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speckled, with some blackish subcostal points, with a blackish dot 

 in the areolet, with another hindward and nearer the base, and with 

 a brown point still more hindward and nearer the base; two 

 oblique ferruginous subraarginal streaks, one extending from the 

 tip to the disk, the other hindward ; submarginal points ferruginous. 

 Hind wings brown ; fringe pale yellow. Length of the body 10 

 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus CELEIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Antennae 

 pectinatae, apices versus glabrae. Abdomen attenuatum,alas posticas 

 longissime superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, compressus. Pedes 

 breviusculi, sat robusti ; tibiae fimbriatae ; calcaria quatuor longa, 

 valida. Alae anticae sat augustae, apice subrotundatae, margine 

 interiore valde excavato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis very short. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated to nearly two-thirds of the length, smooth from thence 

 to the tips. Abdomen long, tapering from the base to the tip, ex- 

 tending very far beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, com- 

 pressed. Legs rather short and stout; tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae 

 with four long stout spurs. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border straight, rather oblique; a long 

 and deep excavation on the interior border. 



Celeia plusiata. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen fuscescens, subtus jlavescente- 

 cinereum ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, lineis duabus nigris 

 obliquis angulosis, plaga basalt fuse a nigro lineata, striga lan- 

 ceolata pat Hole flava, striga exteriore punctisque subcostalibus 

 fuscis ; postica flavescente-cinerea. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Abdomen yellowish cinereous, 

 brownish above. Legs, fore wings beneath and hind wings yellowish 

 cinereous. Fore wings black-speckled, with two oblique zigzag 

 irregular black lines ; a brown patch near the base, including some 

 little angular transverse black lines and contiguous to a lanceolate 

 shining pale yellow streak, which is intersected by the fourth inferior 

 vein ; an irregular brown streak extending thence to the tip ; some 

 irregular brown subcostal points. Length of the body 1 1 lines; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



a, Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



