276 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



COTACHENA HISTRICALIS. 



Botys Imtricalis, Walker, Cutal. Lep. Het. B. M. xviii. p. 655 (1859). 



Oclireous-yellow : forewing with the basal area clouded with ochreous-brown ; 

 crossed by a blackish antemedial, and an irregular discal line, the latter curved 

 inward towards lower end of the cell ; with four blackish-bordered pure white semi- 

 hyaline spots, the first in middle of cell, second at end of the cell, third at upper 

 end of discal line, the fourth at the lower angle of the discal line near lower end of 

 the cell : hindwing paler yellow ; with an undulated ochreous-brown discal line, a 

 curved marginal line, and a slight spot at end of the cell. Thorax and head ochreous- 

 brown ; abdomen ochreous-yellow ; palpi above dark brown, palpi beneath and legs 

 white ; forelegs with brown bands. 



Expanse $ 1 inch. 



Genus HEDYLEPTA. 



Hedylepta, Lederer, Pyral. Wieu. Eut. Mouat. vii. p. 409 (1863). 

 Asopia, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 202 (1854!) — nee Treitschke. 



Male. Forewing elongated, narrow, triangular ; cell half the length ; first sub- 

 costal emitted at one-third before end of the cell, second and third from angle close 

 to the end, third bifid, fifth from the end ; discocellular concave, radials from close 

 to each end ; middle median close to end of the cell, lower at nearly one-third : 

 hindwing elongated at the apex, exterior margin very oblique ; cell one-third the 

 length; subcostals from the endj discocellular concave, radial and two upper 

 medians from end of cell ; lower median at one-third. Body slender ; labial palpi 

 short, thick, extending half beyond the head, pilose, third joint short, conical, in- 

 distinct; maxillary palpi distinct, ascending; antennee minutely pubescent; legs 

 moderately long, smooth, inner spurs very long, slender, outer spurs short. 



Tijpe, H. vulgalis. 



HEDYLEPTA VOLGALIS. 



Asopia vulgalis, Ctuinee, Delt. et Pjial. p. 202, pi. 6, f. 8; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. 



p. 364. 

 Hedylepta vulgalis, Lederer, Pyral. Wien. Eut. Monat. vii. p. 409 (1863). 

 Botys ma;liusalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xviii. p. 703 (1859). 

 Botys reductalis, Walker, id. xxxiv. p. 1412 (1865). 



Ochreous-yellow, slightly suffused with purplish-cinereous. Both wings crossed 

 by a slender Ijrowu irregular discal line, which is bent inward to below the cell and 

 there touches a brown lunular mark at end of the cell ; marginal line brown, which 

 is sometimes slightly macular : forewing also with a brown curved antemedial line, 

 and a dot in middle of the cell. Cilia with a slender brown inner line. 



Expanse tV inch. 



