4-10 THE LEriDOFTKRA OF CEYLON. 



bright yellow ; marginal line and cilia purple-red. Body and legs with purple-red 

 speckles. 



Expanse 1-| to 2 inches. 



EUMELEA AURELIATA (Plate 19S, Fig. 4, 4^, ^ ? ). 

 Eumehn aweUata, Giienee, Piial. i. p. 394, pi. 22, tig. 6 (18.-)7) ; Walker, Catal. Lcp. Het. B. M. xxii. 

 p. 611 (1861). 



Golden yellow. Wings with numerous irregularly-disposed golden-red speckles, 

 which are more or less flecked vnth. purple ; crossed by a medial and discal more or 

 less formed dark purple blotched broken fascia with accompanying darker vein 

 streaks ; the blotched portions on the forewing generally larger towards the upper 

 eud of discal and lower end of the medial fascia, and on the hindwing at upper end 

 of the medial fascia ; similar dark subbasal blotches on both wings ; marginal line 

 dark pui'ple, cilia paler. Body and legs with dark purple fieckles. 



Expanse 2 1|, S 2^ inches. 



EUMELEA FIAVATA (Plate 198, Fig. 3, ? ). 

 Golden-yellow. Wiugs with numerous regularly-disposed golden-red speckles : 

 forewing crossed, as in E. viilperaria, by three, and hindwing by two purple-brown 

 bauds, the outer band on both wings being broken aud of a more purple-red colour, 

 especially that on the hindwing, and with darker vein streaks; marginal line golden- 

 red ; cilia pale pui pie. Body and legs with golden-red speckles. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Genus COCYPARIS. 



Cori/paris, Walker, Calal. Lcp. Het. B. M. xxvii. p. 1.^72 (1SG2). 

 Bidliithu, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilel. ?>. M. xxxiv. p. 1214 (ISOo). 



Forewing somewhat oval ; costa arched, apex convex ; a small dense compact 

 tuft of metallic black scales on middle of the jjosterior margin ; cell more than half 

 the length ; first subcostal at two-fifths, second at one-fifth, bifid, fouii-h from angle 

 close to end, bifid, the fourth anastomosed to third from near its base to near its 

 end, sixth from end of cell; discocellular concave, radial from near lower end; 

 middle median close to end, lower at fully two-fifths : hindwing somewhat oval, 

 apex and exterior margin convex; cell narrow, two-fifths the length; two sub- 

 costals from end of cell ; discocellular bent in the middle ; radial from below the 

 angle ; two upper medians from extreme end, lower at fully two-fifths. Body 

 rather slender, abdcmen srrcoth ; palpi ascendirg, in male rather slender, second 

 joint reaching above the vertex, third joint rather longer than second, very slender 

 and elavate ; palpi in female longer and more slender; antenna slender, finely 

 biciliated in male, simple in female ; legs squamous, slender, spurs long. 



Note. — This genus is placed here with doubt. It is probably a Lithosiid 



