280 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



slender blackisli marginal line : forewing also with a blackisli curved subbasal line, 

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

 beneath, base of palpi, and legs pure white ; palpi above brownish ; forelegs with 

 blackish bands. 



Expanse -^^ inch. 



PACHYZANCLA BASALIS. 



Botys hasalis. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiv. p. 1401 (1865). 

 Botijs apertalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiv. p. 1450 (1865). 



Bi'ight ochrcous-yellow, palest on the hindwing. Both wings crossed by a 

 discal somewhat indistinct, very slender blackish irregularly-undulated denticulated 

 line, which is curved inward below the cell ; a distinct black spot at end of the 

 cell ; marginal line ochreous-brown : forewing also with a slender curved subbasal 

 line, and a dot in middle of the cell. Body beneath, base of palpi, and legs 

 white ; forelegs with pale brown bands ; middle tibice with pale brown_ basal 

 streak. 



Expanse tit inch. 



Genus MABRA. 



Wings small : forewing elongate, triangular, exterior margin oblique, slightly 

 convex in the middle ; cell half the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-third be- 

 fore end of the cell, fifth from the end ; discocellular concave, radials from near upper 

 and close to lower end ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower at one-third: 

 hindwing rather narrow, exterior margin very oblique, slightly convex in the middle ; 

 cell one-third the length ; subcostals from the end ; discocellular deeply concave, 

 radial and two upper medians from end of the cell, lower median at one-third. 

 Body slender ; labial palpi porrect, second joint projecting half beyond the eyes, 

 very laxly squamous, third joint lanceolate, half length of second ; maxillary palpi 

 ascending, squamous ; antennjB with fine short ciliaj ; legs smooth, rather short, 

 spurs long, slender, equal in length. 

 Tijpc, M. Eryxalis. 



MABRA ERYXALIS (Plate 179, Fig. 4). 

 Asopia Eryxalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 371 (1859). 



Ochreous-yellow. Both wings with the discal area covered with dark cinereous 

 and brown scales, the disc being crossed by an indistinct brown irregular undulated 

 line, beyond which is a brownish-ochreous submarginal line : forewing also with a 

 brownish-ochreous curved antemedial line. Abdomen brownish speckled, and with 

 slender white segmental bands ; forelegs cinereous-brown ; hindlegs whitish. 



Expanse -rcr to /V inch. 



