626 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus OPOGONA. 



Opogona, Zoller, Ball. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 18.33, p. 504. 



OPOGONA FUMICEPS. 



Opoijoiw fuiniccpx, Fekler et Rdgeuh. Koviira Voy. Lep. v. pi. 139, fig. 8 (1875). 

 Pale yellow. Forewings with the outer half, except a triangular costal spot, 

 fuliginous-brown. Cilia of both wings fuliginous-brown. Head blackish. 

 Expanse -j^j- incli. 

 Ceylon. — {Nietner.) 



Family LYONETIDiE. 



" Forewings narrow, often caudulate ; hindwings lanceolate. Head generally 

 smooth ; labial palpi short, drooping, sometimes absent ; antennas longer than half 

 the forewing, the basal joint expanded into an eye-cap. 



" Larva with 16 legs ; mo.stly mining leaves." — (Stainton.) 



Genus CACHURA. 



Cachiira, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxx. p. 918 (I8<i4). 



" Male and female. Wings narrow ; fringe rather long. Forewings slightly 

 acute ; costa straight ; exterior l^order extremely oblique. Body stout, flat, smooth, 

 squamous ; head broad ; proboscis short ; palpi smooth, decumbent, hardly longer 

 tlian half the breadth of the head, third joint elongate-conical, shorter than the 

 second ; antennae smooth, rather stout, very much shorter than the forewings ; first 

 joint thick; legs short, stout, smooth ; coxa3 especially dilated ; spurs long; joints 

 of the hind tarsi with small apical tufts of bristles." 



CACHURA OBJECTELLA. 



Cackura objectella, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxx. p. 918 (1864). 



"Male and female. Purplish-cinereous. Forewings with a broad straight 

 upright gilded yellow band before the middle. Body beneath gilded-cinereous and 

 shining. 



" Expanse 5 lines." 



Ceylon. 



Family PTEROPHOEIDJE. 



" Forewings slightly or deeply cleft ; hindwings split almost in their entire 

 length into three distinct feathers. 



