;i,32 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



cell, lower about oue-eightli ; submedian straight : liindwing long, ample ; cell one- 

 third the length ; two subcostals from end of cell, base of upper slightly joined to the 

 costal ; discocellular concave ; radial and upper median on a footstalk at more than 

 half beyond the cell, middle median from end of cell, lower at one-fourth before the 

 end ; submedian and two internal veins straight. Body moderately stout ; front of 

 head conical ; labial palpi curved, ascending, squamous in front, second joint reaching 

 the vertex, third joint lanceolate, about half-length of second ; maxillary palpi short ; 

 antenna3 stout, flattened, smooth ; legs stout, smooth, spurs uneqvial. 



CANTHELIA iEGNUSALIS. 



Pyralh (egnusalis. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xix. p. 903 (1859). 

 Homcposoma gratella. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvii. p. 26 (1863). 

 Canthelia gratella, Walker, id. xxxv. p. 1727 (1866). 



Forewing dull ochreous-yellow ; with a purplish-red curved streak from base of 

 the cell to near middle of posterior margin, followed by a transverse medial speckled 

 streak, a linear mark at end of the cell, a waved discal transverse streak, and a 

 broader marginal band, these markings being slightly confluent : hindwing paler, 

 with a slight bi'own marginal line. Body and legs dull ochreous-yellow ; front of 

 thorax, head, palpi, and forelegs above purplish-red. 



Expanse f to i inch. 



CANTHELIA LATERITIALIS. 



Eurhodope lateritialis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvii. p. 74 (1863). 

 Nephopteryx concoloreUa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. p. 1721 (1866). 



Forewing brick-red; costa whitish; with three indistinct chalybeous-black 

 longitudinal fasciiB, which are partly confluent near the base ; cilia cinereous-brown : 

 hindwing pale cinereous-brown ; thorax, head, palpi, and forelegs brick-red ; abdomen, 

 middle and hindlegs paler. 



Expanse tV inch. 



Genus NEPHOPTERYX. 



Nephopieryx, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sohmett. p. 370 (1825-7) ; Zeller, Isis, 1839, p. 179. 

 Forewing long, costa slightly arched near end ; cell two-thirds the length ; first 

 subcostal about one-sixth before end of cell, second from end, trifid ; discocellular 

 outwardly oblique, bent near iqiper end and concave hindward, upper radial from 

 the angle, lower radial and upper median from end of cell, middle median close to 

 the end, lower at about one-eighth ; submedian straight : hindwing ample ; cell one- 

 third the length ; two subcostals from beyond end of the cell, upper partly joined to 

 costal from the base; discocellular deeply concave, lower end prolonged, radial and 



