212 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



tlie latter traversed by a row of white vein-points, beyond which is a marginal row 

 of black points ; a slender blackish lunular mark at end of the cell, and two large 

 equidistant white spots on the costa : hindwing with a less distinct discal fascia 

 traversed by white points, and a marginal row of black points. Body red ; palpi 

 cinereous ; legs pale red. 



Expanse, ^ 1|, ? 1| inch. 



CAPNODES MINOR (Plate 174, Fig. 11). 



Red, sparsely speckled with minute blackish scales: forewing with four pro- 

 minent white spots along the costa, the interspaces between the spots blackish- 

 fei-riioinous; the first spot basal, fourth apical, second and third at equal distances 

 bftween the others ; a very indistinct black-scaled spot at end of the cell, and a 

 black-scaled transverse discal denticulated line with white tipt points : hindwing 

 with a very indistinct similar spot at end of the cell, and a transverse discal denticu- 

 lated line with white tipt points. Palpi, and forelegs ferruginous-brown. 



Expanse A inch- 

 Genus GESONIA. 



Gesonia, Walker, Catal Lep. llet. B. M. xvi. p. 7.3 (1858). 



" Male. Wings small, moderately broad ; fringe broad : forewings rectangular 

 at the tips, almost straight and moderately oblique along the exterior margin. Body 

 hardly stout ; frontal tuft somewhat truncate at the tip ; palpi short, porrect, hardly 

 lonoer than the breadth of the head; second joint convex above, pilose- beneath, 

 third joint elongate-conical, less than half length of the second ; antennas serrated, 

 ciliated ; thorax squamous ; abdomen rather flat, not extending beyond hindwings ; 

 legs rather stout, hardly pilose, hind tibiiu with long spurs." 



Type, G. obeditalis. 



GESOITIA SECUNDALIS. 



Gesonia secundalis. Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xvi. p. 235 (1858), ^J. 



" Male. Pale faAvn colour : forewings with brownish diffuse very indistinct 

 lines ; exterior line undulating, accompanied by some brown marks ; submarginal 

 line denticulated ; orbicular and reniform marks indicated by two blackish points ; 

 marginal points blackish, like those of the hindwings, in which the two exterior lines 

 are visible. Abdomen and hindwings paler fawn colour ; palpi ascending, brownish 

 on the outer side, third joint short ; antennjE with long pubescent bristles. 



" Female. Forewings occasionally with some black marks by the exterior line. 



" Expanse 10 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in Mr. E. L. Layard's collection. 



