156 NEMESTRINID^. 



Dicrotrypana, and Symmictus. Eyes in J contiguous for some 

 distance, upper facets larger than lower ones ; vertex very small, 

 tliree ocelli on small prominent tubercle. Antennae short, of normal 

 Nemestrinid type ; 1st joint cylindrical, 2ud half; as long as 1st, 

 3rd globular, with apical bristle longer than the whole antenna. 

 Wings with auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins verv long, straight, 

 close together, ending at a little distance before wing-tip ; 

 2nd vein beginning at half the wing's length, straight ; 3rd begin- 

 ning immediately afterwards, projected diagonally downwards, 

 anastomosing as usual with 4th vein, forking shortly beyond; 

 4th vein with upper branch forked, the branches of 3rd and 

 4th veins all parallel with 2nd vein and with hind margin of 

 wing; all ending above wing-tip, except the lowest, which ends 

 exactly there ; lower branch joining upper one just before forking 

 of latter; 5th vein rather peculiarly forked, so that the shape of 

 the last posterior cell at base is that of a slightly curved cone ; 

 posterior cross- vein absent; anal cell open, axillary vein long. 

 Two submarginal and five posterior cells, 4th closed. 



122. Ceylonia magnifica, Licht. (PI. II, fig. 23.) 



Ciylonia magnifica, Lichtwardt, Deut. Ent. Zeits. p. 646, rf (1909). 

 Atriadops n'ivea, Brimetti, Rec. Ind. f Mus. vii, p. 477, tf (1912). 



J . Head blackish grey ; palpi thin, small, of same colour ; eyes 

 brown, very large, contiguous for half the distance from the very 

 small vertex (bearing tliree small ocelli) to base of antenna?, the 

 lirst two joints of which are brown (3rd joint missing); underside 

 of head with some grey hairs. Thorax thickly clothed with pale 

 yellowish-grey hairs, which become white on the sides. Abdomen 

 thickly clothed with pale yellowish-white hairs, which, seen in 

 front, appear silvery white ; venter dark grey, with grey hairs. 

 Legs dark reddish brown. Winys clear, narrowlv dark brown at 

 base; also a narrow, irregular but clearly-cut, stripe across the 

 middle from the costa nearlv to the hind border; a second wider 

 similar band towards tip, which reaches the hind margin, spreading 

 over both sides of the "diagonal" vein, and connected along the 

 costa with a small apical spot, and proximally less distinctly with 

 the median band, leaving a well-marked clear oblong spot between 

 the 1st and 2nd longitudinal veins ; a small brown spot on wing- 

 margin at tip of 5th longitudinal vein and a larger one at tip 

 of 6th. 



Length, 12 mm. 



The species was described originally by Lichtwardt from a single 

 J from Pundaluoya, Ceylon (Green}, in the British Museum. 

 At the time of describing my nivea I had overlooked this author's 

 paper on Oriental NEMESTRIXID.T:, and the description given 

 here is that of the type of my species from a single S in mv 

 collection from Haldumulla, Ceylon (Green"). 



