258 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



slender lower branch : liindwing short, broad, apex and exterior margin very convex ; 

 cell one-third the length at its upper end, nearly half at its lower end ; two subcostals 

 from the end; discocellular bent before the middle, lower end very oblique and long, 

 radial from the extreme lower end ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at one- 

 third ; submedian and two internal veins straight. Body robust ; labial palpi long, 

 rather slender, spindle-shaped, ascending, curving half its length closely over the head, 

 smoothly squamous, second joint broad in front, tapering; third joint rather long, 

 pointed ; maxillary palpi short, slender ; antennas minutely and finely pectinated ; a 

 lengthened tuft of long spatular scales projected over the thorax from base of the 

 antenna? ; legs robust, laxly squamous ; femora and tibiae thick, spurs long, stout. 



Tiive, S. divitalis. 

 ■^ STERICTA DIVITALIS. 



Glossina divitalis, Guunee, Delt. et Pyr. p. 125, pi. 7, fig. 4 (1854), ? . 

 Stericta divitalis, LeJerer, Pyr. Wieu. Eat. Monats. vii. p. 340 (1863). 

 Locastra Phereciusalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 159 (1858), $ . 



Male and female. Forewing dark rufescent-brown, black speckled ; with a 

 transverse subbasal, medial, and a postmedial dark olive-yellow sinuous band, and a 

 longitudinal band of the same colour extending from the base to middle of the 

 exterior margin ; a marginal row of black dentate spots ; a black-tipt white dot at 

 end of the cell, and a black dot at the base : hindwing pale rufescent-brown. Cilia 

 rufescent. Thorax dark olive-yellow, black speckled ; abdomen pale rufescent-brown ; 

 legs brown, black speckled, with black bands. 



Expanse 1\ inch. 



STERICTA HELVIALIS (Plate 178, Fig. 1 ?, la larva). 



Pyralis vitialis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. six. p. 897 (1859), ?. 

 Pyralis Helvialis, Walker, id. p. 915, $ . 



Forewing testaceous ; black and red speckled ; the black speckles mostly forming 

 a basal band with inwardly-oblique border, an obHque apical patch, and a discal 

 denticulated line ; a marginal row of black dentate spots : hindwing and abdomen 

 pale cinereous-testaceous, with a pale subanal streak. Cilia pale testaceous, with a 

 reddish inner fine and blackish spots. Body and legs pale testaceous ; tarsi with 

 l)lnck bands. 



Expanse 1 to 1\ inch. 



Larva rather thick, attenuated at the ends ; with a few very fine short dorsal 

 hairs ; colour red ; with a blackish dorsal line and a broad subdorsal longitudinal 

 band, a lateral line, and some sublateral marks. Cocoon reddish. Pupa red. 

 " Feeds on Cinnamomium " (Thwaites). 



