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THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus JODIS. 



Jodis, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 285 (1818-25); Stephens, Catal. Brit. Lep. B. M. p. 169 (1850); 



Guenee, Phal. i. p. 353 (1857); Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. p. 537 (1861). 

 mmithea (part), Diiponchel, Lep. Fr. viii. p. 106 (1829). 

 Chlorochroma (part), Diip. Catal. p. 224 (1844). 



Forewing rather broad, triangular; apex obtuse, exterior margin very slightly con- 

 vex ; cell nearly half the length, broad ; first subcostals very close to end of cell, slightly 

 touching the costal, second from end, quadrifid, sixth also from the end ; discocellular 

 concave, radial from above the middle ; the middle median very close to end of cell, 

 lower two-fifths : hindwing short, broad ; apex convex, exterior margin even, slightly 

 ano-ular in the middle ; cell nearly half the length ; two subcostals at one-fiftli beyond 

 the cell ; discocellular outwardly-oblique , radial from above the middle ; two upper 

 medians from a short distance beyond the cell, lower at one- third before the end. 

 Body slender; paJpi porrect, short, slender, joints moderately distinct; antennjB 

 bipectinated to tips, the branches stout and minutely ciliated in male, the branches 

 short and thick in female : legs squamous, hind tibiae thickened, with two pairs of 

 slender spurs. 



Type, J. vernaria. 



JODIS THALASSICA (Plate 194, Fig. 6). 



Dull glaucescent-green. Wings unmarked. Cilia paler. . Abdomen cinereous- 

 ochreous ; front of head, tip of palpi, and forelegs above brown ; body beneath and 

 leo-s cinereous-ochreous ; shaft of antennas cinereous-ochreous. 



Expanse A inch. 



JODIS INDECEETATA (Plate 194, Fig. 5, ^ ). 

 Geometra indecretata. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. p. 1555 (1862), p. 



Pale green. Wings with a pale w-hitisli discal line, which is oblique and nearly 

 straight on the forewing and curved on the hindwing. Front of head, palpi, and 

 forelegs above brownish ; body and legs beneath white. 



Expanse S t^, $ tV inch. 



JODIS VIVILACA (Plate 195, Fig. 3, ? ). 

 Jodis vivilaca. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. p. 544 (1861). 



Pale green. Cilia greenish-white. Wings without markings, except a small 

 black dentate cell spot. Front of head and palpi brown ; body beneath whitish ; 

 legs brownish-white above. 



Expanse \\ inch. 



