A CIDALII1),E^EPH\ 'RA. 305 



a white dot in a dark ring, on each wmg, is followed by a 

 purple-brown central line ; other lines uncertain. 



Antenniu of the male pectinated with slender ciliated teeth 

 for two-thirds of their length, the rest threadlike, dull 

 brown ; palpi small and slender, pale brown ; eyes light 

 brown ; face very smooth and convex, pale reddish-brown 

 separated from the upper part of the head hy a deep trans- 

 verse furrow; head smooth, whitish-brown; thorax narrow, 

 moderately smooth, pale brown dusted with purple-brown • 

 abdomen smooth, slender, its base of the same colour, re- 

 mamder grey-brown dusted with black ; anal tuft yellow- 

 brown. Fore wings not broad, pointed ; costa verv flatly 

 arched; apex sharply angulated ; hind margin just below it 

 very faintly retuse, then gently curved, and more so towards 

 the anal angle ; dorsal margin tolerably straight, well ciliated ; 

 colour red-drab or light red-brown, much dusted with purple- 

 brown ; first line slender and obscure, purple-brown, often 

 hardly visible, but accentuated by minute black dots on and 

 between the nervures ; second line represented bv a curved 

 series of dull black dots; between these is a rather direct 

 purple-brown thread or very narrow stripe representing the 

 central shade ; and close to the inner side of this, often 

 touching it, is an oval or circular red-black or black-brown 

 ring, with a white centre, as a discal spot ; extreme hind 

 margin dotted with black ; cilia pale brown. Hind wings 

 rather long, rounded behind, yet with a faint indication of 

 an angle in the middle of the hind margin ; anal angle 

 squared; rather paler reddish-brown than the fore wings, 

 and more dusted with purple-brown ; near the base is a veTy 

 faint indication of a blackish transverse line, mainlj- visible 

 on the nervures; central spot rather large, ovate, white. 

 ringed with brown-black; lying right across it is a continua- 

 tion of the purple-brown central line of tlie fore wino-s 

 as a complete narrow cloudy stripe ; beyond this is another 

 line composed of minute dark brown dots ; extreme hind 

 margin edged with purple-brown streaks: cilia pale brown 

 VOL. VII. 



