516 NOCTDIDJil. 



below the cell ; postmodial line just hcyoiid the cell, whitish defined 

 on inner side by fulvous, oblique, slightly incurved at discal fold 

 and below vein 4 ; some white striae on costa towards apex ; 

 a rounded fulvous apicnl patch defined by white and with slight 

 black streaks on it; a terminal series of black points defined by 

 white ; cilia fulvous at tips. Hind wing sap-green, the apical area 



Fig. 195. — Chloriola gratissima, S- t- 



and cilia fulvous red ; terminal black points slightly defined by 

 white on veins 6 to 2. Underside of both wings yellow suffused 

 with red, the inner area whitish. 



Hah. Singapore {Ridley), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Borneo, Sarawak {Wallace), 

 1 $ . Exp. 24-26 millim. 



Genus ARIOLA. „ 



Type. 



Ariola, Wlk. xii. 768 (1857) ccelisigna. 



Proboscis fullj' developed ; paljji porrect, tlie 2nd joint projecting about 

 the length of head and broadly iVinged with hair above and below towards 

 extremity, the 3rd short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male 

 almost simple ; thorax clotlied almost entirely with scales and without crests ; 

 fore and mid tibire moderately fringed wiLli hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at 

 base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the term en evenly curved and 

 not ci'enulate; veins '6 and 5 I'rom near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle. 



6886. Ariola ccelisigna. 



Ariola ccelisigna, Wlk. xii. 769 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 368. 

 Ariola ransonneii, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 1 (1874). 



Head and thorax sap-green, the palpi in front, tips of tegulse, 

 and the thorax tinged with rufous ; pectus and legs whitish, the 

 fore tibiiB and tarsi chocolate-brown ringed with white ; abdomen 

 gi'ey-brown, the ventral surface whitish, the basal crest tipped with 

 white. Fore ^ving with the costal area deep sap-green, the inner 

 area paler and yellower green ; a silvery white fascia diffused below 

 from base of costa to middle of submedian fold, then oblique to 

 apex; a purple fascia defined above by white on base of inner 

 margin ; a minutely waved whitish subterminal line, excurved to 

 vein 2, then incurved, the area beyond it purple with slight dark 



