502 Mr. E. Meyrick an some 



costa slightly sinuate in middle, posteriorly moderately arclied, 

 hind margin waved, slightly rounded, oblique, rather deeply sinuate 

 on upper half; 10 free, 11 absent; whitish-ochreous, closely irro- 

 rated with fuscous strigulas, and suffusedly mixed with whitish ; 

 lines slender, well-marked, dark fuscous ; first from before one- 

 third of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, sharply angulated 

 beneath costa ; second from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of 

 inner margin, posteriorly finely and obscurely margined with 

 ochreous-whitish, sharply angulated below costa, but interrupted 

 immediately below angulation ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; a small 

 ill-defined rather dark fuscous spot on middle of costa, whence 

 proceed faint traces of a darker median shade ; two small irregular 

 dark fuscous spots between angulation of second line and costa at 

 five-sixths; second line marked in middle by a bilobed blackish, 

 fuscous spot, which it bisects ; a cloudy whitish longitudinal spot 

 beneath apex; an interrupted irregular blackish-fuscous hind- 

 marginal line ; cilia fuscous-whitish, obscurely barred with fuscous 

 and dark fuscous. Hind wings with hind margin waved, sharply 

 angulated in middle, where it forms a triangular projection ; 

 colour, hind-marginal line, and cilia as in fore wings; a slightly 

 curved dark fuscous median line, preceded by an obscure pale 

 line, and slightly dilated in middle, nearly followed by a dark 

 fuscous discal dot; second line slightly waved, dark fuscous, 

 followed by a pale line, angulated in middle, where it bisects a 

 blackish bilobed spot as in fore wings, but rather larger. 



One specimen (Sayer). 



Lagtra, Walk. 

 Face with appressed scales ; tongue developed. Antennae in ^ 

 strongly bipectinated, apex sim^jle. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 shortly rough-scaled, terminal joint very short. Thorax and 

 femora hairy beneath. Posterior tibiae in ^ not dilated. Fore 

 wings in 3' with subbasal impression ; 10 and 11 stalked. Hind 

 wmgs normal. 



121. Lagyra talaca, Walk. 



Lagyra talaca, Walk., 59 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii., 

 392, pi. 185, 1 ; Chizala deceptatura, Walk., 264 ; 

 Lagyra bomhycaria, Walk., Suppl., 1539. 



(J , 40 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 rather dark fuscous, slightly sprinkled with whitish ; antennal 

 pectinations a9, b 11. Fore wings with costa strongly arched on 

 posterior half, apex produced, round-pointed, hind margin oblique- 



