352 NOCTUID^E. 



SECT. I. Fore wing with the outer margin slightly 

 angled at vein 8. 



2159. Micraeschus elatarius, Wlk. Cat. xxii, p. 665 j C. $8. no. 3965. 



Pale yellow, speckled with crimson; the head and collar chest- 

 nut. Fore wing with the costa greyish and with a dark fascia 

 below it to end of cell, then bent downwards to the outer margin 

 at vein 3 ; the costa and fascia irrorated with metallic scales ; in- 

 distinct antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved crimson lines ; 

 a submarginal irregular series of white spots on the apical area. 

 Hind wing with traces of medial and postmedial crimson lines ; a 

 white spot at end of cell ; some white submarginal spots on apical 

 area ; both wings with dark marginal line irrorated with metallic 

 scales, the cilia orange. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 12 millim. 



2160. MicraBSchus rosellus, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 126, pi. 170, 



fig. 17. 



S Differs from elatarius in the dark margins, and also in the 

 costal streak and fascia of fore wing being much narrower ; the 

 submarginal white spots of both wings very large, with a large 

 additional spot on each wing towards inner margin. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 14 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing with the outer margin evenly rounded. 



2161. Micraeschus oblatarius, Wlk. Cat. xxii, p. 665 ; Moore, Lep. 

 Ceyl. iii, pi. 200, fig. 6; Hmpsn. III. Net. ix, pi. 176. fig. 17 

 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 3966. 



cJ . Bright brick-red ; the ver- 

 tex of head white. Fore wing 

 irrorated with dark specks ; the 

 costa dark, with white specks 

 on it ; very indistinct ante- and 

 postmedial pale lines, sometimes 

 speckled with black, and with a 



?> lack blotch ^tween them on 

 inner margin ; a dark speck at 

 end of cell. Hind wing with a speck at end of cell ; pale ante- 

 and postmedial lines ; a dark marginal line irrorated with metallic 

 scales to both wings. 



$ . Fore wing with the basal and outer areas paler than the 

 medial, and a distinct dentate submarginal line. 



Larva smooth and cylindrical, covered with comminuted lichen 

 arranged in tufts on certain somites. Cocoon covered with lichen 

 and suspended by a cable of silk. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp., 3 16, $ 20 millim. 



