68 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus ARGINA. 



Argina, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 167 (1818-25). 

 Xanthestes, Eambur, Faune Lep. de I'Andalousie, ii. p. 229 (1866). 



Forewing elongated, triangular; cell extending to two-thirds tlie wing; first 



subcostal emitted at one-eighth before end of the cell, second trifid, fifth from end 



of the cell, ascending and anastomosed to third for a short distance beyond its base ; 



discocellular concave, radial from upper end of the cell; three upper medians from 



angles at end of the cell, lower at two-fifths before the end; submedian curved 



downward towards the margin : hindwing short, broad ; apex very convex, slightly 



concave before anal angle, the angle being produced to a point in the male ; cell 



narrow, disposed towards middle of the wing and extending beyond two-thirds its 



length ; costal vein extending to apex ; subcostal slightly joined to costal for a short 



distance near its base ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular 



slightly bent inward, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians from angles 



at end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end. Body moderately slender ; 



palpi porrect, laxly squamose beneath, second joint extending beyond the vertex, 



third joint short, stout; antennge stoutly pectinated, legs smooth, rather short, 



femora thick. 



ARGINA CRIBRAEIA (Plate 106, Fig. 1, la, ^ 2). 



Phalcena cribraria, Clerck, Icones Ins. ii. pi. 54, fig. 4 (1759-64), $ . 



Phalwna Geom. cribraria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 208, fig. C, G (1782), $ $. 



Argina cribraria, Aurivillius, Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handlingar, xix. p. 181 (1882). 



Phalwna Noct. Astrea, Druiy, lUust. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 11, pi. 6, f. 3 ; App. p. ii. (1773), 2 . 



Deiopeia Astrea, Westwood Edit. Drury, pi. 6, f. 3 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. p. 570. 



Argina Astrea, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 308, pi. 14, fig. 2, 2a. 



Bombyx Pylotis, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 585 (1775),$. 



Hipocrita pylotis, Hiibner, Samm. Exot. Schmett. i. pi. 189, fig. 1, 4, ^ . 



Xanthestes guttata, Rambiir, Lep. Audal. ii. p. 229 (1866). 



Argina notata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 365, ?. 



Male. Bright ochreous-yellow : forewing crossed by six zigzag series of pale 

 yellow-bordered black spots, and two pair of similar spots between the fourth and 

 fifth row, the rows being disposed much like those in Utetheisa pulchella : hindwing 

 with a black costal spot, one at end of the cell, two beneath it, three submarginal 

 more linear-shaped spots, and a smaller one at anal angle. Female : forewing darker, 

 either ochreous-yellow or reddish-ochreous, generally with more prominent pale 

 yellow borders to the black spots ; in some females these spots are uniformly larger, 

 and have comparatively little or no pale borders : hindwing with similar spots to the 

 male, the submarginal anterior spots being confluent and followed by two or three 

 small marginal spots, another spot also being above the anal angle. 



Expanse, S If, 9 If to 1| inch. 



