88 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CETLON. 



Genus FALANA. 



Falann, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 153; Asiat. Soc. Bengal (1882). 

 Forewing somewhat sliort, broad anteriorly, costa straight, apex pointed ; 

 exterior margin very irregularly scalloped, angular in the middle ; first subcostal 

 branch emitted at nearly one-half before end of the cell, second from close to the 

 end, trifid, third from very near base of second, fourth from near end of the third 

 and terminating at the apex, fifth from end of the cell and touching third near its 

 base ; discocellular slightly bent near each end, slightly concave in the middle, radials 

 from the angles ; upper and middle median branches from angles at end of the cell, 

 lower at nearly one-half before its end ; submedian nearly straight : hindwing some- 

 what small, short and narrow ; exterior margin slightly uneven ; costal vein nearly 

 straight ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular slender, straight, 

 inwardly oblique, radial from near its lower end; cell short; two upper median 

 branches from beyond end of the cell, lower from close before its end ; submedian 

 and internal vein straight. Body moderate, abdomen extending beyond hindwings; 

 palpi ascending, second joint squamose, extending to vei'tex, third joint of nearly 

 equal length, slender ; legs long ; tibiae tufted, hind femora tufted beneath ; antennce 

 setose. 



FALANA SORDID A (Plate 155, Fig. 4). 

 Falana sordida, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 154 (1882). 



Dull brownish-ochreous : forewing with an indistinct basal and medial transverse 

 darker band, the latter inwardly bordered by a slight black sinuous line and outwardly 

 by a less distinct duplex sinuous line, the latter ending on the costa in a pale streak ; 

 the discal and marginal area black speckled, and with a discal series of indistinct 

 black-speckled spots, which are most prominent at the apical end ; an indistinct 

 black orbicular dot and an elongated pale centred black reniform streak : hindwing 

 ochreous-brown ; cilia ochreous. Body ochreous ; palpi and legs above ochreous- 

 brown, tuft on hind femora white. 



Expanse lyV to lA inch. 



Family OPHIUSID^. 



Toxocav^pidcr, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 419 (1852); Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1022. 



Imago of moderate size ; thorax smooth, with raised collar ; abdomen smooth, 

 flattened. {Stainton.) 



Larva smooth, elongate, attenuated at the ends, with sixteen legs, the first two 

 pairs of ventrals rather short. Pupa enclosed amongst portions of leaves, moss, &c. 



