102 TEE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



to near its base, also a lower brancli from near its base : bindwing sbort, broad, 

 costa mucli arcbed, apex convex ; costal vein arcbed, extending to apex, witb a sbort 

 upper spur from near its middle ; subcostal not brancbed ; cell very broad at its end ; 

 discocellular outwardly oblique, sligbtly concave, radial from its middle; a slender 

 forked discoidal veinlet emitted witbin tbe cell ; two upper median branches from 

 acute angle at end of tbe cell ; second at one-nintb, and first or lower at nearly 

 one-tbird before end of tbe cell; a straigbt submedian and internal veins. Body 

 laxly pilose, tborax stout, abdomen extending beyond bindwings, and appendage 

 generally exserted ; palpi sbort, tbick, bairy, recumbent ; antennse bipectinated to 

 tbe tip, brancbes pubescent ; legs ratber slender, femora and tibige laxly pilose, fore 

 tibia witb a long appendage springing from its base. 



EUMETA CRAMERII (Plate 118, Fig. 1, $, la, larval case). 



Oil'eticiis Cramerii, Westwood, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1854, p. 236, pi. 37, fig. 4. 

 Cryptoihelea consorta, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 970 {nee Teinpleton). 

 Eumeta Nietneri, Felder, Eeise Novara, Lep. iv. pi. 83, fig. 21 (1868-74). 



Male. Greyisb-brown : forewing witb tbe median vein and subcostal brancbes 

 and tbe submedian vein black, interspaces between lower subcostal and tbe radials 

 and between tbe forked upper medians boary-wbite, tbe interspace between lower 

 radial and upper median and below tbe submedian being rufous-brown. Body brown, 

 tborax with a few interspaced long fine black bairs ; legs yellow, femora and tibige 

 very laxly covered with fine long brown and black bairs. 



Expanse Ito to l-j^ inch. 



Larval case covered with slender twigs of irregular length, which are disposed 

 longitudinally side by side in a somewhat spiral form. 



Mr. Walker {I.e. p. 970) described this species as the 0. consortus of Templeton, 

 and placed it under that name in tbe British Museum Collection. 



EUMETA LAYARDII (Plate 118, Fig. 2, <?, 2a, larval case). 

 Eumeta Cramerii, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 964 (nee Westwood). 



This species differs from E. Gramerii in its much larger size, and in the forewing 

 being more produced at the apex : forewing of a much brighter rufous-brown colour 

 on tbe anterior and posterior borders, has blacker streaks along the veins, and a 

 difi'used exterior band ; the cell and interspace between it and submedian vein, and 

 the apical streaks semi-transparent. Body brighter coloured, with dark black tufted 

 streaks on thorax and sides of abdomen ; palpi, base of antennge, and legs also black 

 streaked. 



Expanse If inch. 



Larval case covered with stoutish twigs, which are disposed side by side in a 

 regular longitudinal form. 



