84 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



one-lialf before end of tlie cell, second at one-nintli before the end, trifid ; fifth from 

 end of the cell, curved upward and joined to third for a short distance ; discocellular 

 bent near upper end, concave in the middle, radial from upper angle ; three upper 

 medians from angles at end of the cell, lower at one-fourth before the end ; submedian 

 curved downward : hindwing short, narrow ; cell extending more than half the wing ; 

 two subcostal branches on a footstalk nearly one-half beyond the cell ; discocellular 

 bent in the middle ; upper median from angle above end of the cell, two middle 

 medians from angles at the end, first or lower at nearly one-half before end of the 

 cell ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body moderate, extending beyond the 

 hindwing ; palpi porrect, laxly pilose beneath, second joint extending beyond the 

 head, third joint short, conical ; antennae bipectinated ; legs pilose. 



L-ffiLIOIDES FASCIATA (Plate 110, Fm. 6, ?). 



Female : forewing pale red, sparsely irrorated with brown scales ; a longitudinal 

 brown fascia extending from base below the cell to middle of the disc, beyond which 

 is a discal curved series of five minute black-speckled spots : hindwing reddish-white. 

 Thorax, head, palpi, antennee, and legs pale red ; abdomen whitish at the base, 

 reddish at apex. 



Expanse, ? Ij inch. 



Genus ARTAXA. 



Artaxa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 794 (1855). 

 Arna, Walker, id. v. p. 1177 (1855). 



Male : forewing rather short, triangular ; first subcostal emitted at one-fifth 

 before end of the cell, second from end of the cell, quadrifid ; discocellular very 

 obliquely concave, radial from upper end of cell ; three upper medians from angles 

 at end of the cell, first or lower at one-third before the end ; submedian slightly 

 recurved ; the posterior margin fringed with long spatulate hairy scales : Mndwing 

 short, exterior margin convex ; costal vein recurved, extending to apex ; subcostal 

 curved upward and touching the costal at half length of the cell, two subcostal 

 branches on a footstalk at one-fourth beyond the cell; discocellular outwardly 

 oblique ; four median branches, the upper branch from angle above end of the cell, 

 two middle branches from end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end; 

 submedian and internal vein straight. Body moderate, tufted at anal end ; palpi 

 projecting beyond the head, slender, laxly squamose, apical joint short, conical; 

 antenna bipectinated; legs and tarsi slightly pilose, hind tibite with four spurs. 

 Female. Wings longer ; body stout, tufted ; antennge minutely pectinated. 



Type, A. digramma. 



