162 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



"At all times of the year. Widely distributed from sea level up to 4000 feet 

 and perhaps over. In April and July they may be found in thousands in jungle 

 paths " {Mackioood). 



Genus BARACUS. 



Wings small : forewing triangular ; exterior margin short, convex, slightly 

 oblique, posterior margin long; first subcostal at two-fifths before end of the cell, 

 first, second, and third at equal distances, fourth and fifth much recur.ved from the 

 base ; discocellulars inwardly oblique, radial from their middle ; cell extending beyond 

 half the wing ; middle median near to end and lower at nearly one-half before end of 

 the cell ; submedian straight : hindwing short, broadly oval ; apex and exterior 

 margin very convex ; abdominal margin short ; subcostal straight, second subcostal 

 from immediately before end of the cell ; discocellulars slightly concave, radial from 

 their middle ; cell short ; two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at one-third 

 before the end ; submedian and internal slightly recurved. Body moderate ; palpi 

 laxly clothed, terminal joint somewhat long, thick, pointed ; hind tibiaB hairy above ; 

 antennas with a thick club and pointed tip. 



Type, B. Vittatus. 



BAEACUS VITTATUS (Plate 69, Fig. 1, la). 



Isoteinon vittatus, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gescli. xii. p. 480(1862); Eeise Novara, Lep. iii. pi. 74, 

 f. 21 (1867). 



Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Male with the lower basal and 

 discal area of both wings olive-grey, and a small subapical spot of the same colour 

 also on the forewing. Female : forewing with a small olive-grey subapical spot 

 and slender macular discal streak : hindwing wath less distinct olive-grey lower basal 

 and discal area. Underside ferruginous, the veins narrowly lined with paler ferru- 

 ginous : forewing with the basal area dusky brown : hindwing with a longitudinal 

 medial yellow fascia from base of cell, and less distinct short yellow discal streak 

 between the veins. Body, palpi, and legs olive-brown, paler beneath. 



Expanse, S Itj, ? -^ inch. 



" Abundant in grassy places among the hills " (Hutchison). 

 "Ambogamua" {Wade). 



" Common in the patenas and swamps, 2000 feet upwards. Most numerous 

 from December to March " (Machwood). 



Genus ASTICTOPTERUS. 



Astictopterus, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monat. iv. p. 401 (1860). 

 Forewing elongated ; exterior margin short, slightly oblique and convex, 

 posterior margin long ; cell broad, extending two-thirds the wing ; first subcostal at 



