•516 THE LEPIDOPTEBA OF CEYLON. 



its inner side, nearly connected with the second on tlie interior border. Head and 



palpi whitish ; abdomen brown above and at the tip ; legs cinereous ; anterior tibiae 



and tarsi brown ; hind til)i;e and tarsi with brown bauds. 



Expanse G lines." 



Ceylon. 



Genus ANARSIA. 



Anarsin, Zeller, Isis (1839), p. 190; Staiutoii, lus. Brit. Lep. Tiueina, p. 143 (1854). 



ANAESIA (?) MONETELLA. 



Anarsiii {?) monetdln, Felder et Eogen. Novara Voy. Lep. v. pi. 139, fig. 19 (lS7o). 

 Palebrownish-ochreous. Forewing with a nearly medial transverse slender black 

 slightly excurved line, two slender short duplex longitudinal discal divergent streaks, 

 and five similar longer exterior streaks : hindvsdng paler towards the base. 

 Expanse to inch. 

 Ceylon. 



Genus FRISILIA. 



FnsHia, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi.K. p. 795 (18G4). 

 " Male. Forewiugs acute, rather broad ; exterior border slightly oblique, hardly 

 concave. Body rather slender ; head Avith two porrect tufts.; proboscis of moderate 

 length ; palpi curved, ascending, about four times longer than the breadth of the head, 

 second joint broadly fringed, third setiform, hardly shorter than the second ; antennge 

 stout, squamous-serrated, much longer than the forewings ; abdomen extending beyond 

 the hindwings ; legs slender." 



FRISILIA NESCIATELLA. 



Frisilia nesciatella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 796 (1864). 

 " Male. Testaceous. Wino-s with a slight brown line along the exterior border : 

 forewings minutely speckled with brown ; two black discal points, one before the 

 middle, the other beyond the middle. Abdomen, legs, and underside cinereous. 

 Expanse 6 lines." 

 Ceylon. 



Genus TIPHA. 

 Tiplw, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 798 (1864). 

 " Male. Wings elongate, moderately broad : forewing rounded at the tips ; 

 costa very slightly convex for half the length from the base ; exterior margin convex, 

 moderately oblique. Body smooth, ratlier robust ; proboscis moderately long ; palpi 

 smooth, slender, ascending, about twice longer than breadth of the head ; second joint 

 much curved, third lanceolate, slightly curved, half length of the second ; antennfe 

 smooth, a little longer than forewings, slightly and gradually incrassated at one-fourth 



