216 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



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

 at about two-thirds from Iwse of third, fifth from end of cell and touching third 

 close to its base ; discocellular inwardly oblique, deeply concave, radials from near 

 upper and lower ends ; middle median from angle immediately below end of the cell, 

 lower at one-fourth ; subn:edian much curved from the base : hindwing somewhat 

 quadrate, longer than broad, exterior margin uneven, angnlated in the middle ; cell 

 broad, nearly two-fifths the length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular 

 bent in the middle, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from acute end 

 of the cell, lower at one-fifth; submedian and internal vein straight. Body 

 moderately slender; abdomen rather long in male; palpi erect, first and second 

 ioints very thick, broad, second extending two-thirds above the vertex, compressed, 

 squamose, third joint fully half length of second, lanceolate, laxly squamose in front ; 

 autenna3 in male finely ciliated and with a few long slender lashes, simple in female ; 

 forelegs short, thickly pilose, middle and hind tibise thick, slightly pilose at the apex; 

 middle tibi^ also villose above ; spurs long. 



CLATEKNA CYDONIA (Plate 175, Fig. n,S). 

 Phal. Noctita Ci/donia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 3i, pi. 22, fig. F. (1775). 

 Brotis Cydoniaria, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schinett. p. 303. 

 Herminia Sidonia, Guesin, Icon. Reg. Anim. pi. 90, f. 5. 



Trigonia CydoniaUs, Gueiiee, Belt, et Pyral. p. 12 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 4. 

 Focilla suhmemorans, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. p. 1533 (1858) ? . 

 Claterna exagcns, Walker, id. xv. p. 15i3, $ . 



Greyish violaceous-brown : forewing with a transverse outwardly-curved white- 

 speckled bordered blackish antemedial line, and an angulated discal duplex line, beyond 

 which is a triangular costal spot before the apex, and from the lower angle of which 

 depends a short white zigzag line ; the costal interspaces between the discal line and 

 triangular spot, and its lower line being streaked with dark brown; a slight brown 

 lunular marginalline ; base of wing also slightly speckled with white; a black puncti- 

 form orbicular spot and an obsolescent reniform mark : hindwing with a medial 

 transverse white-speckled bordered blackish duplex sinuous line, and an outer 

 marginal row of broad blackisli lunules, which are inwardly bordered with white 

 speckles. Body, palpi, and legs brown; tarsi and spurs white; abdomen with 

 slender white segmental bands. 



Expanse If inch. 



Genus EPISPARIS. 



Episparis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. x. p. 475 (1856). 

 Neviasca, Walker, id. xvi. p. 7 (1858). 

 Pradiota, Walker, id. xxxv. p. 1572 (1866). 



Male. Forewing elongated, rather broad, very slightly arched at the end, apex 



