CERALA. 491 



diffused, oblique from cost.a to submediaii fold, then inwardly 

 oblique ; the tufts of scales at middle and end of cell white, the 

 latter with some black beyond it ; an oblique black streak below 

 base of vein 2 ; postmedial line black, slightly excurved below costa, 

 oblique and very minutely w^aved to submedian fold and bent 

 outwards above inner margin ; subterminal line black, oblique, 

 dentate, defining the outer edge of the purplish shade, obsolescent 

 on costal area; a series of diffused blackish spots before termen or 

 the terminal area whitish almost without markings. Hind wing 

 whitish, the patch of androconia pale rufous, the apical area tinged 

 with purplish, in female the whole terminal area tinged with fuscous. 

 Hab. SiKHiiu Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 2 <^ , 2 2 type. Eavp. 

 42-44 millim. 



GS46. Cerala decipiens. 



Oi/ana decijnens. Bull. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 352 (1879); Kirby, Cat. 



Lep. Het. p. 300. 

 Leptina macruj^tera, Oberth, Et. Ent. v. p. 68, pi. 7. f. 2 (1880); Staucl. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373. 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with some purplish red ; palpi 

 purplish red ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing grey- white tinged 

 with olive-green, the medial area from below costa to discal fold 

 suffused with purplish red, on terminal area the costal area suffused 

 with purplish, the medial area with series of brown points on costa 

 and on the veins of inner half; antemodial line blackish, excurved 

 from costa to submedian fold, then incurved ; an oblique black 

 discoidal lunule ; postmedial line excurved and obsolescent from 

 costa to discal fold, then black, minutely waved, incurved beloAV 

 vein 2, closely approximated to a dentate black subterminal line 

 from vein 6 to inner margin ; cilia purplish red and while. Hind 

 wing whitish tinged with brown ; the terminal area suffused with 

 brown from apex to discal fold. 



IJab. MoifGOLiA ; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Yoko- 

 hama (Pri/er), 1 § type ; W. China. Exj?. 40 millim. 



6847. Cerala multipunctata. 



Kerala multipunctata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 93, pi. iv. f. 4 (1882); Hmpsu. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 62. 

 Kerala dorsoviridis, Hmp.sn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 297 (1897). 



Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; palpi red-brown, 

 whitish in front ; shoulders red-brown ; abdomen brownish white. 

 Fore wing grey suffused with purplish, the area below submedian 

 fold with olive-green, the medial area with series of brown points 

 on costa and on the veins which are streaked with whitish; a slight 

 blackish subbasal line, somewhat angled outwards below costa and 

 ending at submedian fold in which there is a slight black streak 

 beyond it; antemedial line indistinctly double, blackish, slightly 

 angled outwards in submedian fold ; a slight tuft of green scales at 

 middle of cell and black discoidal bar; postmedial line indistinctly 



