ZOEAIDA. 



301 



on apical area, more or less infiiscate on lateral areas ; tegmina 

 pale semihyaline, the costal area widening a little before apex, 

 basal suffusion, the discal transverse veins,' and some small spots 



Fig. 145. — Zoraida pterojjhorolde-i. 



near apices of longitudinal veins at apical margin fuliginous- 

 brown, remaining venation a little paler brown ; wings subhyaliue, 

 the venation very pale brown. 



Length excl. tegm. 4| to 5 ; exp. tegm. 26 millim. 



Hah. Kangra Valley (Dudr/eon). Ceylon; Vevademya (Gnen). 

 Upper Burma ; Katha {B'mgham). 



1850. Zoraida cumulata. Walk. (Thraciaj ,/. Linn. Soc, Zool. x, p. 139 



(1868) ; Melicli. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 56 (1903). 



Body above dark tawny-brown, the thoracic carinations flaves- 

 cent; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; eyes black; tegmina 

 pale fuscous, the costal and apical areas greyish, with numerous 

 small fuscous spots, and with a large subelongate fuscous spot at 

 apex of costal area, all the veins minutely spotted with fuscous, 

 the posterior margin alternately grey and dark fuscous, some of 

 the grey interspaces minutely spotted with fuscous, a linear vein- 

 like fascia commencing near base, obhquely extending to posterior 

 margin at about one-third from base, and then obliquely, out- 

 wardly, upwardly recurved to near middle of tegmen, piceous ; 

 wings absent in specimen described, but, according to A¥alker, 

 "brownish, less than half the length of the tegmina"; antennae 

 with the second joint incrassate, long, and prominent ; tegmina 

 long and narrow, widened from before middle to apex, which 

 is truncate, the anterior and posterior margins subparallel. 



Length excl. tegm. 5| ; exp. tegm. 27 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; ICaudy and J^fawalapitya (Green). — Amboina, 

 Bouru. 



1851. Zoraida ceylonica, Kirby (Thracia), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, 



p. 143 (1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 56 (1903). 



Vertex of head stramineous ; pro- and mesonota pale dull 

 ochraceous ; sternum and legs ochraceous, lateral areas of pro- 

 sterna greyish-white ; abdomen testaceous, more or less piceous 



