396 THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF CEYLON. 



Genus PETELIA. 



Petelia, H. SchaBfFer, Samm. Aussereur, Scbmett. f. 524 (1858), 

 Bargosa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 479 (1860). 



Wings short, broad : forewing triangular ; cell half the length ; first subcostal 

 at one-fifth, second approximate, quadrifid, sixth from end of cell ; discocellular 

 very slender, outwardly oblique, nearly straight ; radial from the middle ; the middle 

 median close to end of cell, lower fully two-fifths : hindwing convexly angular in 

 the middle ; cell nearly half the length ; first subcostal near the end ; discocellular 

 very slender, outwardly oblique ; middle median close to end, lower fully two-fifths. 

 Body stout ; abdomen keeled, laterally tufted in male ; thorax laxly clothed ; palpi 

 obliquely porrected, compressed, second joint extending half beyond the eyes, third 

 joint short, cylindrical ; antennas of male very long, bipectinated to one-third the 

 tip, ciliated ; setaceous in female ; legs long, squamous, hind tibiae not thickened, 

 spurs moderately long, slendei". 



Type, P. medardaria. 



PETELIA MEDARDARIA (Plate 193, Fig. 2, 2a, ^ ?, 26 larva). 

 Petelia medardaria, H SchaBffer, Samm. Aussereur, Schmett. f. 534 (1858),^. 

 Bargosa Chanduhija, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 480 (1860), $ j. 

 Bargosa distracta, Walker, id. p. 481, $ . 

 Bargosa Chacoraca, Walker, id. p. 481, ?. 

 Ephgra strigidataria, Walker, id. xxvi. p. 1575 (1802),,? ?. 



Ochre on s -brown ; wings with a lilaciue tinge ; with numerous short slender 

 transverse black strig^. Male crossed by a subbasal and a medial oblique blackish 

 Ime, both being more or less diffuse ; the strigee more numerously clustered befoi-e 

 the apex of both wings ; a small black spot at end of the cell, that on the hindwing 

 with white centre; bordering the lines, and across the discal area are diffused 

 ochreous shades ; marginal points black. Female with the transverse lines more or 

 less obsolescent. Underside ochreous-white ; with broad brownish marginal band, 

 and large black cell spot. Antennae of male blackish cinereous, base and vertex in 

 female white. 



Expanse Ijo. 



Larva with 10 legs ; smooth ; purplish red, with slender longitudinal black 

 lines; spiracles white. Pupa red, greenish in fi-ont, segments ringed with 

 yellow. 



Genus ALANA. 

 Alana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. p. 1567 (1866). 

 Pachi/dia (part), Guoaee, Phal. ii. p. 137 (1857). 



Female. Wings short, broad ; forewing acute at the apex, costa very convex 



