344 Mr. F. Moore on Ceylon Lepidoptcra. 



Fam. Nyctemeridae. 

 Bonder a^ n. g. 



Fore wing elongate, narrow, costa arched, apex somewhat 

 acute, exterior margin very oblique : hind wing long and 

 narrow, extending beyond angle of fore wing, apex very con- 

 vex, abdominal margin short. Body moderate. Antennse 

 long, slender, bipectinated. Palpi slender, porrect, naked. 

 Legs long, slender, naked, middle and hind tibiae spurred. 

 Venation similar to that of Nyctemera lacticinia. 



Dondera alba. 



Female. Upperside pure white throughout both wings. 

 Head, thorax, and palpi with black spots. Abdomen and body 

 beneath pale ochreous, with broad, dorsal, black segmental 

 bands and lateral spots. Underside uniform greyish brown, 

 the cilia being white. 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood. 



Fam. Arctiidse. 



Creatonotus continuatus. 



Male and female. Upperside — fore wing ochreous, with an 

 unbroken black streak extending from base below the cell to 

 near the apex, a black streak within the cell and between all 

 the upper veins, and a shorter streak from posterior angle : 

 hind wing in male fuliginous, with darker maculated border, 

 in female pale ochreous, with sutFused blackish discal streaks, 

 cell-spot, and darker black marginal spots ; a broad black 

 streak along thorax and short dorsal bands. Body ochreous 

 above, brownish black beneath. Legs brownish black ; fore 

 and middle femora above ochreous. Underside of wings as 

 above. 



Exp. If inch. 



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



Fam. LiparidaB. 



Artaxa citrina. 



Male and female. Pale yellow ; fore wing in male brighter 

 yellow, and with a short oblique series of blackish-speckled 

 spots from the middle of hind margin to beneath end of the 

 cell. Abdomen bright yellow, tuft paler. 



