156 NEMESTBINID^. 



Dicrotrnpana^ and Stjmmictus. i Eyes in S contiguous for some 

 distance, upper facets larger than lower ones ; vertex very small, 

 tliree ocelli on small prominent tubercle. Antennae short, of normal 

 Nemestrinid type ; 1st joint cylindrical, 2ud half as long as Ist, 

 3rd globular, with apical bristle longer than the whole antenna. 

 AVings with auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins very long, straight, 

 close together, ending at a littla distance before wing-tip ; 

 2nd vein beginning at lialf the wing's length, straight ; 3rd begin- 

 ning immediately at'terwai'ds, projected diagonally downwards, 

 anastomosing as usual with 4th vein, forking shortly beyond; 

 4th vein with upper branch forked, the In-anches of 3rd and 

 4tli veins all parallel with 2tKl vein and with hind margin of 

 wing; all ending above wing-tip, except the lowest, which ends 

 exactly there ; lower branch joining upper oue just before forking 

 of latter; 5th A^ein rather peculiarly forked, so that the shape of 

 the last posterior cell at base is that of a slightly curved cone ; 

 posterior cross-vein absent; anal cell open, axillary vein long. 

 Two submarginal and five posterior cells, 4th closed. 



122. Ceylonia magnifica, LWd. (PI. II, fig. 23.) 



Ccylonia magnijica, I^iclitwardt, Deut. Ent. Zeits. p. 646, c? (1909). 

 Atriadopsnivea, Brunetti, llec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 477, (^ (1912). 



S . Head blackish grey ; palpi thin, small, of same colour ; eyes 

 brown, very large, contiguous for half the distance from the very 

 small vertex (bearing three small ocelli) to base of antennje, the 

 first two joints of which are brown (3rd joint missing); underside 

 of head with some grey hairs. Thorax thickly clothed with pale 

 yellowish-grey hairs, which become white on the sides. Abdomen 

 thickly clothed with pale yellowish-white hairs, which, seen in 

 front, appear silvery white ; venter dark grey, with grey hairs. 

 Legs dark reddish brown. Wings clear, narrowly dark brown at 

 base ; also a narrow, irregular but clearly-cut stripe across the 

 middle from the costa nearly to the hind border; a second wider 

 similar band towards tip, which reaches the hind margin, spreading 

 over both sides of the "diagonal" vein, and connected along the 

 costa with a small apical spot, and proximally less distinctly with 

 the median band, leaving a well-marked clear oblong spot between 

 the 1st and 2iid longitudinal veins; a small brown spot on wing- 

 margin at tip of 5th longitudinal vein and a larger one at tip 

 of 6th. 



Length, 12 mm. 



The species was described originally by Lichtwardt from a single 

 S from Pundaluoya, Ceylon (Green), in the British Museum. 

 At the time of describing my nii'ea I had overlooked this author's 

 paper on Oriental Nemestrinid.t;, and the description given 

 here is that of the type of my species from a single c? in my 

 collection from Haldumulla, Ceylon (Green) . 



