130 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



coloured, somewliat yellowish- white ; apical red patch less defined, the borders dark 

 brown ; the band on hindwing more macular. Underside white : forewing with the 

 cell and apex suffused with sulphur-yellow, traversed by a subapical brownish streat ; 

 a black spot at end of each cell, that on the hindwing bordered within by orange- 

 yellow. 



Expanse 1t\ inch. 



" Hambantotte. Common " {Wade). 



" Found on the Trincomalie side of the Island " (Machwood). 

 " Very scarce at "Vavoniya Vilankulam. Affects grassy spots where it is allowed 

 to seed " (Pole). 



Genus IDMAIS. 



Jdmais, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. des Lep. i. p. 584 (1836) ; Donbleday, Gen. D. L. p. 59. 



Colotis (part), Hiibnei-. 



Wings small : forewing elongated, triangular ; costal vein extending to half the 

 margin ; first subcostal at one-third, second at one-fourth before end of the cell, third 

 and fifth at end of the cell, third bifid at one-third before the apex : upper dis- 

 cocellular short, inwardly oblique, lower deeply concave, radial from their angle ; 

 middle median at one-fifth, lower at one-third before end of the cell ; submedian 

 recurved : hindwing short, obovate ; costa arched in the middle, apex convex, exterior 

 margin oblique ; precostal slender ; costal vein short, curved ; first subcostal at one- 

 third before end of the cell ; upper discocellular very short, lower oblique, concave, 

 radial from their angle ; middle median at one-sixth, lower at one-third before end of 

 the cell ; submedian nearly straight, internal recurved. Body slender, thorax and head 

 slightly hairy ; palpi extending one-third beyond the eyes, second joint laxly pilose 

 beneath, third joint slender; legs slender, fore tarsi short in female ; antennae short, 

 with a small spatular club. 



IDMAIS TRIPUNCTA (Plate 49, Fig. 3, 3a, ^ ?). 

 Idmais tripuncta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 221. 



Male. Upperside pale pinky yellowish-ochreous : forewing with a broad black 

 marginal band with sinuous inner border and traversed by three subapical ochreous 

 spots and an outer series of very indistinct short linear streaks ; a large black spot 

 at end of the cell : hindwing with a narrow macular marginal black band. Female 

 paler, the bands and discocellular spot broader, the apical spots also broader. Under- 

 side pale ochreous-yellow : forewing with an ochreous-brown discal transverse macular 

 band, and a black lined discocellular spot : hindwing with a similar coloured zigzag 

 discal band, and an ochreous discocellular round spot. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



" Pattalam. January. Y er j rare" (Machwood). 



