132 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Larva onisciform, green above, pink below ; with a pale pinkisb yellow-bordered 

 dorsal band ; a subdorsal row of short spinous tubercles, and a sublateral row of 

 longer tubercles, the two posterior longest. Cocoon oval, pale violet-brown. 



Genus NAROSA. 



Narosa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 1151 (1855). 

 Wings small, short, broad : forewing with the first subcostal branch curved 

 upward towards the costal ; discocellulars outwardly oblique, slightly bent in the 

 middle ; a discoidal veinlet emitted within the cell and upper radial from the angle ; 

 submedian very slender at the base ; internal vein with a short lower basal branch : 

 hindwing short ; upper end of the cell short ; two subcostals from angle at end of 

 the cell ; discocellular bent inward close to subcostal, a discoidal veinlet from the 

 angle within the cell, lower discocellular long, radial from near its lower end. Body 

 short ; palpi slightly ascending, projected beyond the head, second joint long, thickish, 

 fusiform, third joint short, conical, longer and slender, and more ascending in female, 

 and curved over the head ; antennae in male closely bipectinated to half length, 

 serrated to tip, simple in female ; legs and base of tarsi laxly pilose. 



NAROSA CONSPERSA (Plate 132, Fig. 2, 2a, ^ ?, 2b, larva). 



Narosa conspersa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. v. p. 1151 (1855); Nietner, Observations on 

 Enemies of the Coffee Tree in Ceylon, p. 20 (1861). 



Male and female. Ferruginous-white, shining : forewing with seven or eight 

 transverse outwardly oblique ferruginous bands, those nearest the base being some- 

 what macular ; a dark brown spot at lower end of the cell, and some dark brown 

 scales sparsely scattered over the bands : hindwing dusky white. Thorax and abdomen 

 with ferruginous tufts ; palpi and legs tinged with ferruginous. 



Expanse, d |, 9 1 inch. 



Larva limaciform, widely oval, green, naked ; transversely corrugated ; with two 

 longitudinal dorsal conical ridges, and, according to Nietner, the legs are yellow and 

 retractile. Cocoon small, oval, whitish, with a circular brown spot at one end. 



" Found on Coffee-trees from August to November. Cocoons affixed to the 

 leaves. The moth is rather common during the dry weather." (Nietner.) 



NAROSA ADALA (Plate 132, Fig. 3, $, 3a, larva). 

 Narosa Adala, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. L C. il. pi. 11, fig. 14, 3; pi. 21, fig. 13, larva (1858-9). 

 Male. White, shining : forewing with indistinct very pale brown spots between 

 the veins from the base to near the outer margin, a black dot at lower end of the cell 

 and two dots below the apex : hindwing white, with two black dots below the apek. 

 Body brownish-white ; palpi brownish at the side ; tarsi brownish at the tips. 

 Expanse 1 inch. 



