174 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



HALPE BETJNNEA (Plate 70, Fig. 4, 4a). 

 (?) Hesperia Egena, Felder, Verb. Zool. Bot. Gesch. 1868, p. 284. 



Female. IJpperside dark vinous-brown : forewing with a very small semi- 

 diaphanous white spot at upper end of the cell, two spots before the apex, and two 

 larger discal spots, the latter deeply concave on their outer border. Cilia pale 

 vinous-brown, alternated with dark brown. Underside as above. Body and palpi 

 beneath pale olive-brown ; antennse black tipped with red. 



Expanse li^ inch. 



A single specimen in the collection of Captain "Wade. 



Genus HYAROTIS. 



Forewing triangular; costa long, apex pointed, exterior margin very oblique, 

 posterior margin short in male ; subcostals at equal distances apart, first branch at 

 one-third before end of the cell ; the cell two-thirds the length of wing ; discocellulars 

 inwardly oblique ; upper radial from angle near subcostal, lower from their middle ; 

 the middle median at one-seventh, lower at four-sevenths before end of the cell; 

 submedian slightly arched in the middle : hindwing oval ; exterior margin convex ; 

 cell extending half the wing, broad ; discocellulars very slender ; radial very in- 

 distinct; middle median from close to end, and lower at one-third before end of the 

 cell; submedian straight ; internal slightly curved. Body moderate; palpi flattened 

 laterally in front, terminal joint short, conical, pointed ; antennge slender, with a 

 stoutish club and slender tip. 



Type, H. Adrastus. 



HYAROTIS ADRASTUS (Plate 67, Fig. 5, 5a). 

 Hesperia Adrastus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 319, fig. F, G (1780). 

 Plesioneura Praha, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1865, p. 790. 

 Hesperia Phcenieis, Hewitsou, Exot. Butt. 1869, Hesp. pi. 4, fig. 36, 37 (1869). 



Male and female dark olivaceous chocolate-brown. Upperside : forewing with 

 three small connected subapical semi-transparent white spots ; three similar discal 

 spots, the central largest and quadrate, and a fourth large quadrate spot above them 

 within the cell. Underside darker brown basally, paler exteriorly, and crossed by a 

 darker submarginal macular fascia : forewing with spots as above, bordered externally 

 by a suffused dark brown streak : hindwing with a double series of white, dark 

 brown outer-bordered lunules crossing middle of the wing, beyond which is the 

 submarginal dark brown macular fascia. Palpi, thorax, and abdomen beneath pale 

 greyish-brown ; legs brown. Cilia yellowish-white, spotted with pale brown. 



Expanse, i If, 2 If inch. 



" Western Province. Plains. Forest. April and July. Rare. Habits like 

 H. infernus" (Hutchison). 



"Kandy" {Wade). 



" Kandy and its neighbourhood " (Machwood). 



