298 psychid^:. 



Subgenus MAN ATS A. 

 Manatha, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, p. 346 (1877). 



Type, M. albipes, Moore. 



Range. Ceylon. 



3 . Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing, 4 and 5 and 

 8 and 9 stalked; vein 6 from near upper angle of cell. Hind 

 wing with vein 6 present ; a bar between veins 7 and 8. 



In the subgenus Megalophanes, Heyl., type viciella, Den. and 

 Schiff., vein 6 of the fore wing arises from near the lower angle of 

 cell. 



633. Psyche (Manatha) albipes, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, p. 347 ; 



id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 118, figs. 4, 4 a (larva-case) ; C. fy 8. no. 493. 



c? . Uniform dark brown ; the tarsi pure white. 

 Larva-case covered with comminuted vegetable matter. 

 Hob. Colombo, Ceylon. Exp. 20 millim. 



Subgenus HEYLAERTSIA, nov. 



Type, H. griseata, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



S . Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing ; vein 6 present, 

 8 and 9 stalked ; a forked veinlet in cell. Hind wing with vein 6 

 absent ; a bar between veins 7 and 8 ; veinlet in cell single. 



634. Psyche (Heylaertsia) griseata, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix,ined., pi. 159, 



fig. 13. 



<3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Fore wing dark 

 brown, with a bluish-grey patch powdered with brown scales 

 between the lower angle of the cell and outer angle. Hind wing 

 blue-grey, powdered with brown scales ; the apex and cilia brown. 



Hab. Pundaloya, Ceylon. Exp. 26 millim. 



635. Psyche (Heylaertsia) fusca, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 159, 

 fig. 14, pi. 176, fig. 16 (larva-case). 



<$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings uniform dark brown. 

 Larva-case rather short and formed of short pieces of stick 

 arranged transversely in a quadrangle. 



Hab. Hewahetta, Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



636. Psyche (Heylaertsia) nudilineata, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., 

 pi. 159, fig. 4. 



J . Head, thorax, arid abdomen dark brown. Fore wing pale 

 brown, with three indistinct oblique bands, devoid of scales — medial, 



