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ANTIPHA COSTALIS (Plate 110, Fig. 2, 2a, c? ? , 25, larva). 



Antipha costalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 806 (1855), $. 

 Lacida complens, Walker, id. xxxii. p. 336 (1865), $ . 

 miia illepida. Walker, id. p. 436, J. 



Male. Smaller than A. antica : forewing with, a dark bro-wn basal blotched and 

 darker blotched-brown oblique upper discal fascia, the exterior border and posterior 

 angle paler, the marginal dentate speckled spots less defined. Female somewhat 

 paler, with the submarginal spots more distinct. 



Expanse, i |i, ? 1 ^V inch. 



Larva blackish-brown, thickest in middle ; tufted with short hairs ; a transverse 

 narrow pale pink line dividing sixth and seventh segments. Cocoon pale brown, 

 purse-shaped, with short hairs exserted from surface. Pupa purplish-brown, head 

 and wing-cases darkest. 



ANTIPHA STRIGTJLIFEEA. 

 Lacida strigulifera, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 336 (1865). 



" Male. Fawn colour : forewings with the basal, interior and exterior lines 

 black, slender, pale-bordered ; interior line nearly straight, exterior line denticulated, 

 much bent ; submarginal line pale, almost obsolete, traversed near the costa by some 

 little black streaks ; marginal lunules black, much curved, with pale borders ; 

 reniform mark subquadrate, with an incomplete brown border, which is included in a 

 pale one : hindwings whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Abdomen whitish. 

 Antennge deeply pectinated. Length twelve lines." 



" Ceylon. In Mr. E. L. Layard's collection." 



ANTIPHA PROMITTENS. 



Lacida promittens, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 337 (1865). 



" Male. Brown : forewings fawn-colour, brown at the base ; basal, interior and 

 exterior lines irregular, incomplete, composed of black flecks ; the last one bent ; 

 submarginal line pale, denticulated, indistinct ; marginal dots blackish-brown, 

 elongated : hindwing cinereous above, beneath with a pale brown discal spot and an 

 interrupted pale brown submarginal band. Abdomen cinereous. Underside cinereous. 

 Antennge much longer and more broadly pectinated than in L. strigulifera." 



" Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection." 



Genus CHARNIDAS. 



Charnidas, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 797 (1855). 

 Repena, Walker, id. p. 800 (1855). 

 Lacida (part). Walker, id. p. 801. 



Male : forewing elongated, triangular ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before 

 end of the cell, second at one-fourth, trifid, fifth from end of the ceU, curving upward 

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