104 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



forelegs above violaceous greyish-ochreous ; abdomen, and Lindlegs pale cinereous- 

 brown. 



Ex^Danse, S f , ? 1 inch. 



Larva with 16 legs, narrow; pale brownish-ochreous, with a dorsal erect series 



of slender black hairs, those on the anterior and posterior segments longest and 



spatnlar at the tip ; a lateral series of short decumbent white hairs ; a subdorsal 



black-spotted green streak extending from 6th to 10th segment, and a dorsal black 



spot at base of hairs on 3rd to 6th, 10th, and last segment. Pupa olivaceous 



brownish-ochreous. 



Genus SYMITHA. 



Si/mitha, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1731 (1866). 

 Sarrothripa, Felder et Rogeu. Nov. Voy. Lep. iv. pi. 106, fig. 16 (1874). 



Wings small : forewiug elongated, narrow, elliptic ; cell extending nearly three- 

 fifths the length, disposed along middle of the wing ; first subcostal emitted at nearly 

 one-half before end of the cell, second at one-tenth, trifid, third at one-third from 

 base of second, and fourth at two-thirds from base of third ; fifth from end of the 

 cell and joined to third by a short spur close to its base ; discocellular outwardly 

 oblique, bent close to each end, radials from the angles ; middle median from angle 

 below end of cell, lower at about one-third ; subraedian much recurved : hindwing 

 rather narrow ; exterior margin very oblique ; cell extending to half the length; first 

 subcostal emitted before end of the cell ; discocellular slightly concave, radial from 

 below the middle ; two upper medians from end of the cell, lower at one-third ; 

 submedian and internal straight. Body moderately stout; head with a slight pro- 

 jecting tuft in front; palpi porrect, very long, laxly squamose, second joint slightly 

 dilated at tip, extending half beyond the eyes, third joint as long as second, flattened, 

 fusiform; fore tibias laxly pilose beneath; middle and hind spurs long; antennse 

 setose, basal joint thick. 



SYMITHA INDICA (Plate 158, Fig. 6). 

 Sarrothripa indica, Felder et Rogen. Nov. Voy. Lep. iv. pi. 106, fig. 16 (1874). 



Cinereous-brown, clouded indistinctly with darker brown below the apex and on 

 middle of the costa ; crossed by an indistinct outwardly-oblique subbasal line, an 

 antemedial cinereous-bordered blackish sinuous line, and an inwardly oblique 

 postmedial line ; followed hj a submarginal row of points, which increase in size 

 ])Osteriorly, the lowest point being the largest and most distinct ; a marginal row of 

 slender black points ; orbicular and reniform marks indistinct, the intervening space 

 with a dark brown speckled streak : hindwing pale brownish-cinereous, whitish at 

 the base. Body and legs above cinereous-brown. 



Expanse fo inch. 



