l*-^ THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



slender, abdomen extending beyond the hindwings; jjalpi porrect, laxly squamose, 

 second joint projecting beyond the head, third joint short, one-fourth length of the 

 second, lanceolate ; legs long, slender, middle tibiae with two and hind tibia? with four 

 spurs ; antenna3 slender, simple. 



Type, S. Ulva?. 



SENTA CRAMBOIDES (Plate 145, Fig. 6). 



Male and female: forewing pale brownish-ochreous; veins pale lined, with 

 brownish-ochreous intervening lines ; some ijidistinct black dots at inner end of the 

 cell and between base of the median branches ; an indistinct black short streak 

 midway between the radials, and a marginal row of black points : hindwing pale 

 brownish ochreous-white. Body pale brownish-ochreous ; palpi and front legs 

 ochreous-brown. Underside very pale brownish-ochreous; hindwing the palest. 



Expanse, 3 1, 2 If inch. 



In Mr. F. M. Mackwood's Collection. 



Genus CRAMBOPSIS. 



Cramhopsis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Biit. Mus. xxxii. p. 634 (1865). 



" Female. Wings long, moderately broad : forewings hardly convex along the 

 costa, very acute at the tips ; exterior margin slightly convex, very oblique. Body 

 stout; palpi short, porrect, densely clothed; antennas simple; legs stout, posterior 

 tibise fringed ; spurs long." 



CRAMBOPSIS EXCLUDENS. 



Cramhopsis excludens. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. xxxii. p. 634 (I860). 



" Female. Fawn colour. Forewings very thinly and minutely speckled with 

 ])lack ; lines pale brownish, denticulated, very indistinct ; marginal points black ; 

 reniform mark distinguished by a pale black-bordered point : hindwings cinereous- 

 brown. Underside cinereous-brown. 



" Expanse 25 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in Mr. B. L. Layard's Collection. 



Family GLOTTULID^. 



Imago generally with rather broad wings ; body mostly stout, smooth. Larva 

 thick, smooth, or slightly warty; feeds at the roots of bulbous plants. Pupa 

 subterranean. 



