■:,ry2 THE LEPIDOPTEUA OF CEYLOX. 



at oue-fourtli before end of tlic cell, second close to the end, trifid, fifth from the 

 end; discocellular slightly concave, bent near each end, radials from the angles; 

 middle median close to the end, lower at one-fonrth ; submedian bent npward near 

 the base : hindwing rather long, apex produced and convex, exterior margin very 

 oblique and concave in the middle ; anal angle convex and lobate ; abdominal 

 maro'in long, corrugated, fringed, and with a basal divergent tuft of much longer 

 fine silky hairs ; cell one-third the length, narrow; subcostals from end of cell, upper 

 ])artly joined to the costal ; discocellular obliquely concave, radial from lower end ; 

 two upper medians from extended end of cell, lower at one-third ; a straight sub- 

 median and internal vein. Body slender ; abdomen extending half beyond the 

 hindwings, flattened laterally, with short smooth lateral subterminal tufts and 

 smooth thick conical anal tuft ; labial palpi ascending, laxly squamous in front, tip 

 short, obtusely pointed ; maxillary palpi erect, slender, reaching to end of labial ; 

 antennae slender, submonihform ; legs long, slender, smooth, spurs unequal. 



LODANGA LOBIPENNIS (Plate 182, Fig. 3). 



Male. Dark fuliginous-brown, with a dull cuprescent gloss : forewing with a 

 slight black postmedial recurved line, the bordering inner costal area being clouded 

 \f\ih. darker brown ; a slight black spot in middle of the cell and a streak at the end : 

 hindwing with traces of a slight black discal line ; cilia long, abdominal margin 

 with a basal tuft of long black silky hairs. Body smooth, with a dull cuprescent 

 gloss ; frontal tuft whitish at the sides ; base of palpi white ; legs pale brown. 



Expanse § inch. 



Genus CONOGETHES. 



Conogethes, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loml. 1884, p. 314, 9. 



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

 costal emitted at two-fifths before end of the cell, second and third close to end, 

 third bifid, fifth from end ; discocellular deeply concave in middle, bent near each 

 end, radials from the angles ; middle median from angle close to end of cell, lower 

 at one-fifth ; submedian somewhat waved, with a short slender lower branch : 

 hindwing short, triangular, exterior margin convex ; cell one-third the length ; 

 two subcostals from end, upper partly joined to the costal near the base; disco- 

 cellular very concave, radial from lower end ; two upper medians from end of cell, 

 lower at one- fourth ; a submedian and two internal veins. Body moderately slender, 

 anal tuft pointed ; labial palpi curved upward, lanceolate, squamous in front, pointed 

 at the tip; maxillary palpi short, slender; antennte rather stout, simple ; legs rather 

 stout, smooth, spurs unequal. 



