266 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



transverse strio-ce. Wings crossed by a medial undulated yellow band, which is broad 

 on the forowing and slender on the hindwing; an indistinct submarginal slender 

 yellowish undulated line ; a marginal black-dotted line ; some yellow and black points 

 on the costa of forewing. Base of abdomen blackish, tip and anal tuft golden- 

 yellow; legs reddish-brown; tarsi with pale bands. CiHa golden-yellow, with a 

 macular red inner line. 



Expanse -7^5- inch. 



DOTHTHA STJFFUSALIS. 



Endotricha sufftisalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xvii. p. 390 (1859), q . 



Purplish-red, minutely speckled with black scales : forewing with some yellow 

 and black points along the costa, and some black speckles between the outer veins ; 

 crossed by an antemedial waved yellow line, which is dilated at the costal end, the 

 costa towards the apex being also yellowish ; an indistinct slender black denticulated 

 submarginal and marginal line : hindwing crossed by a slender yellow medial line, an 

 indistinct blackish-speckled discal fascia, and a slender black marginal Une. Cilia 

 yellow, with an inner red macular line. Legs with yellowish bauds ; tip of abdomen 

 yellow. 



Expanse, ^ tV, 2 fV inch. 



Genus AGLOSSA. 

 Aghssa, Latrielle, Hist. Nat. Gen. Crust, et lus. iii. p. 414 (1802); id. siv. p. 229 (1805); Lamarck, 

 Hist. Nat. Anim. iii. p. 557 (1816); Stephens, Illust. Haust. iv. p. 22 ; Guenee, Delt. et Pyr. 

 p. 125; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 274. 



Male. Forewing rather long, moderately broad; cell long, extending nearly 

 three-fifths the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-fourth before end of the cell, 

 second free, third trifid ; discocellular concave, radials from extreme upper and lower 

 ends; middle median from near end of the cell, lower at two-fifths; submedian 

 recurved : hindwing moderately broad, exterior margin convex ; cell two-fifths the 

 length ; two subcostals from beyond end of the cell, free from the costal ; disco- 

 cellular bent in the middle, radial and upper median from extended lower end of the 

 cell ; middle median close to the end, lower at one-third. Body moderately stout, 

 head flat in front; labial palpi porrect, projected much beyond the head, second joint 

 stout, coarsely pilose beneath, third joint short, lanceolate ; maxillary palpi small, 

 slender, porrect ; antennae finely bipectinated ; legs long, stout, tibii© very slightly 

 jnlose above ; spurs stout. 



Type, A. pinguinalis. 



AGLOSSA GNIDTJSALIS. 



Aglossa Gmdusalis, Walker, Catal. Lop. Ilet. B. M. xvii. p. 278 (1859). 



" Female. Cinereous. Winffs with the interior and exterior lines denticulated, 



pale, with dark inner border ; submarginal line composed of black points. Fore- 



