176 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



exteiior margin ; a blackish spot at end of the cell, and a curved series across the 

 disc ; cilia bordering the band also white. 



Expanse, $ 1^, 2 lA inch. 



AUied to T. Bavi, from which it may be distinguished by having the white band 

 on the hindwing. The Javan T. obscurus, Mabille, is also nearly allied, but differs 

 in the absence of the discal semi-transparent spots on the forewing. 



" Colombo. Plains. In cultivated ground. At all times. A common insect. 

 Like B. exclamationis in habits " (Hutchison). 

 "K?ndj" (Wade). 



TAGIABES MINUTA (Plate 68, Fig. 4, 4a). 

 Tagiades minuta, Moore, Annals of Natural History, 1877, p. 343. 

 Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Cilia of hindwing white, of 

 forewing slightly whitish at posterior angle. Underside : forewing greyish- white 

 on middle of hind margin : hindwing greyish-white, except along anterior border ; a 

 small blackish spot at end of the cell, and a medial discal series of spots; outer 

 margin brown-speckled. Palpi, body, and legs beneath grey-white. Legs above 

 brown. 



Expanse, <S 1}, ? If inch. 



" Kandy. Common. Flight rapid, and difficult to catch " (Wade). 



Genus SARANGESA. 

 Wings small : forewing elongated, triangular ; exterior margin short, obliquely 

 convex ; first subcostal at one-third before end of the cell ; discocellulars recurved, 

 upper bent inward at some distance from subcostal, upper radial from its angle, 

 lower from their middle ; cell extending nearly two-thirds the wing; middle median 

 at one-sixth and lower at four-sixths before end of the cell ; submedian straight : 

 hindwing broadly conical, exterior margin waved ; second subcostal at one-fourth 

 before end of the cell ; discocellulars recurved, radial from their middle ; cell 

 extending more than half the wing, broad ; middle median near the end and lower 

 at nearly one-half before end of the cell. Body moderate ; palpi compact, finely 

 bristled in front, terminal joint thick, conical, pointed ; antennal club lengthened, 

 tip finely pointed. 



Type, S. Purendra. 



SARANGESA ALBICIIIA (Plate 68, Fig. 5, 5a). 

 Upperside dark vinous olive-brown, with three very indistinct transverse 

 macular fascia : forewing with two very minute semi-transparent white spots at end 

 of the cell, another above it, three before the apex, and' two less distinct on middle 



