502 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



TINEA ARENATELLA. 



Tinea arenaidla, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xxx. p. 1005 (1864). 



" Female. Whitish cinereous, slender ; forewings narrow, acute, irregularly 

 blackish-speckled ; speckles here and there confluent and forming small patches. 

 Palpi slender, porrect, extending very little beyond the head, second joint fringed 

 beneath, third lanceolate, as long as second ; antennte very slender, less than half 

 length of the forewings; abdomen extending very much beyond the hind wings; 

 legs smooth. 



Expanse 6 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TINEA (?; EGENELLA. 



Tinea (?) egenella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxx. p. 1005 (1864). 



" Female. Cinereous, stout. Forewings rather short and broad, rounded at the 

 tips ; with many diffuse irregular brown dots ; costa slightly convex towards the 

 base; exterior border moderately obUque. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex ; second joint pilose, third very short and slender ; antenna 

 stout, very minutely setulose. 



Expanse C lines." 



Ceylon. 



Genus MACH^ROPTERIS, Walsingham. 

 Head rough. Antenua3 scarcely longer than the head and thorax, simple, with 

 long diverging hairs beneath covering the second and third joints, forming con- 

 spicuous brush-like tufts. Maxillary palpi, none. Forewings ensiform, the costa 

 much arched, the apex acute, somewhat falcate, the apical margin undulate, oblique, 

 anal angle ill-defined. Hiudwings slightly wider than the forewings, elongate, leaf- 

 shaped, the apex acute and slightly falcate. Forewings with 12 veins; 2 and 3 

 from a common point, the others all separate ; 7 ending in apex. Hindwings with 

 8 veins, all separate at base ; 6 and 7 parallel. 



MACH^ROPTEEIS RECEPTELLA (Plate 208, Fig. 14). 

 Tinea rcccptclla, Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xxviii. p. 479 (1863). 



"Male. Ferruginous. Forewings with black speckles, some of which are 

 contiguous and form four small discal patches. Underside and hiudwings brown, 

 tinged with purple. 



Expanse 10 lines." 



