456 TEE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



LYCAUGES DEFAMATARIA (Plate 201, Fig. 2, ?). 

 Addalia defamataria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxii. p. 752 (1861), ?. 



Pale brownish ochreous-white. Wings speckled with minute brown scales ; 

 a row of marginal black dots : forewing with two very oblique inner, two discal, 

 and two submarginal speckled lines, of which the three inner are diffused, and the 

 three outer denticulated with slight black points ; a small black spot at end of 

 the cell : hiudwing with a medial similar speckled fascia, and three outer denti- 

 culated lines ; all these markings more distinct in the female. Bodj' brown- 

 speckled ; front of head, palpi, and fore femora above ochreous-brown. 



Expanse, S xn, 9 xij inch. 



"Punduloya" {Green). 



LYCAU6ES POSTVITTATA (Plate 201, Fio. 12, 5). 



Pale ochreous-yellow. Wings very sparsely speckled with minute black 

 scales : forewing crossed by, apparently, seven equidistant brownish-ochreous 

 sinuous bands, which are partly confluent and ill-defined ; and hindwing with a 

 broad oblique medial and three outer similar coloured black-speckled bands, and a 

 marginal row of black dentate spots ; a curved submarginal row of prominent black 

 points on forewing, which joins a black sinuous white-edged outer line bordering the 

 discal band across the hindwing ; a white-centred black spot on the following. 

 Vertex, front of head, palpi, and forelegs above dark brown. 



Expanse jo inch. 



" Dickoya " (Green). 



Genus LUXIARIA. 



Liixiaria, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xx. p. 231 (1860), $ . 

 Bithia, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. P.. M. xxxv. p. 1599 (1866), ?. 



Forewing triangular; costa arched at the end, apex pointed, exterior margin 

 very oblique ; cell nearly half the length ; first and second subcostals close to end of 

 cell, approximate, second trifid, fifth from end of cell ; discocellular inwardly oblique, 

 slightly concave, radial from the middle ; the middle median at one-fifth before end 

 of cell, lower at three-fifths: hindwnng short, broad, triangular; costa very convex 

 from base, exterior margin very oblique ; cell one-third the length, very broad ; 

 costal and subcostal much curved from the base to end of cell ; first subcostal close to 

 end ; discocellular slightly concave, radial from the middle ; the middle median at 

 oue-fourth, lower at one-third. Body robust; palpi porrect, very laxly clothed, 

 second joint extending half beyond the head, third joint short, pointed ; antennae 

 stout, minutely pubescent ; legs stout, hind tibias incrassated, with two pairs of 

 slender spurs, apical pair short. 



Type, L. alfenusaria. 



