162 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus MACALDENIA. 



Pcmpeda* Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 171 (1882). 

 Forewino- short, l)road; witli the costa slightly arched at the base and before 

 the end, apex acute ; exterior margin obHque, convex hindward ; cell short, less than 

 lialf the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before end of the cell ; second at 

 one-fifth, trifid, the third from below second at one-sixth from its base above end of 

 the cell, fourth at one-sixth before the apex ; fifth from end of the cell and touching 

 third close to its base ; discocellular bent outward at each end, concave in the middle, 

 radials from the angles ; two upper medians from angles obhquelj below end of the 

 cell, lower at one-half before the end ; submedian slightly curved downward from the 

 base : hindwing short, somewhat quadrate ; exterior margin convexly-angular in 

 the middle; cell very short; costal vein nearly straight, extending to apex; two 

 subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular concave, radial from near its lower 

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

 submedian and internal vein slightly recurved. Body stout; palpi ascending, 

 flattened, squamose, second joint long, third joint slender, two-thirds length of 

 second ; legs short, thick ; antennae simple. 



MACALDENIA PALUMBA (Plate 168, Fig. 1, \a, $ q , IJ, larva). 

 Ilulodes palumba, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 211 (1852); Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiv. p. 1337. 

 Pasipeda palumba, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atkinson, p. 171 (1882). 

 Remigia colUfjens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1019 (1865). 



Pale lilacine brownish-ochi^eous, sparsely speckled with minute brown scales : 

 forewing crossed by a very slender indistinct blackish basal incomplete zigzag line, 

 an erect antemedial line, and an outwardly-curved postmedial denticulated line, the 

 points of which are mostly apparent in the female ; beyond is a pale zigzag sinuous 

 line, and a marginal row of minute black points ; a brown-speckled reniform mark ; 

 the basal area from the postmedial hue suffused with pale purple : hindwing paler at 

 the base ; crossed by an indistinct black-speckled medial waved line, and a discal 

 wavy purplish-ferruginous fascia, which is posteriorly surmounted by a row of distinct 

 white lunvdes ; from the anal angle are disposed some brown lunules. Body, palpi, 

 and legs pale lilacine brownish-ochreous, minutely black-speckled. 



Expanse If to If inch. 



Larva semi-looped ; with si.xteen legs, the first middle pair aborted ; two dorsal 

 conical tubercules on twelfth segment ; colour brownish-ochreous above, olivaceous 

 beneath ; with dorsal longitudinal black-speckled streaks ; sides also black-speckled ; 



* Used by Walker in 1858 for a genus of Lepidoptera. 



