^56 THE LKriDOPTEnA OF CEYLOX. 



wliitisli ; with an oblique cii:nson band extending from middle of the posterior 

 margin npward to middle of the exterior margin and thence to the costa before the 

 apex ; edges of the band with a narrow bordering white line ; cilia crimson : hind- 

 wing a?ncscent olivaceous-yellow, semihyaline, with a brownish apical marginal 

 fascia ; cilia whitish. Body olivaceous ochreous-yollow, with three basal white 

 l)ands ; base of palpi, and legs white. 



Expanse 1^ to 1| inch. 



Ceylon. 



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



Genus COPTOBASIS (Lop. of Ceylon, iii. p. 291). 



COPTOBASIS DEFICIENS (Plate 215, Fig. 12). 



Cuprescent cinereous-brown. Forewing crossed by an extremely indistinct pale 

 bordered brown curved antemedial line, and an irregular postmedial line, the latter 

 curved inward to below end of the cell and with a yellow streak at its costal end ; 

 an indistinct pale-bordered brown lunule at end of the cell : hindwing with a very 

 indistinct curved discal pale fascia. Cilia edged with cinereous-white. Anal tuft 

 of male ochreous ; base of palpi and ^Jectus white. 



Expanse S 1% inch. 



Ceylon. 



Nearest to C. adilnrfalis. 



COPTOBASIS COLOMBOENSIS (Plate 215, Fig. 13). 



Violet-brown, glossy, iridescent. Forewing crossed by a diffused blackish 

 excurved antemedial line, and an irregular postmedial line, which is curved inward to 

 below end of the cell ; a blackish streak at end of the cell, and a spot in the middle : 

 hindwing with a very faint darker curved discal line, and small cell spot. Cilia with 

 a slender pale inner line. Base of palpi, pectus, and legs cinereous-white ; fore tibiaj 

 Avith a brown band. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Ceylon. " Colombo, December " (MackwooJ.) 



Near to C. ciiprealis, from the Andamans. 



Genus CATACLYSTA (U-p. ofCeylou, iii. p. 299). 



CATACLYSTA DELICATA (Platk 21.i, Fig. 5,S). 

 Male. White, shining. Forewing with an ochreous-yellow band along base of 

 the costa, two discal bands, and an upper marginal band, the three latter unitino- 

 above the posterior angle, a band also curving from near the base to near the 



