92 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



apex pointed, exterior margin oblique, convex, scalloped ; cell short, narrow, extending 

 two-fifths the length ; first subcostal emitted at two-fifths before end of the cell, 

 second at one-sixth, trifid, third at one-sixth from base of second, and fourth at one- 

 third from base of third, fifth from end of the cell and joined by a very short spur to 

 the third near its base ; discocellular concave, radials from each end ; middle median 

 from ano-le close to end of the cell, lower at two-fifths before the end ; submedian 

 deeply curved from the base : hindwing short, very broad, apex very convex, exterior 

 margin scalloped, abdominal margin long and densely fringed ; cell short, extending 

 oae-third the length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular concave, 

 radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at one- 

 fifth before the end; submedian and internal vein shghtly curved. Body stout, 

 abdomen tapering to the apex ; palpi ascending, second joint reaching to level of the 

 vertex, squamose, third joiut lanceolate, about one-third length of second ; antennae 

 serrate-setose in male, setose in female; legs most densely pilose; spurs long. 

 (.4. hoarmokles.) 



ANODAPHA BOARMOIDES (Plate 156, Fig. 2). 

 Polydesma hoarmoides, Gut-nee, Noct. ii. p. 441 (18.52) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1042. 



Ochreous-brown, densely speckled with dark brown : forewing with a transverse 

 basal, subbasal, medial, and a contiguous discal irregular zigzag black fine, each 

 ending in a dilated black streak on the costa ; two obscure broad blackish zigzag 

 submai'ginal bands, and a marginal black-bordered pale lunular line ; a small black- 

 lined oval orbicular spot, and reniform mark : hindwing with similar but more 

 obscurely defined transverse markings. Front of thorax, head, palpi, and legs, pale 

 ochreous ; tarsi with brown bands. 



Expanse 1| to 2 inches. 



ANODAPHA ERTJBESCENS. 



Poltjdesma eruhesccns, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 876 (1865). 



" Female. Reddish ; paler beneath. Wings with the interior and exterior lines 

 lirighter red, denticulated; submarginal line white, irregular, incomplete ; marginal 

 points black ; a few black points along the costa. Forewiugs testaceous at the base, 

 and with a red denticulated basal line ; reniform mark pale, narrow, containing two 

 black points : hindwings beneath whitish-testaceous, with two red denticulated lines. 

 Palpi whitish on the inner side, third joint lanceolate, a little more than half-length 

 of the second. Body beneath whitish-testaceous ; abdomen with a whitish band on 

 the hind border of each segment. 



" Expanse 12 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in the Collection of Mr. E. L. Layard. 



