ZETHES. EGNASIA. 15 



SECT. III. Fore wing with the outer margin very much excurved 

 at middle, then crenulate to outer angle. Hind wing with 

 deep crenulations between anal angle and vein 4. Palpi with 

 the 3rd joint short. 



2744. Zetlies cingalensis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1178 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 

 iii, pi. 172, fig. 10 ; C. $ S. no. 2734. 



Red-brown. Fore wing with antemeclial line angled below the 

 costa ; a narrow medial chocolate band angled below costa, then 

 oblique to inner margin ; a black" lunule on discocellulars ; an 

 irregularly sinuous postmedial line excurved below costa and with 

 a chocolate patch on the costa beyond it and two white specks 

 above vein 4 ; an irregular submarginal line. Hind wing with 

 oblique narrow chocolate antemedial band ; a spot at end of cell ; 

 an indistinct sinuous postmedial line and dentate submarginal line. 



Nab. Ceylon. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus EGNASIA. 



Egnasia, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 216 (1858). 

 Acharya, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 185 (1882). 

 Matella, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. hi, p. 196 (1885). 



Type, E. ephyrodalis, Wlk. 



Range. W. Africa; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma; 

 Borneo ; Java. 



Palpi with the 2nd joint very long and reaching far above vertex 

 of head, the 3rd with a tuft of hair on the inner side. Antennae 

 usually almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly 

 scaled. Tibiae moderately hairy. Fore wing with the apex acute ; 

 the outer margin angled at middle *. Hind wing with the outer 

 margin crenulate ; vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. 



SECT. I. Fore wing with the outer margin angled. Hind wing 

 with the outer margin excised between veins 4 and 6. 



2745. Egnasia ephyrodalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 217 ; C. $ S. no. 2736. 

 Egnasia khasiana, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 184; C. 8f S. no. 2737. 

 Egnasia binorbiculata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 194. pi. 172. fig. 6 : 



<?. # & no. 2732. 

 Gracillodes ludiana, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 120, fig. 25 ; C. Sf S. no. 2738. 



Yellowish brown. Fore wing with indistinct sinuous ante- 

 medial line ; a hyaline spot in cell ; an 

 irregular hyaline spot on discocellulars 

 composed of conjoined spots ; an in- 

 distinct postmedial line excurved be- 

 yond cell and with a crenulate line 

 beyond it ; cilia white towards outer 

 angle. Hind wing with a hyaline 

 lunulate mark on rufous patch at end of 



Egnasia eph/rodalis, rf. |. cel1 ' f nearly straight medial line and 

 crenulate postmedial line; cilia white 



at apex and towards anal angle. Underside suffused with grey. 

 Hab. Sylhet; Nagas ; Nilgiris; Ceylon; Burma. Exp. 38 millim. 



