154 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



discal line, each line elbowed outward below tbe costa ; from the base to apex extends 

 a pale ochreous-bordered brown subcostal line ; at end of the cell is a blackish ovate 

 spot ; between the middle and outer line is a pale-bordered blackish denticulated lines 

 and a less defined similar hne also along the submargin, both of these hnes being 

 more distinct in the female : hindwing with a medial transverse slender blackish line, 

 a discal pale ochreous-bordered brown line, and an intermediate inner and outer 

 denticulated line ; a slender pale ochi'eous interciliary line also on both wings. 

 Thorax in front with a brownish-ochreous band ; palpi, and legs above greyish. 

 Expanse, <5 2|, q 2 inches. 



Genus ORTOSPANA. 

 Ortospana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 950 (1865). 

 " Allied to Hypopyra. Male : wings ample : forewings falcate, convex along the 

 costa ; exterior border nearly straight, rather oblique : hindwings broad, subcaudate. 

 Body moderately stout ; proboscis short ; palpi compressed, vertical, rising a little 

 higher than the vertex, second joint pilose in front, third joint linear, acute at the 

 tip, less than half length of the second ; antenna slightly pectinated, serrated towards 

 the tip ; abdomen long, lanceolate, not extending as far as the hindwings ; legs 

 rather short." 



ORTOSPANA CONNECTENS. 

 Ortospana connectens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 950 (1865). 



"Male. Testaceous: forewings pale ochreous, very slightly speckled with 

 black, with opaline reflections from the reniform mark to the submarginal line ; 

 testaceous-white between the latter and the ext^-eme border; a reddish slightly 

 undulating line interrupted by the reniform mark; a few slight exterior brown 

 marks; submarginal line brown, straight, oblique, obsolete towards the costa; 

 orbicular and reniform marks pale yellow, the former punctiform, the latter very 

 large and narrow in front, slightly excavated on the outer side : hindwings luteous, 

 yellow with an opaline lustre exteriorly; a very irregular brown partly reddish 

 submarginal band, which is interUned hindward and accompanied by a marginal 

 white line ; a few black speckles. Underside of forewings with two large brown 

 transverse marks: hindwings with two short transverse brown lines towards the 

 interior border. Palpi brown on the outer side. 



" Expanse 25 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in the Collection of Mr. E. L. Layard. 



