898 CATALOGUE OF 



marginata, linea svbmarginali denticulata pallide cinerea, 

 lituris submarginalibus rufescentibus, reniformi magna nigri- 

 cante marginata strigam nigricantem pitnctumque album 

 includente ; posticoe cinerea, semihyalince, fusco latissime 

 marginata. 



Female. Cinereous, mostly whitish beneath. Second joint 

 of the palpi white beneath, very slightly ascending, and thus hardly 

 forming an angle with the third. Abdomen with brown curved 

 marks on each side, extending for full one-third of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings shkded here and there with pale 

 brown ; a black dot at the base and a black almost straight slightly 

 oblique interior line ; exterior line pale cinereous, much bent out- 

 ward, with a slight interior blackish border; submarginal line pale 

 cinereous, denticulated, accompanied by some reddish marks ; mar- 

 ginal lunules brown ; reniform mark large, blackish-bordered, 

 irregularly round, containing a blackish streak and a white point. 

 Hind wings cinereous, semibyaline, with a very broad brown border; 

 fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus DIOMEA, C. L. H. xiii. 1109. 



DlOMEA MUSCOSA. 



Mas. Viridis ; palpi longi, graciles, articulo So 2o non breviore ; 

 thorax fuscvs, antice viridis ; alee antiea fusco conspersce, 

 spalio exteriore lineis denticulatis e atomis viridibus ; posticce 

 rufescente-cinerece. Fcem.? — Alee anticce ulivaceo-virides, 

 nigro conspersce, lineis dmticulalis nigris, fascia media stri- 

 gaque lata obliqua apud marginem inleriorem nigricantibus. 



Male. Grass-green. Palpi long, slender ; third joint as long 

 as the second. Abdomen, hind wings and under side reddish 

 cinereous. Thorax mostly brown, green in front. Fore wings 

 speckled with brown ; exterior part mostly brown, with green 

 speckles, which form irregular denticulated lines ; reniform mark 

 dark brown, indistinct. Female P — Thorax and fore wings olive- 

 green, speckled with black. Fore wings darker towards the exterior 

 border, with black denticulated lines, with a blackish band between 

 the interior and exterior lines, and with a broad oblique blackish 



