416 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Larva with 10 legs ; green ; with two purple-brown biconical dorsal promi- 

 nences on sixth segment and two dorsal white spots on twelfth segment ; head and 

 legs pale purple-red ; anterior and anal segments in male laterally black-speckled, 

 spiracles black ringed. Pupa red, greenish in front. 



"Feeds on Cinnamomea, &c." {Tluraifes). 



CHOGADA INJECTARIA. 



Boarmia injectaria, Walker, Cutal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 376 (1S60), ?. 

 Boarmia siihlectaria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. p. 1,535, (1862), ^. 



Cinereous-brown, speckled with minute black scales. Wings crossed by an 



inwardly-oblique, undulated, angulated, slender black postmedial line, a less defined 



medial speckled fascia, which encompasses a large ovate diffused cell spot, and a 



sulimarginal zigzag speckled fascia traversed by a jjale line : forewing also with an 



antemedial similar slender Ijlack line. Palpi brown ; fore and middle legs with 



brown bands. 



Expanse l^^ inch. 



Genus SERRACA. 



Wings comparatively shorter than in Chogada. Forewing triangular, with the 

 costal vein bifid near the end ; first subcostal near end of cell, touching the costal 

 branch in the middle, second trifid ; discocellular concave ; middle median close to 

 end of cell, lower at one-half : hindwing dentated ; first subcostal close to end of 

 cell ; discocellular slightly concave ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at 

 two-fifths. Antenna3 with shorter branches ; palpi smaller, third joint very short, 

 obtuse. 



SERRACA TRANSCISSA (Plate 190, Fig. 3, 3a <3 ? ). 



Boarmia tmnifcissa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 380 (1S60), S. 

 Boarmia lineataria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxv. p. 1585 (1866), <? . 



Brownish-cinereous, speckled with dark brown : forewing crossed hj a slender 

 black inwardly-oblique angulated antemedial line, a similar postmedial denticulated 

 line, a submarginal whitish-bordered speckled sinuous line, and a slender marginal 

 lunular line ; each line with parallel brown-speckled fasciaj; a less distinct line also 

 crosses the middle, encompassing a pale centred lunular cell spot : hindwing with a 

 short Ijlack basal, a recurved medial, and a denticulated discal line, followed by the 

 submarginal sinuous white-bordered line, and a marginal lunular line ; the discal and 

 submarginal line with parallel brown fascia3 ; a pale centred oval cell spot. 



Expanse c? 1|, 2 Ij inch. 



Genus BYLAZORA. 

 Bylazora, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. p. 1549 (1862). 



Forewing elongate, somewhat narrow ; costa much arched and fringed at the 



