198 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



one-fifth l:)efore end of tlie cell, lower at nearly one-half before the end ; submedian 

 almost straight : hindwing short, exterior margin slightly convex, sinuous ; cell 

 extending to nearly half the length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; disco- 

 cellular slender, nearly erect, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from 

 end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submedian and internal vein 

 straight. Body moderately stout ; palpi curved upward, rising half its length above 

 the vertex, slender, squamose, second joint extending one-third above the vertex, 

 third joint one-third the length of second, lanceolate, second and third joints slightly 

 tufted at the tip ; antennas setose ; legs long, rather slender, smooth ; spurs very 

 long and slender. 



DAXATA BIJUNGENS (Plate 174, Fig. 9). 

 Daxata bijuiujens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1109 (1865). 



Dark ferruginous-brown : forewing crossed by a black subbasal, an antemedial, 

 and a postraedial undulating line, the latter bicurved outward beyond end of the 

 cell ; each line being dilated at the costal end and there bordered by a pale spot ; a 

 submarginal pale sinuous line, beyond which is a marginal row of black lunules ; 

 some pale spots on the costa before the apex ; a black punctif orm orbicular spot and 

 a pale-centred reniform mark : hindwing crossed by three similarly disposed un- 

 dulated black lines, two pale submarginal fascge, and a marginal row of black 

 lunules. Palpi, and forelegs blackish. 



Expanse to inch. 



Genus DIOMEA. 



Diomea, Walker, Catal. Lep. llet. B. M. xiii. p. 1109 (1857). 



Female. Wings moderately broad, clothed with short broad scales ; slightly 

 denticulated : forewing straight along the costa, much rounded at the apex ; exterior 

 margin convex, hardly obliquely ; cell extending to half the length ; first subcostal 

 emitted at two-fifths before end of the cell, second at one-fourth, trifid, fifth from 

 end of the cell, and joined by a short spur to third near its base ; discocellular bent 

 near each end, almost straight in the middle, radials from the angles ; middle median 

 from angle close to end of the cell, lower at nearly one-third ; submedian almost 

 straight : liindwing short, exterior margin veiy convex ; cell one-third the length ; 

 two subcostals from end of cell ; discocellular inwardly oblique, bent in the 

 middle, radial from below the angle ; two upper medians from acute lower end of 

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

 thorax densely clothed with broad lax scales ; palpi obliquely ascending, rather 

 broad, compressed, slightly curved, pilose; second joint somewhat fusiform, 

 extending half its length above the eyes, third joint about half length of second ; 



