180 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



" Central Province. Hills, 3000 to 6000 feet. Forests. Common on banks by 

 roadsides in the hills. Settles on leaves; easily caught" (^Hutchison). 



" Ootavelle ; Dickoya " {Wade) . 



" Plentiful in forest paths where bordered by undergrowth, 2000 feet up to 

 4000 " {Maclcwood). 



Genus COLADENIA. 



"Wings short ; forewing triangular, apex pointed, exterior margin short, slightly 

 oblique and waved ; cell two-thirds the length ; first subcostal at less than one-third 

 before end of the cell, first, second, and third at equal distances, fourth and fifth 

 from end of the cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly obhque, upper radial from 

 angle near subcostal, lower from their middle ; the middle median at one- sixth, lower 

 at four-sixths before end of the cell ; submedian recurved : hind wing broad, somewhat 

 quadrate; exterior margin slightly waved and angular in the middle; cell broad, 

 extending more than half the wing; second subcostal at one-fourth before end of the 

 cell ; discocellulars nearly straight, upper shortest, radial from their middle ; the 

 middle median from immediately before end of the cell, lower at nearly one-half before 

 the end. Body rather stout; palpi of lax hairy scales; terminal joint short, thick, 

 cylindro-conical ; antennee long, with gradually thickened club and slender tip ; fore 

 tibias tufted beneath ; femora pilose beneath, hind tibige with a long tuft of hair above. 



Type, C. Indrani. 



COLADENIA TISSA (Plate 67, Fig. 6). 



Male. Upperside brownish-ferruginous, with indistinctly paler marginal 

 lunules : forewing with three or four very small semi-transparent yellawish -white 

 subapical spots, a transverse medial series of larger spots composed of a large 

 irregular-shaped spot at end of the cell, a smaller spot on the costa above it, a large 

 spot beneath it below end of the cell, and a very small spot between them at the 

 junction of upper and middle median veins ; between these is an irregular triangularly- 

 4obed -black-bordered ferruginous spot ; a small black spot below the cell near the 

 base r hindwiug with an indistinct blackish discal spot and a discal series of spots 

 curving from base of costa to above anal angle. Cilia brownish- ferruginous, with a 

 slight paler streak above posterior angle of forewing. Underside dusky ferruginous- 

 brown ; markings more prominent. Palpi and legs pale ferruginous. Female paler, 

 with marginal lunules more diffused ; markings as in male. 



Expanse, S I|, ? 1a inch. 



Allied to G. Indrani. Of a darker colour ; has deeper yellow and differently 

 shaped semi-transparent spots on forewing, and the cilia is not alternated with white. 



"Kandj" {Wade). 



" Taken in PaduUa and Kaduganawa. Scarce " (Maclcwood), 



