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dull ochreous-jellow. Female. Upperside pale olivaceous yellowish-wliite : fore- 

 wing with a broad black oblique outer marginal band traversed by three or four white 

 spots, the inner border of the band excavated below the middle and lower median 

 veins and curved outwardly beneath to the posterior angle ; base of wing and costa 

 greyish-black : hindwing with a broad sinuous-bordered marginal band. Underside 

 olivaceous yellowish pearly-white : forewing with abroad curved subapical black band. 

 Expanse $ 2 2 to 2 j inches. 



" Western and Central Province. Plains and up to 6000 feet, in open ground 

 and forest. Much more common in the hills than on the j)lains. Has a very rapid 

 and long flight " {Hutchison). 



"Kandy" {Wade). 



" Most abundant in low country and up to 4000 feet. Found all the year round. 

 In the up-country flights this species forms nearly a third of the number ; on a sun- 

 shiny day thousands will pass by in an hour " (Mackwood). 



CATOPHAGA LANKAPTJRA (Plate 50, Fig. 4, 4a, cJ ; pi. ol, f. 1, la, ?). 

 Catophaga Lankapura, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend. 1879, p. 142. 



Male. Upperside white : forewing with a broader apical blackish-speckled band 

 than in G. Galene : hindwing with a slight black-speckled point at end of the veins. 

 Underside : apex of forewing and the entire hindwing bright pale ochreous-yellow. 

 Female : forewing with a broad black outer marginal band traversed by three or four 

 small yellowish- white spots ; costal base greyish-black : hindwing with a broad black 

 sinuous-bordered marginal band. Underside with the apex of forewing and the entire 

 hindwing bright ochreous-yellow : forewing with a broad curved subapical black band : 

 hindwing with an indistinct blackish speckled macular submarginal band. 



Expanse 2j to 2^ inches. 



" Occurs in the same districts as G. Galene, and joins in the annual flights, 

 forming fuUy half of the whole number. A few weeks after the flight is over they 

 are to be found congregated on damp spots in the open sunshine in great numbers ; 

 I have seen quite 100 within the diameter of 12 inches " (Mackwood). 



Genus HIPOSGRITIA. 



Hiposcritia, Geyer, in Hiibner's Zutrage, iv. p. 16 (1832). 



Forewing of male much less triangular than in Catophaga ; costa more arched ; 

 discoceUulars less oblique, upper very short : hindwing with straighter costa, more 

 convex and uneven exterior margin ; costal vein much arched at the base. Antennal 

 club narrower and longer. Sexes somewhat similar in pattern to females of 

 Catophaga. 



Type, H. Pandione. 



