92 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



a black spot on tip of femora and a spot on middle of tibiae. Female paler ; the 

 markings also paler. 



Expanse, i 1-|-, 8 2|- incbes. 



Genus RE DO A. 



Redoa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 826 (1855). 



Forewing broad, triangular, slightly elongated, costa almost straight, apex acute, 

 exterior margin nearly straight, oblique, posterior margin short ; covered with raised 

 scales ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-sixth and second at one-twelfth before 

 end of the cell, third at end of the cell, trifid, touching the second above the fifth ; 

 cell broad at the end ; discoceUular bent outward at upper end, concave below the 

 middle, radial from upper angle ; fourth or upper median from angle above end of 

 the cell, third from the end, second at one-eighth and first at one-third before end of 

 the cell ; submedian slightly curved : hindwing very short, broad, triangular ; costal 

 vein extending to apex ; subcostal arched and slightly touching costal near the base ; 

 two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; cell broad its entire length ; discoceUular 

 bent acutely inward in the middle ; fourth or upper median from angle above end of 

 the cell, third from the end, second from close to the end, first or lower at one-fifth 

 before the end ; submedian and internal vein nearly straight. Thorax stout, pilose, 

 abdomen moderate, slightly tufted at apex ; palpi porrect, extending slightly beyond 

 the head, thick, obtuse in front, laxly squamose ; antennge short, broadly bipectinated ; 

 legs and tibiae pilose. Female. Wings somewhat longer; body thick, abdomen 

 stout ; antennae bipectinated ; palpi smaller, legs less pilose. 



Type, jK. submarginata. 



REDOA SUBMARGINATA (Plate 113, Fig. 4, <?). 



Bedoa submarginata. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 826 (1855), S; Moore, Catal. Lep. Mas. 

 E. L C. ii. p. 336, pi. 14, fig. 11, 11a; Butler, Types Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 48, pi. 89, fig. 3, c?. 



Male and female. White : wings covered with raised silvery-white scales : 

 forewing with the exterior margin and cilia slightly fuliginous -brown ; a small black 

 dot at end of the cell. Antennae fuliginous-brown, shaft white ; head, and palpi in 

 front fuliginous-brown ; legs white, femora, tibias, and tarsi each with a black spot. 



Expanse, $ If, ? If inch. 



Genus KAN CHI A. 



Wings transparent : forewing slightly elongated, triangular, costa arched, 

 exterior margin slightly oblique, posterior margin convex ; first and second subcostal 

 branches emitted together on a short footstalk one-eighth before end of the cell, 

 third from end of the cell, trifid ; discoceUular bent inward in the middle, radial 

 from a slight angle at upper end of the cell ; upper median from angle above end of 

 the cell, third from the end, second at one-sixth and first at one-half before end of 



