96 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Both sexes of tliis species are distinguishable from G. eriophora by the shorter, 

 broader, and less falcated forewiug, and larger hindwing, the discal denticulated hnes 

 are somewhat different and more oblique, the outer angulated hne being also com- 

 paratively further from the exterior margin. 



Genus CADUCA. 



Male : forewing short, broad, triangular ; cell extending to half the length ; first 

 subcostal emitted at one-half before end of the cell, second at one-fifth, trifid, third 

 at one-sixth from base of second, and fourth at two-thirds from base of third, fifth 

 from end of the cell and touching third near its base ; discocellular slender, concave, 

 bent near lower end, radials from upper end and lower angle; middle median from 

 near end of the cell, lower at nearly one-half before the end; submedian much 

 cuiwed near the base : hindwing ample, broad, apex and exterior margin very convex ; 

 cell extendino- to one-third the length ; two subcostals on a footstalk at a short 

 distance beyond end of the cell ; discocellular extremely slender, concave, radial from 

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

 before the end; submedian and internal vein slightly curved. Body somewhat 

 slender ; palpi obUquely ascending, laxly pilose beneath, second joint reaching to 

 level of the eyes, third joint short, pilose in front ; antennge serrated, pectinated, the 

 branches broad at the base ; legs slender, tibiae shghtly pilose, middle and hind tibijE 

 with very long spurs, tarsi long. 



Ti/pc, C. meleagris. 



CADUCA MELEAGRIS (Plate 156, Fig. 7). 

 Alamis meleagris, Felder and Eogenh. Nov. Voy. Lep. iv. pi. iii fig. 32 (1874). 



Male. Dark ochreous-brown : forewing with a transverse basal and a subbasal 

 brownish-white bordered black sinuous hne, a discal denticulated line, followed by a 

 submarginal whitish lunular line, and a marginal series of whitish-bordered Y-shaped 

 black marks ; a small oval blackish orbicular spot, and a large reniform mark, both 

 with a few whitish speckles ; the area between subbasal and discal lines brownish- 

 white transversely flecked with brown strigfB, cilia alternated with black : hindwing 

 with two transverse medial indistinct blackish fascias, a curved discal black denticu- 

 lated line with a whitish-speckled outer border from its middle to anal end, followed 

 by whitish lunules and a marginal series of whitish-bordered Y-shaped black marks ; 

 cilia alternated with white. Body, and palpi dark ochreous-brown, with whitish 

 speckles ; legs brown with whitish bands. 



Expanse If inch. 



