PTEnOPI/ORIDyS. 527 



" Larva witli 16 legs, ratlier liniry. They form no cocoon, but fasten them- 

 selves by the tail to a leaf or stem, shedding the skin and appearing in the pupa state. 

 Some of the pupsB are nearly as hairy as the larvae, others are quite naked. Feeds 

 on low plants." — (Sfainiou.) 



Genus AMBLYPTILIA. 



Aiiihhjptilia, Huliner, Verz. p. 430 (182.J-7). 



AMBLYPTILIA ARGYRIODACTYLA (Plate 209, Fro. 13). 

 Plaiyptilus aryi/Hoilactyliis, Wiilker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxx. p. 929 (18C4). 



" Male. Dark ferruginous, with a cupreous tinge. Palpi smooth, third joint 

 long, linear; abdomen with small black tufts along each side, and with three dorsal 

 triangular spots ; legs silvery-cinereous ; tarsi and anterior tibiae with silvery rings ; 

 hind tibia? with a tuft of black hairs at the base of each pair of spurs, which are very 

 long. Forewings with minute transverse cinereous streaks, with three blackish spots, 

 and with a blackish marginal band ; first spot on the interior border at one-fourth of 

 the length, second on the costa before the middle, third on the costa beyond two- 

 thirds of the length ; submarginal line whitish, oblique ; two black squamous tufts 

 on the interior border ; fringe whitish, with sub-quadrate black .dots. Fore plume 

 of the hindwings widening from the base to the tip ; middle plume narrower towards 

 the tip ; hind plume very narrow, with a black squamous tuft on the hind border near 

 the tip. 



" Expanse 12 lines." 



Ceylon. 



AMBLYPTILIA TAPROBANES. 



Amhh/ptiJia taprohaves, Fekler et Kogeuh. Novara Voy. L-p. v. pi. 140, f. 54 (1875). 



Lilacine-brown. Forewings with three black apical spots, triangularly disposed, 

 two being on the costa, the other on the lower plume midway between them, the 

 costal interspace Ijeing yellow ; the fringe black spotted : hindwing with the fringe 

 at end of the plumes blackish. 



Expanse yV inch. 



Ceylon. 



Described from the figure quoted above. It may probably be the same as the 



preceding species. 



Genus LEIOPTILUS. 



Lcwyiiha, Wallengren, Vet. Akad. Handl. iii. (F.) p. 21 (I860;. 



LEIOPTILUS SERINDIBANUS (Plate 209, Fig. 14). 

 Brownish ochreous-white ; the end- of the plumes more brown : forewing with 



