8 AECTIADiE. 



5. Celama tesselata. (Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 



Nola tesselata, Iluipsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 504 (1896). 



cJ . TIcnd white ; palpi below and antennae brown ; teguloe and 

 patagia wliite, the latter with dark band ; thorax blackish ; abdomen 

 fuscons. Fore wing with the basal area white, with black patch at 

 base of costa ; a broad black medial band strongly angled at middle 

 and conjoined to a wedge-shaped black i)atch from middle of termen 

 and to a rather irregular patch from costa before apex ; traces of an 

 irregular subterniinal line ; some tufts of raised scales with a metallic 

 gloss on the medial line ; cilia blackish, except at tornus. Hind 

 wing whitish, tinged with fuscous. 



Ilab. Assam, Khasis, 1 d type. Exp. 20 millim. 



6. Celama rufa, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 2.) 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi at sides, pectus, 

 legs, and abdomen tinged with rufous. Fore wing white, rufous 

 from near base to the subterminal line ; the tufts of scales very 

 large and tipped with white ; some fuscous suffusion below cell on 

 medial area ; a black point above the tuft at upper angle of cell ; 

 the postmedial line white, erect, slightly excurved at middle ; the 

 subterminal line trisinuate, with some black in its upper sinus and 

 large black patches in the two lower ; the terminal area white, with 

 some black at middle ; the cilia fuscous. Hind wing pale fuscous, 

 whitish towards base and costa. 



Hab. Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), 1 5 type. Exj^. 16 millim. 



7. Celama Candida. 



Mia Candida, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. iii. p. 9, pi. 43. f. 3 (1879); Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 378. 



J . White ; palpi brownish at sides. Fore wing with small 

 tufts of scales near base and at middle and upper angle of cell ; some 

 brownish suffusion on basal part of costal area ; a strongly waved 

 antemedial brown line obsolete towards inner margin ; the post- 

 medial line bent outwards from below co.sta to vein 3, with a broad 

 brown band on its inner side, irrorated with black and leaden-grey 

 scales and Avith a small white spot below the tuft at upper angle of 

 ceU ; an indistinct irregularly waved subterminal line strongly 

 retracted to costa : some fuscous suffusion on midfUe of termen. 

 Hind wing with slight discal point. 



Hub. Japan, Yokohama (Jb/ics), 1 J type; China, Chekiang(P/-^e/-), 

 1 J • Ex2\ 16 millim. 



8. Celama encausta, n. n. (Plate XVTII. fig. 3.) 

 Bhjnchopalpus fasciatits, Hmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 141 (1894), nee Wlk. 



d . Head and thorax pale brownish white ; abdomen tinged with 

 fuscous, the anal tuft brown. Fore wing pale brownish ; a fuscous 



