142 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



branch concave at tlie base ; discocellulars bent outward at the middle, radial from 

 their angle. Body short, stout; antennae with a short thick rounded club. Sexes 

 similar. 



Larva smooth, slightly distended about the fourth and fifth segments ; with two 

 short fleshy tubercles on second and two on anal segment. Pupa attenuate at anal 

 end, thorax pointed and excavated in front. 



Type, P. Antiphates. 



PATHYSA ANTIPHATES (Plate 63, Fig. 1, la). 



Papilio Antiphates, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 72, fig. A, B (1779); Boisduval, Spec. Geu. Lap. i. 



p. 248; Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. B. M. p. 240. 

 Papilio Alcihiades, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 8 (1787). 

 Papilio Pompilius, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 8 (1787). 

 Podalirius Pompilius, Svvainson, Zool. 111. 2nd ser. iii. pi. 106. 



Pale olivaceous yellowish- white : forewing crossed by seven black bands, each 

 proceeding from the costa, the third, fourth, and fifth band not extending beyond 

 the cell, the sixth submarginal attenuated and terminating at lower median vein, 

 the seventh marginal, their interspaces suffused with brighter olive-yellow, and the 

 veins between the three outer bands black lined : hindwing with a marginal zigzag 

 row of black lunules, and an inner row of indistinct black-speckled lunules, the tail 

 also black- streaked down the centre and a dusky-grey black-speckled patch at its 

 base ; a black lunular spot at anal angle ; basal and discal markings of the underside 

 distinctly visible. 



Expanse, i 2>\, ? 3^ inches. 



" Eastern Province. Plains and forest. August. Taken in same place and in 

 company with P. Nomius " {Hutchison). 



" Kottawa forest ; (Jalle. Kai-e elsewhere "( TFaie) . 



" A scarce butterfly. Found only in a few localities widely apart, about 1500 

 to 3000 feet range " (Machiuood) . 



PATHYSA NOMIUS (Plate 62, Fig. 2). 

 Papilio Nomius, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. pi. 52, f. 3 (1755—98); Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 251. 

 Papilio Orestes, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 34 (1793). 

 Papilio Meges, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Sehmett. i. pi. 107 (1806 — 16). 



Pale greenish-white : forewing crossed by five black bands, the third, fourth, 

 and fifth of which do not extend over the cell, and a broad outer band traversed by 

 a submarginal row of round whitish spots : hindwing with two black elongated 

 subbasal bands terminating in lunules above the anal angle, and a broad outer band 

 traversed by three white lunular anterior spots and three posterior sinuous-lunules. 



