368 



tfOCTTJID^E. 



2196. Ariola ccelisigna, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 



8. no. 1789. 



Fig. 201. — Ariola coelisigna, $ , 



Head and thorax pale green ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Fore wiug 

 bright green, with a curved sil- 

 very- white fascia from the base 

 to apex ; the outer margin pink, 

 with black marginal marks and 

 line. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hah. Ceylon; Borneo. Exp. 

 22 millim. 



Genus NOLASENA. 

 Nolasena, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 981 (1857). 



Type, N. ferrifervens, Wlk. 



Range. Ceylon ; Burma. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above, the 3rd 

 acute at apex ; antennae minutely ciliated. Pore wing with the 

 apex slightly acute ; veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the 

 areole. 



2197. Nolasena ferrifervens, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 982 ; C. <f 8. no. 2924. 



Chestnut- or grey-brown. Fore wing with two parallel oblique 

 antemedial scarlet lines, with a silvery 

 band between them ; a waved post- 

 iJk yS medial oblique scarlet line, with black 



outer edge and a silvery band beyond it ; 

 some white specks on costa towards 

 apex ; a marginal series of black and 

 red specks. 



The Burmese form is much darker 

 than the Ceylon one, with the scarlet lines narrower. _ 

 Hah. Ceylon ; Bangoon. Exp. 24 millim. 



Fig. 202. 

 Nolasena ferrifervens, $ . 



Genus PLOTHEIA. 



Plotheia, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1108 (1857). 



Eo-elesta, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1747 (1858). 



Galleriomorpha, Feld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vi, p. 37, note (1862). 



Othora, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 902 (1865). 



Selepa, Moore, Lep. E.I. C. p. 353 (1858). 



Type, P. decrescens, Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; throughout Continental India ; Ceylon ; Java. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint upturned, 

 the 3rd porrect and long, the frontal tuft long ; antennae heavily 

 ciliated in male ; thorax and abdomen without tufts ; fore tibiae 

 heavily tufted w T ith hair. Pore wing with the outer margin some- 



