98 



ABCTIIDJE. 



1400. 



Gam&inia latana, Wlk. Cat. xxviii, p. 427 : Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 

 ii, pi. 103, fig. 2 ; C.$ S. no. 736. 



Head and thorax white ; abdomen yellowish white. Fore 

 w T ing white, with a purplish-brown 

 subbasal blotch from the subcostal 

 nervure to inner margin ; a sub- 

 marginal band broad at costa and 

 centre. Hind wing white ; the 

 apex suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Ceylon. Exp., $ 16 

 19 millim. 



2 



Genus PADENIA. 

 Padenia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 58 (1882). 



Type, P. transversa, Wlk. 



Range. Ganjam ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; Sumatra. 



Palpi porrect, reaching beyond the frons. Antennas minutely 

 ciliated in both sexes ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing 

 with the costa highly arched : male with veins 3 and 4 from 

 far before end of cell; 5 and 6 absent; 7, 8, 9 stalked: female 

 with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4 and 5 stalked ; 6 absent. 

 Hind wing of male excised at apex, with a fringe of long hair on 

 apical portion of costa ; vein 6 absent : female with veins 3 and 4 

 stalked ; 5 from angle of cell ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 from near end 

 of cell. Pore wing of male with a strong costal fold ; female with 

 a slight fold. 



1401. Padenia transversa, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 544 j Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, 

 pi. 103, fig. 1 ; C.Sf S. no. 641. 

 Lithosia bifasciata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 106, fig. 11. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white, suffused, with 

 fuscous. Pore wing yellowish white, with ante- and postmedial 

 slightly angled fuscous bands. Hind wing yellowish white, with a 

 slight fuscous tinge. 



Pig. 61. — Padenia transversa, $ . \. 



Nilgiri specimens have the bands broader than in the Ceylon 

 form ; in the Sumatran form the colour is pure white, the bands 

 with a coppery tinge. 



Hah. Ganjam ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; Sumatra. Exp. 

 20 millim. 



