112 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Genus CEIRA. 

 Ceira, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 462 (1865). 

 Forewing long, narrow, exterior margin oblique ; first subcostal emitted at one- 

 third before end of the cell, second from close to the end, trifid, third at half-length 

 from its base, fifth from end of the cell, extending close to second and slightly 

 touching base of third ; cell long ; discocellular concave ; upper radial from end of 

 the cell, lower radial from middle of discocellular ; three median branches, middle 

 branch from close to end of the cell, lower at nearly one-third before the end; sub- 

 median shghtly curved : hindwing somewhat long, exterior margin very oblique and 

 convex ; costal vein extending to apex ; two subcostals emitted from a footstalk at 

 one-third beyond end of the cell ; the cell short, not extending to half the wing ; 

 discocellular obliquely concave, bent in the middle, radial from the angle; three 

 median branches, middle branch from close to end of the cell, lower at nearly one- 

 half before the end ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body somewhat slender, 

 abdomen extending half beyond the hindwing, clothed with adpressed hairs, thorax 

 pilose ; palpi ascending, pilose beneath, second joint long, extending to a level with 

 vertex, apical joint minute ; antennge very finely bipectinated ; proboscis exserted ; 

 legs stout, femora and tibia compactly pilose, hind tibiae thickened and with four long 

 spurs, middle tibiae with one pair of spurs. 



CEIRA METAPH^A (Plate 119, Fig. 3, ^ ). 

 Ceira metajyhcEa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 462 (1865), $ . 



Male. Pale yellowish-ochreous, sparsely speckled with ochreous-brown scales ; 

 with an ochreous-brown speckled longitudinal narrow fascia extending from apex to 

 base of wing, and three short oblique fasciae below ; three or four black- speckled 

 spots from base of costal border, a larger one at eud of the cell, and another below 

 the cell ; a marginal row of black dots : hindwing ochreous-brown ; cilia alternated 

 with brown and ochreous. Thorax yellowish-ochreous ; head, palpi, and legs 

 brownish-ochreous ; abdomen ochreous-brown, tip pale ochreous. 



Expanse If inch. 



Genus NOTODONTA? 

 NOTODONTA EJECTA. 



Notodonta ejecta. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii. p. 411 (1865). 



" Male. Brown, mostly cinerous beneath : forewings with three black lines ; 

 basal line very angular and bent ; interior line undulating, turning abruptly inward 

 towards the interior border; exterior line slightly denticulated, much bent outward 

 in front, contiguous to some black streaks, which extend to the exterior border: 

 hindwings whitish-cinereous, brownish about the exterior border ; marginal lunules 



