40G THE LEFIDOPTERA OF CEYLOK. 



NOREIA AJAIA (Plate 185, Fig. 3). 

 Timandni AJnia, Walker, Joiiin. Linn. Soc. Zool. iii. p. 195 (1859). 

 Ncreia 2>erdei)sata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1092 (1862). 

 Beceiia posticata, Walker, Catal. Lop. Het. B. M, xxxv. p. 1.557 (186G). 



Pale ciuereous-brown ; crossed by a pale luteons postmedial line, whicli is 

 obsolescent at the apex of the forewing; a short blackish streak at end of each cell. 

 Palpi and legs dark cinereous-brown. 



Expanse Itit inch. 



NOREIA INAMATA (Plate 185, f. 4). 



AcidaUa inamata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. p. 755 (1861). 

 AcidaUa simpliciaria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiii. p. 793 (1861). 

 Noveia luciferata, Walker, id. xxiv. p. 1093 (1862). 



Yellowish-testaceous, very sparsely speckled with minute brown scales ; crossed 

 l)y a dark luteous-brown nearly straight narrow discal band ; a brown dot at end of 

 each cell; costal edge of forewing, and the cilice luteous. Antennae luteous-brown 

 from near the base ; palpi luteous. 



Expanse Ixo inch. 



Family AMPHIDASIDiE. 



Moths of Bombyciform appeai-ance. Wings thick, roughly squamous : forewing 

 generally elongated towards the tips, triangular : hindwing short. Body thick, 

 hairy; head small; palpi short; legs short, thick, femora villose ; spurs short; 

 antennae pectinated or plumose in male, setaceous in female. In some genera the 

 female is apterous or with rudimentary wings. 



Larva looped; with 10 legs ; twig-like; head large. Lives uncovered on trees. 

 Pupa thick, head obtuse, apex acutely pointed ; subterranean. 



Genus BUZURA. 

 Buzura, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. p. 1531 (1862). 



Foi'ewing long, triangular ; cell more than half the length ; first subcostal at 

 about one-eighth, bifid near its base, third trifid, sixth from end of cell ; discocellular 

 inwardly-oblique, concave, radial from its middle; the middle median near end, lower 

 at half before end of cell : hindwing short, broad, exterior margin convex ; cell long, 

 nearly two-thirds the length ; first subcostal very close to end of cell ; discocellular 

 bent above the middle ; the middle median close to end, lower at one-third. Body 

 thick ; palpi porrect, very short, not projected beyond the front, compactly clothed ; 

 antennse stoutly bipectinated to one-third the tip, the branches ciliated ; legs stout, 

 hind til)ia3 incrassated, spurs moderately long. 



Closely allied to Amphidasis. 



