482 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus COLLIX. 



ColUx, Gucnee, Phal. ii. p. 357 (1857); Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1247 (1862). 



Forewin^' oblong, widened towards the end, apex pointed ; with a raised tuft of 

 scales at end of the cell ; cell about half the length ; first subcostal at nearly half, 

 second close to end, anastomosed to first for some distance from near its base, third 

 from end, anastomosed in its middle to the second, trifid, sixth from end of the cell ; 

 discocellular deeply concave, radial from its middle ; the middle median close to end, 

 lower at one-third : hindwing short, exterior margin acutely dentated ; cell about 

 half the lenarth : subcostal anastomosed to the costal from near base to near end of 

 cell; two subcostals on a footstalk about one-third beyond end of cell ; discocellular 

 outwardly-oblique, concave, radial from above the middle ; the middle median very 

 close to end of cell, lower at one-third. Body moderately stout, abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond hindwings ; palpi porrect, extending more than half beyond the 

 head, convergent at the tip, rostriform, rather broad laterally, flattened, clothed with 

 short hairy scales, third joint short, very obtuse ; antennte filiform, thickish, 

 flattened; legs smooth; middle tibias in male inflated, spurs slender, outer very long; 

 hind tibse not thickened, with two pairs of long slender unequal spurs. 



Tijpe, C. hypospilata. 



COLLIX HYPOSPILATA (Plate 206, Fig. 8). 

 Collie hypospilata, Guenee, Pbal. ii. p. 358 (1857) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1248 

 (18G2). 



Dark cinereous-brown. Wings crossed by basal, discal, and submarginal blackish 

 sinuous bands ; the submarginal band with a distinct pale ochreous outer border, 

 which is dentated in the male and lunular in the female ; veins exteriorly lined with 

 pale and black points ; cilia also with a pale point from end of each vein ; ceil spot 

 black, large and oval in the forewing, small in tbe hindwing. Underside pale 

 cinereous ochreous-brown, each wing with a prominent black cell spot, discal fascia, 

 and a submarguial row of four upper and two lower spots, Body and palpi speckled 

 with dark brown ; forelegs with dark brown bands. 



Expanse, ^ ¥ Ito to Itu inch. 



Ceylon. 



COLLIX GHOSHA (Plate 206, Fig. 9, 10, S ° ; Ida, larva). 

 ColUx Ghosha, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxiv. p. 1249 (1862). 



Dark cinereous-brown. Wings crossed by basal, a discal, and a submarginal 

 pale-bordered blackish sinuous band ; cell spot distinct, black, smallest in the hind- 

 wing. Underside pale cinereous. Both wings with a large black cell spot, a broad 

 diffuse discal fascia, and an interrupted submarginal band. Body, and palpi brown 



