552 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



darker brown band, which is almost black at its lower end ; the inner-edge of the 

 band straight, the outer-edge sinuous and tipt with white at the costal end ; base of 

 wing with a posterior dusky streak ; an antemedial indistinct very slender excurved 

 sinuous black line tipt with white at its costa end; a submarginal indistinct cinereous 

 sinuous fascia, and a marginal row of black points : hindwing purplish-brown, with 

 several short cinereous stripes from and above anal angle, and a marginal row of 

 dots; cilia edged with brownish-cinereous. Thorax, and abdomen ferruginous- 

 l)i-own ; head, palpi, and legs darker brown ; legs speckled with cinereous ; tarsi 

 with white bands. 



Expanse ItV inch. 



Ceylon. 



From Mr. F. M. Mackwood's Collection. 



Family THERMESIID^. 



Genus MESTLETA (Lep. of C-ylon, iii. p. 207). 



MESTLETA FASCIOSA (Plate 214, Fi.;. 12). 



Forewing cinereous, with five transverse inwardly-oblique brownisli-ferruginous 

 bands, of which the exterior is the most red ; a submarginal row of black points, the 

 lowest being indistinct; cilia brownish, edged with cinereous: hindwing ochreous ; 

 cilia cinereous-white. Thorax, head, and palpi cinereous ; abdomen brownish ; side 

 of palpi, and forelegs above brownish. 



Expanse tu inch. 



Ceylon. "Punduloya" (Green). 



Note. — This species has much resemblance to Opluuche mistacalis, Guen. 

 (Lep. of Ceylon, iii. p. 229, pi. 175, fig. (i.) 



Genus GESONIA (Lep. of Ceylon, iii. p. 212). 



GESONIA FLAVIFRONS (Plate 214, Fig. 8). 



Forewing pale purplish ochreous-brown ; without markings : hindwing ochreous- 

 brown ; cilia brownish-ochreous. Head, basal joint of antennte, tip of palpi, and 

 tarsal bands on forelegs ochreous-yellow ; base of palpi, and forelegs dark brown ; 

 middle and hindlegs ochreous-brown. 



Expanse i% inch. 



Ceylon. 



From Mr. F. M. Mackwood's Collection. 



