158 



hind wing are entirely absent. Antenna 1 , head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in the typical form. 



Exp. tf $ 52-58 mm. (2-02-2-28"). 



Hab. Apparently confined to Ceylon in the low country. 



Genus BALTIA. 



Baltin, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i, 1878, p. 228 ; Kit-by, Entomologist, 

 3894. p. 100; Dixey, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, pp. 249, 334; 

 Kirby, Allen's Nat. Lihr., Butt, ii, 1896, p. 15G. 



Type, B. shaivi, Moore, from Ladakh. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas, Tibet. 



c? 2 . ITore wing : costa strongly arched at base, almost straight 

 to apex, slightly emarginate in the middle, apex blunt; termen 

 convex ; tornus obtusely angulate, dorsum straight ; cell more 

 than half length of wing ; veins 5 and 6 both shifted up and 

 given off from lower side of vein 7 beyond apex of cell, thus only 



IV 



Fig. 40.Saltia. 



I. Venation : front wing. 



IT. ,, hind wing. 



III. Hind wing: B. butlcri. 



IV. 7?. shawi. 



one discocellular is present ; veins 8 and 9 absent, 10 moved up 

 and forms a short fork with 7 before apex of wing, 11 free. Hind 

 wing oval with vein 8 very short, the precostal spur or nervure 

 turned inwards. Antennae slender, about half length of fore 

 wing ; club large, gradual ; head and thorax very hairy. 



Key to the forms of Baltia. 



. Underside hind wing : irrorated diffusely all 



over with black scales . shawi, p. 159. 



b. Underside hind wing : not diffusely irrorated with 



black, the veins evenly bordered on each side 



by broad lines of black scales B. Initleri, p. 159. 



