16 



XOCTUID^D. 



fiery red points at base of cell and inner margin ; an antcmedinl 

 grey spot on costa with curved fiery red line from it to inner 

 margin ; a grey spot at middle of costa with some fiery red below 

 it; a slight fiery red discoidal mark and sinuous pale red line from 

 lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line fiery red, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa toward apex ; 

 blackish spots on terminal area at apex, discal and submedian folds, 

 and a terminal series of black strise; cilia with some blackish above 

 and below middle. Hind wing pale rufous ; a slight red subbasal 

 line ; a small round deep fiery red discoidal spot defined on inner 

 side by black, with faint red line from it to inner margin ; traces 

 of sinuous interrupted red postmedial and two subtcrrainal lines, the 

 latter with small black spots at costa ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia irrorated with black ; the underside white faintly 

 tinged with brown, a slight dark discoidal bar. 



Hah. Ceylon, Kandy {Green), 1 S , 1 2 type. Exp. 14 

 milliin. 



Genus HYRIODES, nor. 



Type, H. leucocraspis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head aiid slightly fringed with hair above towards extremity, the 3rd 

 short, porreet ; frous smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; 

 thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiae smoothly 

 scaled, the spurs long, the fore tarsi with slight tufts of scales on the joints ; 

 abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex produced and 

 acute, the termen angled at vein 4, then very oblique to toruus ; vein 3 from 

 well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from well below upper 

 angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the termen 

 extremely strongly excised at discal fold and angled at veins 4 and 2, the cilia 

 very long and spatulate at extremities; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell; 5 

 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 shortly stalked ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



4907. Hyriodes leucocraspis, n. sp. 



2 . Head and thorax grey- white mixed with reddish brown; abdo- 

 men red-brown with some grey at base and extremity; pectus, mid and 



Fig. 5. — Hyriodes leucocraspis, 2- ?■ 



hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing red- 

 brown ; a faint pale antcmedial line, incurved in cell and oblique 

 below submedian fold ; reniform represented by a small V-shaped 



