igo THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



from close before end of the cell ; submedian straight : hindwing bluntly ovate ; costa 

 abruptly convex at the base, apex and exterior margin very convex ; costal vein much 

 arched to nearly one-half its length, emitting a basal and a subbasal spur upward towards 

 the margin ; subcostal three-branched, first branch emitted at one-half before end of 

 the cell, bifid at a short distance from the base, and emitting a cross oblique branchlet 

 to the costal ; discocellular recurved, outwardly oblique ; four median branches, first 

 or lower at one-half and second at one-fourth before end of the cell, third and fourth 

 from contiguous angles at end of the cell ; a submedian and an internal vein. Body 

 pilose; abdomen attenuated, tufted at the tip; palpi projecting beyond the head, 

 pointed, pilose ; legs, including fore tarsi, pilose ; antennas long, bipectinated. Female 

 with larger and more pointed forewings ; abdomen stout ; antennse with short branches 

 to tip ; palpi less thickly pilose. 

 Type, 0. rotatoria. 



ODONESTIS DIVISA (Plate 141, Fig. 2, 9). 

 Odonestis divisa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 408. 

 Female. Upperside : forewing dark chestnut-red, dusky red posteriorly, and 

 washed externally with purple-grey; a narrow jDale-bordered line recurving fi'om 

 apex to middle of hind margin ; a large pearly- white red-speckled spot at end of the 

 cell, and a small white spot above it : hindwing dark chestnut-red along anterior half, 

 pale purplish-red on posterior half, the two colours defined by a straight division. 

 Thorax, head, palpi, and legs dusky red. Abdomen pale purplish-red. Underside 

 duller coloured. 



Expanse, 2 2f inches. 



Genus LEBEDA. 

 Leheda, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. vi. p. 1453 (1855). 



Forewing elongated ; costa arched, apex pointed, exterior margin oblique, posterior 

 margin recurved, convex towards the base ; cell narrow, extending one-third the wing ; 

 subcostal vein six-branched ; first subcostal emitted at two-tbirds and second at 

 nearly one-half before end of the cell, bifid at one-sixth from its base ; fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth branches on a footstalk beyond end of the cell, fifth bifid ; discocellular 

 concave ; four medians, first branch emitted at three-fourths, second at one-half, and 

 third from close before end of the cell ; submedian much recurved : hindwing short, 

 broad, costa much arched at base and in middle, exterior margin convex ; costal vein 

 convex at the base; subcostal two-branched, first emitted from beyond one-half 

 before end of the cell and joined to the costal by a short cross spur near the base ; 

 discocellular oblique, recurved ; four medians, two lower branches from near end of 

 the cell, third and fourth on a footstalk beyond end of the cell ; a submedian and 

 an internal vein. Body thick ; abdomen tufted at tip ; palpi porrect, very thick. 



