98 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Family HYPOGRAMMIDiE. 



Imago with moderated sized oi^ small wiugs : forewing ratlier elongated and 

 narrow. Palpi mostly ascending and rather long ; antenuc^ long ; abdomen frequently 

 crested. 



Genus BRIADA. 

 Briada, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1097 (1857). 



Male : forewing elongated, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, exterior 

 margin obhque, slightly convex, denticulated, posteinor margin convex at the base ; 

 cell extending to half the length ; first subcostal emitted at nearly one-half before 

 end of the cell, second at one-sixth, trifid, fifth from end of the cell and slightly 

 touching third near its base ; discocellular outwardly oblique, concave, radials from 

 upper end and close to lower end; middle median from one-seventh before end of the 

 cell, lower at three-sevenths ; submedian very deeply curved at the base : hindwing 

 rather ample, broad, apex convex, exterior mai-gin denticulated; cell extending to 

 one-third the length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular outwardly 

 obhque, concave, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from end of the 

 cell, lower at one-third; submedian and internal vein slightly curved. Body 

 moderately stout ; palpi ascending, second joint laxly squamose, long, reaching above 

 the eyes, third joint long, cylindrical, about same length as second ; antennse setose ; 

 legs densely clothed with long silky hairs, hind tibia? fringed, spurs long. {Type, B. 

 precedens.) 



BRIADA PRECEDENS (Plate 156, Fig. 8, ? ). 

 Bi-iarda precedens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 109S (1857), ?. 



Male : forewing dark ochreous-browu ; base of the wing, a broad short oblique 

 patch from middle of the costa, and a patch at the apex darker brown ; with two ill- 

 defined transverse basal, two subbasal, two medial, and two discal black pale-bordered 

 zigzag lines, a less distinct submarginal line, and a marginal row of ochreous- white 

 bordered black dots ; some indistinct black streaks below the apex and on the disc ; 

 a puuctiform white spot at upper end of the cell, and another at base of the wing : 

 hindwing cinereous-brown, with darker exterior border. Body, palpi, and legs dark 

 ochreous-brown. Female: forewing pale brownish-ochreous, with prominent dark 

 brown basal, medial, and apical patches, which are traversed by black zigzag lines, 

 these lines being more or less obsolescent across the pale interspaces : hindwing paler 

 than in the male. 



Expanse Ij- to 1§ inch. 



