102 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



interior line ; exterior line pale cinereous, much bent outward, with a slight interior 

 blackish border; submarginal line pale cinereous, denticulated, accompanied by some 

 reddish marks; marginal lunules brown; reniform mark large, blackish-boi'dered, 

 irregularly round, containing a blackish streak and a white point : hindwings 

 cinereous, semi-hyahne, with a very broad brown border, fringe pale cinereous. 

 Second joint of palpi whitish beneath ; abdomen with brown curved marks on each 

 side. 



"Expanse 11 lines." 



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



GADIRTHA DECRESCENS. 



Gadirtha decrescens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. J>. M. xiii. p. 1104 (1857), J- 



"Male. Brown, paler beneath: forewings varied with pale brown; with some 

 black patches, a pale apical spot which contains some black streaks, and with black 

 marginal lunules : hindwings with paler cilia3. 



" Expanse 10 lines." 



Genus SELEPA. 



Selepa, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 353 (1858). 



Wings small : forewiug elongated, rather broad; costa much arched at the base, 

 apex not pointed, exterior margin oblique, posterior margin convex at the base; cell 

 disposed in middle of the wang and extending three-fifths the length ; costal vein at a 

 wide distance from the margin ; first subcostal emitted at two-sixths before end of the 

 cell, second at one-sixth, trifid, third from very near base of second, fourth at two-thirds 

 from base of third, fifth from end of the cell and joined to third for a short distance 

 beyond the base ; discocellnlar outwardly oblique, bent close to each end, radials from 

 the angles ; middle median from near end of the cell, lower at two-fifths before the 

 end ; submedian recurved : hind-wing short, apex hardly pointed, exterior margin 

 very oblique, convex ; cell extending half the length ; two subcostals from end of the 

 cell ; discocellnlar much curved, radial from lower end ; middle median from close to 

 end of the cell, lower at one-third ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body 

 small, stout, abdomen keeled above ; palpi porrect, laxly covered with hairy scales 

 which are projected forward ; second joint projected half beyond the head, third joint 

 about one-third length of second ; antennas stout, slightly setose in male, basal joint 

 thick, with a short spinous point in front ; front legs fringed beneath, middle and 

 hind legs smooth, spurs rather long. 

 (-S'. Celtic.) 



