136 CATALOGUE OF 



3. PlNDICITOKA AcREONALIS. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-fusca ; alee anticce lineis duahus cinereis 

 diffusis undulatis, la media, 2a sub marginalia reniformi 

 parva cinerea ; posticee pallide cinereee. 

 Male and female. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen, hind wings 

 and under side pale cinereous. Fore wings with two more or less 

 diffuse undulating cinereous lines, one in the middle, the other sub- 

 marginal; reniform mark small, cinereous. Length of the body 

 3i__4i lines ; of the wings 9 — 12 lines. 

 Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



4. PlNDICITOEA? ANNUSALIS. 



Mas. Cinerea; palpi fusci,porrecti, apice cinerei ; antennae late 

 pectinatee ; pedes anteriores fusci ; alee anticce fusco con- 

 spersce, apice rotundatce, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi porrect, brown, cinereous towards 

 the tips ; third joint acute, not more than one -third of the length of 

 the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather long. Anterior legs 

 brown. Fore wings speckled with brown ; costa convex ; tips 

 rounded ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the inte- 

 rior border broadly fringed. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 Hues. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus 89. MELITARA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi maxil- 

 lares breves, decumbentes. Palpi labiales validi, porrecti, pilosi, 

 longiusculi, articulo 3o brevi. Antennae vix pectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans, fasciculo apicali subquadrato. Pedes 

 validi, longiusculi, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae 

 anticae angusiae, apice rotundatae. Fccm. — Antennae glabrae, gra- 

 cillimae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Maxillary palpi 

 short, declining. Labial palpi stout, porrect, pilose, as long as the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint short. Antennae hardly pectinated. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 



