96 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



emitted at one-tliird before end of tte cell, second at one-sixth, trifid, the third from 

 below second at one-fourth from its base, fifth from end of the cell, ascending 

 upward and touching third near its base ; discocellular bent in the middle ; radial 

 from upper end of cell ; two upper medians from angles at end of the cell, second at 

 one-eighth and first at one-fourth before end of the cell ; submedian much curved 

 downward from the base : hindwing short, broad, triangular ; costal vein extending 

 to apex ; subcostal with two branches on a footstalk one-sixth beyond end of the 

 cell; discocellular bent in the middle; two upper medians from angles at end of the 

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

 and internal vein straight. Body moderate, abdomen tufted at apex ; palpi not 

 extending beyond the head, second joint laterally thick, compactly pilose, very obtuse 

 at the apex ; antennae broadly bipectinated ; legs pilose, hind tibiae with four spurs. 

 Female. "Wings longer ; veins as in male : forewing with the costa much arched, 

 apex somewhat produced, exterior margin oblique and slightly concave towards 

 posterior angle. Body thick; palpi smaller, laxly pilose ; antennae minutely pectinated. 

 Type, 0. mendosa. 



OLEXE MENDOSA (Plate 115, Fig. 4, 4a, $ q, 45, larva). 



Olene mendosa, Hiibner, Zutrage, Samml. Exot. Schmett. fig. 293-4 (1823), 5; Moore, Catal. Lep. 



Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 341, pi. 15, fig. 3, 3a. 

 Rilia lanceolata, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 1075 (1855), g. 



Male : forewing pale greyish brownish-ochreous, with a longitudinal dark 

 blotched-brown fascia extending from the base below the cell to exterior margin, the 

 inner border of the fascia being excavated near the base and again towards the end, 

 and crossed by an indistinct discal blackish-lunular line and a submarginal row of 

 short black pale-bordered lunular marks : kindwing pale brownish-ochroous. Antennas, 

 palpi, and legs above pale brown. Female pale greyish purplish-brown : forewing 

 with the costal border and the cell palest ; a darker brown fascia from base below 

 the cell and extending broadly before the apex, the fascia marked with longitudinal 

 black streaks ; an indistinct antemedial and a postmedial sinuous black line, and a 

 submarginal lunular line ; a lunular mark at end of the cell. 



Expanse, $ If, $ 2 inches. 



Larva pale purplish-white, numerously covered witb purple-brown speckles ; a 

 pale lateral line below the speckles, a dorsal row of crimson spots from eighth 

 segment, a lateral row from third segment, and a lower row from seventh segment ; 

 head and legs crimson ; with dorsal and lateral sparse tufts of short purple-brown 

 fine hairs, two long tufts projected over the head and two over anal segment, a short 

 dense dorsal tuft of whitish hairs on fifth to eighth segment, and a pendant lateral 

 tuft on fifth and sixth segment ; a black dorsal row of spots from fifth segment, that 



