602 



MOCTU]D^, 



black point at upper angle of cell; a fine Avhitisli postmedial line 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; some slight black 

 streaks on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented by 

 some black scales, a small spot below costa and rather bifid spot 

 between veins 5 and 3 ; cilia blackish at the angle at vein 4. 

 Hind wing ochreous brown suffused with glistening grey ; a slight 

 black and white striga on inner margin above tornus. Underside 

 fuscous brown, the inner aiea of fore wing and hind wing except 

 terminal area whitish, both wings with rather diffused, slightly 

 sinuous postmedial line and dark jDoint at upper angle of cell. 

 Hah. J3ali, Low Country [DoJiertij), 1 S type. Exp. 26 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with the ternien slightly excised below apex and excurved 

 at middle. 



A. Fore wing with obliqne blackish bar on antemedial line 



above inner margin scrioea. 



B. Fore wing with blackish patch on antemedial line at inner 



margi n cndoplaga. 



7020. Metaptya sericea. 



Meiapti/a sericea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 623 (189(5). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown, the head and 

 thorax irrorated with a few black scales and the crest tipped with 

 black ; palpi blackish behind. Pore wing pale grey-brown slightly 

 irrorated with black ; antemedial line whitish defined on outer side 

 by fuscous and more prominently by black towards inner margin, 

 strongly excurved ; two slight blackish discoidal points ; post- 

 medial line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous, excurved 



Fig. 243. — Metaptija sericea, cJ . 



from costa to vein 4, then oblique; some white points on costa 

 towards apex ; a slight whitish subterminal line defined on inner 

 side by fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle. 

 Hind wing grey-brown with some blackish scales on inner area 

 towards tornus and in the scale-fan at tornus ; the underside 

 whitish tinged with brown. 



Hah. Ceylon, Putlam {Pole), 1 S type, Dambool (MacJcwoocl), 

 1 d , 1 $ . Exp. 22-28 millim. 



