156 GEOMETEID^. — PYEALIDiE. 



Gnamptopteryx perflcita, TVlk. (Plate CLXX. figs. 7, 14.) 



Lucia perflcita, Wll: Cat. xv. p. 1809. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Male. The markings as in the female, but the hands of the fore wing are obscure 

 purplish grey instead of whitish ; the rufous streak along the subcostal nervure is equally 

 prominent ; the anal tuft is pale buff, the lateral abdominal tufts brown. 



Female. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing dark red-brown ; the last with a silvery- 

 grey subbasal waved band obsolete towards costa; ante- and postmedial broad waved 

 bands with red-brown lines on them ; indistinct and broken postmedial and submarginal 

 series of silvery-gi'cy lunules ; numerous indistinct waved dark lines. Hind wing fuscous, 

 with numerous indistinct waved dark lines ; some small patches of white scales before and 

 on outer margin. 



CoUix hypospilata, Guen. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 26.) 



Collix h)'pospilata, Guen. Phal. ii. 358, 1481. 



Male. The antennae flattened and slightly laminate; the abdomen long, with a large 

 anal tuft of grey scales. Markings as in female. 



The males of this genus are very rare, while the females are very common. In C. hypo, 

 spilatu the abdomen and anal tuft are much more developed than in C. gosha. 



PYRALID^. 



PYRALIN^. 



Vitessa suradeva, Moore. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 31 (larva).) 

 Vitessa suradeva, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 2!)9. 



Larva. Deep purplish black ; head and anal somite yellow ; a lateral subdorsal lino of 

 white spots, and some other white spots disposed ventrally ; anterior legs long, thin, and 

 black ; anal claspers yellow ; abdominal claspers black. 



The larva is sparsely covered with fine pale bristles and has an attenuated shrivelled 

 appearance. It spins a thin web amongst the leaves of its food-plant. 



Pupa enclosed in a thin but closely woven cocoon of a reddish-fulvous colour. 



Balanotis irrorata. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 1.) 

 Expanse 1^ inch. 



Female. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, irroratcd with brown scales. Fore wing 



purplish grey, thickly irroratcd with red-brown scales and suflused with red-brown towards 



the apex and inside the postmedial line ; traces of two very indistinct medial lines ; a dark 



speck at end of cell ; a pale curved and dentate postmedial line ; scries of cilial and ante- 



cilial dark specks. Hind wing uniform fuscous. 



