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exterior margin very convex, waved ; costal vein extending to apex, basal spur curved 

 outward ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-ttird before end of tbe cell ; cell open ; 

 median branches wide apart; submedian and internal veins straight. Body short, 

 somewhat slender ; palpi ascending, finely pilose ; second joint long, extending half 

 its length beyond the head, third joint short, slender, pointed; legs slender; antennae 

 •with a gradually formed club. 

 Tiij>e, C. Brymanthis. 



CITPHA PLACIDA (^ Plate 32, Fig. 1). 



Male and female. Upperside dark yeUowish-ochreous, darkest and tinged with 

 olive on basal areas : forewing with a black apical band having a waved curved inner 

 border extending from middle of the costa to posterior angle ; a transverse narrow 

 black zigzag line dividing the basal and discal areas ; two lunate marks within the 

 cell and three spots on lower discal area : hindwing with a transverse subbasal black 

 zigzag Une, a discal whitish-bordered macular band and outer row of small oval spots, 

 two submarginal lunular darker lines and an outer marginal line. Underside pale 

 ochreous, with very pale markings, as above, the discal band composed of white 

 lunules and traversing both wings. 



Expanse, $ 1^, S lyV inches. 



" A low country insect. Found sometimes in the hilly districts. Numerous 

 only about April and May (MacJauood). 

 " Galle and Kandy" (]^a(^e). 



Subfamily ACR^IN^. 



Lower discocellular vein of hindwing perfect. Palpi thick and scantily clothed 

 with hair. Abdomen of female furnished with a corneous plate or pouch. 

 Larva studded with branched spines. 



Genus TELCHINIA. 



Telchinia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 27 (1816); Doubleday, Gen. Diurnal Lep. p. 142. 



Forewing narrow, triangular ; anterior margin slightly arched towards the end, 

 apex scarcely rounded; exterior margin oblique, slightly convex; posterior margin 

 short ; costal vein extending two-thirds the margin ; first subcostal branch emitted at 

 a short distance before end of the cell, second, third, and fourth at about equal 



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