410 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



obliquely ascending, laxly squamous, third joint very short, stout ; antennce rather 

 broadly bipectinated to near the tip, ciliated ; legs squamous, hind tibiae incrassated, 

 spurs moderately long, slender. 

 Ttjpe, M. abruptaria. 



MENOPHRA CANIDORSATA (Plate 187, Fig. 6,S)- 

 HemcropliUa canidorsata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. p. 1578 (1866), ? . 



Ferruginous-brown. Wings numerously covered with darker brown strigfe. 

 Male : forewing crossed by a slender black oblique antemedial and a postmedial 

 irregular line, the former curved inward across the cell, and again to the costa, the 

 latter with a single curve to the costa ; a black spot at end of the cell ; a dark iron- 

 grey interrupted fascia extending from base to below the apex and bordering the 

 outer line below the angle : hindwing with a slender black postmedial line outwardly 

 bordered by a dark iron-grey fascia. Thorax with a dark iron-grey band ; bands on 

 forelegs black. Female with the grey fascia on forewing and abdominal baud paler : 

 hindwing with outer border below the dark fascia pale ochreous. 



Expanse S Ia, ? 1|- inch. 



Taken at " Punduloya " {Green). 



MENOPHRA IMBECILIS (Plate 187, Fig. 7,5). 



Brownish -white, numerously speckled with dark-brown scales : forewing crossed 

 by a slender black sinuous antemedial and a postmedial line ; a submargiual pale- 

 bordered sinuous dark-brown fascia, and a marginal lunular line ; a black dot at end 

 of the cell : hindwing with a dark brown-speckled medial fascia encompassing a 

 large spot at end of cell ; a slender black discal sinuous line, a dark-brown pale- 

 bordered sinuous submarginal fascia, and a mai'ginal lunular line. Brown-speckled 

 bands on base of abdomen ; legs also brown speckled. 



Expanse ? It^o inch. 



Genus NARAPA. 



Allied to typical Alois (.4. reimndaria). Wings smaller : forewing with the first 

 subcostal about one-eighth, bifid near the base, the first branch anastomosed to the 

 costal for a short distance, third trifid ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower 

 at nearly one-half before the end: hindwing short; cell half the length; middle 

 median close to end, lower nearly one-half. Body shorter ; antennae with very broad 

 ciliated branches to near the tip. 



Tifpe, N. adamata. 



NARAPA ADAMATA (Plate 187, Fig. 8,c?). 

 Boarniia adamata, Felder et Rogen. Novara Reise, Lep. v. pi. 126, fig. 5, 5a (J (1875).' 



Male. Cinereous-white. Wings numerously brown speckled : forewing crossed 



