Mr. F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptera* 343 



Fam. Hesperidae. 



Tagiades minuta. 



Male and female. Upperside dark olive-brown. Cilia of 

 hind wing white, of fore wing slightly whitish at posterior 

 angle. Underside — fore wing greyish white on middle of 

 hind margin : hind wing greyish white, except along exterior 

 border ; a small blackish spot at end of the cell, and a median 

 discal series of spots ; outer margin brown-speckled. Palpi, 

 body, and legs beneath grey-white. Legs above brown. 



Exp. $ li, ? 1| inch. 



Hah. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



Heterocera. 

 Fam. ZygsenidaB. 



Phacusa thoracica. 



Wings transparent : fore wing with narrow purple-black 

 costal and hind border, a broad band at the apex, a triangular 

 patch on exterior margin, and a broad spot at end of the cell : 

 hind wing wnth narrow purple-black anterior and outer borders. 

 Head and thorax above purple-black ; hind part of thorax 

 above and entire thorax beneath brilliant red ; abdomen steel- 

 blue above, green below. Antennaj with white tip. Femora 

 brown ; tibia3 and tarsi varied blue and green. 



Exp. IjV) inch. 



Hob. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



Fam. ChalcosidsB. 



Eterusia cingala. 



Male and female. Fore wing dark olive-green, with a broad 

 basal whitish blue-bordered band, crossed by a blackish-green 

 streak ; a discal recurved series of yellowish spots and a 

 larger spot at end of the cell : hind wing with the base and a 

 broad outer band black, the veins and marginal border blue ; 

 a series of yellow spots before the apex, which are indistinct 

 in the male ; middle band yellow. Thorax blue-black, lower 

 part of abdomen yellow, tip black. Underside as above, 

 veins blue-lined. 



Exp. (5^ 2, ? 2^ inches. 



Bab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



Most nearly allied to JE. CEdea from China. 



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