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especially in $ , anal tuft of ^ whitish. Forcwings elongate-triangular, ccsta 

 moderately and evenly arched, apex obtuse, tcrmen sinuate beneath apex, little 

 oblique, rounded beneath ; ferruginous-brown ; numerous scattered small 

 shining bluish-leaden-metallic spots, and a transverse series immediately before 

 termen ; in ^ a triangular pale yellow costal spot before middle, and a smaller 

 one beyond middle ; in 9 ^ triangular costal spot of orange suffusion beyond 

 middle, and a large semi circular deep orange dorsal blotch extending from I- 

 almost to tornus, marked on dorsum with a pale yellow irregular outwardly 

 oblique sometimes interrupted mark before middle, and a small pale yellow 

 triangular spot beyond middle ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow, at tornus dark grey, 

 Hindwings yellow-whitish, in ^ with _apex and some posterior and terminal 

 Btrigulfe dark grey, in $ posteriorly rather widely suffused with dark grey, more 

 strongly towards termen ; cilia ochreous-whitish, towards lower half of termen 

 greyish, in 9 with dark gi'ey sub-basal shade. 



Three specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February and March (Pole). 



Caccecia epicyrla, n. sp. 



$ 18'21 mm. 9 23 mm. Head and thorax reddish-fuscous, sometimes mixed 

 with ferruginous. Palpi ferruginous. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft brownish- 

 ochreous. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa in $ moderately arched 

 anteriorly and sinuate before apex, in 9 more strongly arched and sinuate, apex 

 obtuse, prominent and in 9 considerably produced, termer sinuate, beneath apex, 

 not oblique but rather prominently bowed; 7 and 8 nearly approximated towards 

 base ; costal fold of $ reaching from base to | of costa, almost ^ of wing in 

 breadth, enclosing a pale ochreous-yellowish tuft ; ferruginous-ochreous, in 9 

 strigulated with brown ; costal fold of $ suffused with dark fuscous ; an oblique 

 triangular deep red-brown blotch from dorsum near base ; central fascia darker, 

 in $ suffused with the purplish-fuscous and make above middle with deep red- 

 brown, running from 5 of costa to before tornus, narrowed on costa, edges 

 irregular and ill-defined ; a dark red-brown elongate costal spot, reaching from 

 middle to ij ; in ^ a red-brown sub-apical spot, and an oblique ferruginous- 

 brown mark from beneath costal spot, nearly reaching tcrmen above tornus ; 

 cilia ferruginous, at apex dark fuscous, towards tornus pale ochreous-yellowish. 

 Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish, becoming deeper towards apex, dorsal 

 half grey ; cilia pale yellowish, round apex grey on outer half ; in 9 on costa 

 with a thickened patch of dense-grey scales from beyond middle to near apex. 



Seven specimens, Maskeliya, Puttalam, and Newera Eliya, Ceylon, from 

 July to September (Green). Bred from larva) feeding in fruit of plum in 

 May (Green) ; but very probably the larva is a general feeder. This species is 

 very similar to the European Cj90(/a«a / it may be distinguished structurally 

 by the approximation of veins 7 and 8 of forewings towards base (in podana 

 these diverge from base), the much broader costal fold of ^, the prominent 

 termen of forewings, and in 9 the thickened patch of scales in costal cilia of 

 hindwings ; and also by the grey colour of the hindwings being confined to 

 dorsal half, whereas in j^odana it extends towards costa anteriorly. 

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