HESPERIIDjE. 157 



very slender, scarcely visible, of equal length ; radial from tlieir angle, very slender ; 

 middle median at about one-third, and lower at one-fifth from the base ; submedian 

 straight, internal slightly curved. Thorax stout ; abdomen rather long, attenuated ; 

 head broad; palpi broad and flattened in front, bristly on outer edge, third joint 

 long, projected forward, cylindrical ; fore tibise tufted beneath, femora slightly pilose 

 beneath ; antennse with a lengthened club and long pointed tip. 

 Type, H. exclamationis. 



BAD AMI A EXCLAMATIONIS (PEiTE 66, Fig. 2, a, h). 



Papilio exclamationis, Fabricius, Syst. Eat. p. 530 (1775); Spec. Ins. p. 131; Mant. Ins. p. 84; Ent. 



Syst. p. 325. 

 Hesperia exclamationis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 325 ; Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 269, 



pi. 3, f. 2, $. 

 Papilio Ladon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 284, iig. C, ?. 

 Calpodes forulus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 107 (1816). 



Upperside dark purplish-brown, the base of both wings greyish olive-brown. 

 Male. Forewing with three transparent slender yellow spots disposed longitudinally 

 on the upper disc, the inner spot ending within the cell. Female. Forewing with 

 the spots larger, the middle spot oblique and irregularly angulated; a less distinct 

 spot also above the middle of submedian vein. Underside pale greyish-brown : 

 forewing with discal area darker brown, the spots as above, and pale ochreous 

 posterior border : hindwing with a dark brown anal area bordered above by a short 

 pale ochreous streak. Thorax greyish olive-brown ; abdomen dark brown with pale 

 ochreous segmental bands ; head and palpi in front pale ochreous with brown streaks; 

 third joint of palpi brown ; legs brown above, pale beneath. 



Expanse If to 2\ inches. 



Larva pale violaceous-yellow, with numerous black transverse dorsal lines ; 

 stigmata whitish encircled by black. Feeds on Terminalia. Pupa violaceous. 



" Widely spread; in forest land, both in the plains and hills. Commonest during 

 S.W. monsoon. A strong rapid flier; settles on leaves" {EutcJdson). 

 " Galle and Kandy. Common" {Wade). 

 " Low country. Very plentiful at times " {Machwood). 



Genus ISMENE. 



Ismene, Swainson, Zool. Illustrations, i. pi. 16 (1820-1). 

 Forewing short, broad, triangular; costa much arched at the base, exterior 

 margin oblique, shorter than posterior margin ; cell extending to more than half the 

 wing, very narrow at the base ; first subcostal emitted at beyond one-third, second 

 and third at equal distances between first and end of the cell, fourth at half distance 

 between third and fifth; discocellulars inwardly oblique, of equal length, upper bent 



