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costal end of the first obliquely to the posterior margin near the end 

 of the third, the latter being zigzag, and one-third from the apex, and 

 having on its exterior margin anteriorly some whitish dots, a basal 

 dot and dot outside the third transverse line, a spot at the end of the 

 cell, and the outer margin of the oblique line posteriorly, blackish ; 

 tip deep brown : hind-wings brownish-white. Female with an addi- 

 tional short whitish line posteriorly between the second and third 

 lines ; the exterior margin of the third line anteriorly is ferruginous. 

 Expanse of male -| in., of the female l£ in. 



a. b. c. <J ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



The larva and pupa of Ich. Javana are figured on Plate XVI., 

 figs. 7, la, from Java. " Feeds on a species of Salix. May." — 

 (Horsfield, MS.) 



Genus SELEPA, Moore. 



Antennce filiform. 



Palpi projecting beyond the head, slender, scaly beneath, pilose above. 



Proboscis short. 



Thorax broad. Abdomen stout. 



Legs covered with minute scales. 



Fore-wings elongate ; hind-wings somewhat trigonate. 



852. SELEPA CELTIS, Moore {Plate Ilia, fig. 9). 



Selepa Celtis, n. sp. — Fore-wing greyish-brown, with a large discal 

 double circular dark-brown line, with a suffused dark-brown centre, 

 an ill-defined submarginal brown line, and two suffused brown lines 

 at the posterior angle ; cilise grey : hind-wing greyish-white, with the 

 margin suffused with pale brown ; cilise white ; thorax and abdomen 

 greyish-brown. 



a. b. c. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 

 d. e. N. India. Presented by General Hearsey. 



The larva and cocoon of Selepa Celtis are figured on Plate XVI., 

 figs. 8, 8a, copied from the original drawing in the collection of 

 A. Grote, Esq. " Feeds on Lagerstreemia and Celtis." — (Grote, 

 MS. Note.) 



The transformations also observed in Java by Dr. Horsfield, 

 where it " feeds on the Assem (Tamarindus indicus). May." — 

 (Horsfield, MS.) 



July, 1858. 



