAS MAEIANNE. 



Papilio Marianne, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 217, fig. C — E (1782). 

 Thestias Marianne, Boisduval, Spec. Geu. i. p. 592. 

 Ixias Behryce, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 95. 



Male. Upperside white, the basal area grey : forewing with the anterior half 

 traversed by a very broad orange-red black -bordered band : hindwing with a broad 

 black marginal band. Female with the orange-red band narrower at the costal end, 

 broader and shorter at the lower end, and crossed by a linear row of black spots ; 

 the band on hindwing also broader. Underside dull sulphur-yellow, the disc of fore- 

 wing pale orange ; forewing with a large black white-centred discocellular spot, 

 and a broad purple-brown band composed of conical white-pointed spots. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



" Eastern Province. Plains ; in forest land. August. Fond of damp spots on 

 the road " {Hutchison). 



" Hambantotte and Mulliatim. Common " {Wade). 

 "Low country. Rather scarce" (Machvood). 



