132 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



half the length ; first subcostal emitted at nearly one-half before end of the cell, 

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

 one-fifth from base of third ; fifth from end of the cell and touching third near the 

 base ; discocellular inwardly oblique, concave in middle, bent close to each end, radials 

 from the angles ; middle median from angle near end of the cell, lower at one-third 

 before the end ; submedian recurved from the base, and with a lower vein emitted 

 from its base and joining it at one-fourth its length : hind wing short, broad, triangular ; 

 apex very convex, exterior margin slightly scalloped ; cell extending to about one- 

 third the length ; two subcostals emitted from end of the cell ; discocellular convex, 

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

 third ; submedian recurved from the base, internal vein straight. Body very stout, 

 thickly clothed ; palpi vertical, first and second joints stout, laxly squamose, second 

 joint reaching to level of the vertex, third joint clavato, one-fourth length of second 

 in male, and nearly of same length as second in female ; antennas extremely long, 

 simple ; legs stout, slightly pilose, spurs long, tarsal spines stout. 



CYCLODES OMMA (Plate 160, Fig. 7, ? ). 

 Erebus Omma, Van der Hoeveii, Tijil. voor Nat. Gescli. vii. p. 281, pi. 7, fig. 7, a, h (1840;. 

 Gydodes Omma, Gueuee, Noct. iii. p. 27 (1852). 

 Beregra replenens, Walker, Catal. Lep. liet. B. M. xiv. p. 1315 (1858). 



Male and female. Forewing senescent olivaceous-green basally, the outer border 

 pale violaceous-grey and numerously speckled with violet-brown scales ; crossed by 

 an antemedial dark violet-black pale-bordered lunular duplex line, which encloses a 

 round jet-black ring across middle of the cell, the ring being slenderly interlined 

 with silvery-blue ; a violet-black angulated medial fascia, two discal pale-bordered 

 denticulated fines, followed by two outer pale-bordered angulated incomplete fascia, 

 and a marginal lunular line : hindwing violaceous greyish-brown, tinged with 

 olivaceous externally; crossed by a recurved discal greyish-white bordered violet- 

 brown line, followed by a metallic-blue speckled short black fascia from the anal 

 angle, beyond which the outer border is greyish-white, and traversed by a black 

 slender interciliary line ; a violet-brown streak ascends obliquely above the recurved 

 discaUine. Body asnesceut olivaceous-green, violaceous-grey in some aspects; thorax, 

 and base of abdomen dorsally, wdth violet-brown bands ; palpi oHvaceous ; forelegs 

 with olive-brown bands. 



Expanse 2j to 2| inches. 



Genus ENTOMOGRAMMA. 



Entomngramma (Sect. 1), Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 203 (1852) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiv. p. 1330. 

 Wings short, broad : forewing slightly convex towards the end, apex pointed 

 and slightly falcate, exterior margin convex and shghtly undulating; cell extending 



