250 [December, 



Long. 2|-3^ mill. ; exp. alar, 5|-7 mill. 



Ceylon : Eambodde (Nietner). This species is found in troops of 

 forty to fifty on the walls of houses. In two smaller individuals, pro- 

 bably males, the part between the eyes (which are more prominent) is 

 narrower. 



4. — A. superhum, (Nietner M.S.) n. s. 



Head reddish-brown, at least on the occiput, a brown band in the 

 middle to the ocelli (which are close together), and another on each side 

 towards the eyes ; lab rum black ; palpi black, the terminal joint white ; 

 antennae short, blackish-brown, the apex of the third and fourth joints 

 white ; thorax blackish-brown, with golden scales posteriorly ; abdomen 

 black ; superior wings velvety black, with golden scales intermingled, a 

 golden spot on the middle of the posterior margin, and a similar one 

 more towards the apex, several smaller ones at the apex ; inferior wings 

 hyaline, greyish ; legs black, the knees, apex of the tibiae and of the 

 first tarsal joint, reddish-yellow. ( ^ and $ ). 



Long. 2^-8 mill. ; exp, alar. 5-6 mill. 



Ceylon : Eambodde (Nietner), on the walls of houses. 



M. Nietner describes in his letter two species {A. plagiatum and 

 A. maculatum,) which I have not seen ; as he is so good an observer, we 

 must a-\vait the arrival of these two species of this curious Ceylon 

 genus. 



5. — A. caudatum, (Nietner M.S.) n. s. 



Head bright yellow, with a broad black band between the eyes ; 

 ocelli distant ; palpi greyish-brown ; antennae greyish-brown, the three 

 basal joints yellow ; thorax brown, bordered on each side and posteriorly 

 with golden scales, brown in the middle ; abdomen black ; superior 

 wings elongated, the apex prolonged into a point truncated posteriorly, 

 brown, with the scales forming very pretty markings, viz., the base 

 golden, with silvery bands, on the middle of the anterior margin a 

 golden band between two silvery lines bordered with black, at the apex 

 an oblique comma-shaped silvery mark bordered with black, behind this 

 mark an orange spot partially encircling a black pupil, placed after the 

 apical prolongation ; inferior wings hyaline, brown ; legs yellow, femora 

 with two black rings nearly obsolete on the posterior pair, posterior 

 tibiae black with a yellow ring before the apex, first tarsal joint with two 

 black rings, the two following brown. 



Long, cum alls 4^ mill. ; exp. alar. 9 mill. 



Ceylon: Eambodde (Nietner), in woods. 



