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THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus NEURINA. 



£'»<//vM/s,* Hubner, Verz. bek. Sclimett. p. 341 (1825-7); Walker, Catal. Lep. Hot. B. M. xviii. 



p. 538. 

 Newina, Gucuec, Belt, et Pyral. p. 313 (1854) ; LeJerer, Pyral. Wien. Ent. Monat. vii. p. 395 



(1863). 

 Forewing elongated, triangular ; costa arclied towards the end, exterior margin 

 obli(]ue, very slightly convex, posterior margin rounded towards the base ; cell about 

 half tlie length ; first subcostal at one-third before end of the cell, second and third 

 close to end, third bifid, fifth from the end and running close along third to half its 

 lenp-th ; discocellular oblique, slightly concave, radials from the ends ; middle median 

 close to end, lower at one-fourth ; submedian bent upward near the base, with a short 

 lower recurved branch which rejoins it at one-third its length: hindwiug short, 

 broad, triangular, exterior margin and anal angle very convex ; cell about one-third 

 the length, broad; subcostals on a short footstalk beyond the cell; discocellular 

 outwardly-concave, radial from lower end; middle median close to end, lower at one- 

 fourth ; a submedian and two internal veins. Body moderately stout ; anal tuft 

 prominent ; tegula; clothed with long silky hairs ; labial palpi ascending above vertex, 

 compressed, pubescent, third joint minute, obtuse ; maxillary palpi lanceolate, mode- 

 rately long ; proboscis very thick at the base ; antennas long, slender, very minutely 

 serrate-ciliate ; legs slender, tarsi very long, fore tibias and basal tarsi pilose at 

 the sides in the male ; spurs moderate, slender, unequal. 



KEURINA PROCOPIA (Plate 182, Fio. 1). 



Phahi'im Nocfiia Procopia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 152, pi. 368, fig. E. (1782). 



Evylyphis Procopia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 341 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xviii. 



p. 538. 

 Nevrina Procopialis, Gueuee, Belt, et Pyral. p. 314 ; Lederer, Pyral. Wien. Eut. IMouat. vii. p. 395. 



"Wings white. Both wings with the base partly reddish-ochreous ; the outer two- 

 thirds streaked with glossy purplish cinereous-brown along the veins, leaving very 

 slender intervening white lines ; forewing with a black spot at base of the costa, 

 and a subbasal spot below the cell. Thorax, head, palpi, pectus, and middle tih\se 

 reddish-ochreous; abdomen white with dorsal and lateral black bands; thorax and 

 abdomen beneath white ; forelegs, middle and hind femora, band on middle of hind 

 tibice, and their tarsi, cinereous-bi'own. 



Expanse li% to l-jV inch. 



* Previously used by Hiibner (Verz. p. 190). 



