232 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



straight, shorter tlian the second ; antenna beset with curved setas ; abdomen slightly 

 compressed at the tip ; fore tibiee much dilated. 



"Expanse 9 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in the collection of Mr. B. L. Layard. 



Genus ^THIA. 



yEtliia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 339 (1825-27); Stephens, Illiist. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 17 



(1831). 

 Sophronia* Duponohel, Catal. Lep. Eur. p. 211 (1846); Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 49 (1854) ; 



Wiilker, Catal. Lep. Hot. B. M. xvi. p. 93 ; Heiuemann, Schmett. Deutsch. i. p. G03 (1859). 

 Zanclorjnathn (part), Lederer, Noct. Eur. p. 211. 



Forewing elongate, triangular, rather broad, exterior margin convexly angular in 

 the middle ; cell broad, extending to half the length ; first subcostal emitted at one- 

 half before end of the cell, second at one-eight, trifid, fifth from end of the cell and 

 joined to third by a short spur near its base ; discocellular concave in the middle, 

 bent near each end, radials from the angles ; middle median at one-sixth before end 

 of the cell, lower at two-fifths ; submedian slightly curved : hindwing short, broad, 

 exterior margin obliquely convex ; cell nearly half the length ; two subcostals from 

 end of the cell ; discocellular bent in the middle, radial from below the angle ; two 

 upper medians from end of cell, lower at two-fifths ; submedian and internal vein 

 slightly curved. Body moderately stout, squamous; palpi obliquely ascending, 

 slightly curved, moderately long ; second joint squamous, almost linear ; third joint 

 linear, half-length of the second ; antennae crenulated, with short fine cilice ; legs 

 rather slender, squamous, spurs long. 



Type, M. emortualis. 



iETHIA ALBICOSTA. 



Female. Ochreous-brown : forewing with a slender white line extending along 



the costal edge ; a very indistinct transverse autemedial diffused brown line, and a 



postmedial pale-bordei'ed brown line, both lines starting from the subcostal vein ; a 



marginal row of black dots, and a black spot at end of the cell : hindwing with 



a similar transverse antemedial and postmedial line, marginal row of black dots, and 



a pale spot at end of the cell. Body ochreous-brown ; head, palpi, and forelegs 



darker brown. 



Expanse 1|- inch. 



Genus NODARIA. 



NodarUi, Guenee, Delt. et P^-ral. p. 63 (1854); LeJerer, Noct. Eur. p. 211 (1857;; Walker, Catal. 

 Lep. Ilet. B. M. xvi. p. 116. 

 Forewing elongated, narrow ; cell extending to more than half the length ; first 



Previously used by Iliibner for a genus of Lepidoptera. 



