82 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



and touching the third beyond end of the cell ; discocellalar bent outward near upper 

 end, radial from the angle ; upper median from angle above end of the cell, second at 

 a short distance before the end, first or lower at one-third before the end ; submedian 

 widely separated from the median : hind wing short, triangular, exterior margin 

 shghtly convex ; costal vein recurved, extending to apex ; subcostal very slender, 

 sHghtly touching the costal at one-third from the base, two subcostal branches from 

 immediately beyond end of the cell ; discocellular bent inward near the middle ; upper 

 median from angle above end of the cell, two middle medians from angles at the end, 

 first or lower at one-half before the end; submedian and internal vein straight. 

 Body slender, thorax and head pilose ; palpi long, projecting much beyond the head, 

 second joint stoutly pilose beneath, third joint somewhat long and fusiform ; antennae 

 broadly bipectinated ; legs slightly pilose, hind tibige with four spurs. Female. 

 Wings slightly more elongated ; abdomen stout ; antennge finely bipectinated. 

 Type, G. litura. 



CHARNIDAS ROTTJITDATA (Plate 110, Fig. 4, 4a, ^ 2). 



Lacida rotundata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 802 (1855), $. 

 Cycnia rubida, Walker, id. xxxi. p. 297 (1864), 5. 

 Lymantria disjuncta, Walker, id. xxxii. p. 366 (1865), $ . 



Male and female. Pale dull reddish-ferruginous : forewing with an indistinct 

 blackish speckled lunular streak at end of the cell, and a small spot beneath it at 

 base of middle median veins. Female somewhat brighter coloured : forewing very 

 sparsely covered with minute black scales ; lunular black streak at end of the cell 

 as in male. 



Expanse, $ If, ? If inch. 



CHARNIDAS PLANA (Plate 110, Fig. 1, la, $ ?). 



Orgyia plana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 786 (1855), $. 

 ? Charnidas junctifera, Walker, id. xxxii. p. 334 (1865), $ . 



Male. G-reyish umber-brown : forewing with an indistinct blackish-brown 

 pale-bordered spot at end of the cell, and a submarginal row of very indistinct 

 dentate spots: hindwing with the costal and abdominal border darker brown; a 

 very indistinct blackish-brown spot at end of the cell ; ciKa alternated with blackish- 

 brown. Female pale ochreous-brown, minutely black-speckled: forewing with the 

 black-speckled cell spot and submarginal row of spots more distinct, the black 

 speckles also clustered beyond and below the cell : hindwing with a more distinct 

 black cell spot. 



Expanse l/_ inch. 



" Colombo. In the cinnamon garden." {Hutchison.) 



