CHALIA. — MAHASENA. 301 



Genus CHALIA. 

 Chalia, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, p. 345 (1877). 



Type, C. doubledayi, Westw. 



Range. Ceylon. 



$ . Antennae with the branches decreasing to tip. Fore tibia 

 with a very long spine. Wings broad and rounded ; fore wing 

 with 12 veins ; hind wing with veins 5 and 8 absent ; veinlets in 

 cell single. 



643. Chalia doubledayi, Westw. P. Z. 8. 1854, p. 235 ; C. # 8. no. 495; 

 Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 118, figs. 5, 5« (larva-case). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen covered with grey pile. Wings 

 perfectly hyaline. 



Larva-case formed of longitudinally arranged twigs. 

 Hah. Colombo, Ceylon. Exp. 20 millim. 



Fig. 205. 

 1. Chalia doubledayi. 2. Pteroxys goniatus. 3. Mahasena hocking i. 



Genus MAHASENA. 

 Mahasena, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 601. 



Type, M. andamana, Moore. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas ; Andamans. 



S • Antennae with the branches decreasing to tip. Fore tibia 

 with a very long spine. Wings longer than in Chalia • fore wing 

 with 12 veins ; hind wing with 8 veins ; the veinlets in the cell 

 forked. 



644. Mahasena andamana, Moore, P. z. S. 1877, p. 602, pi. 59, fig. 4 ; 

 C. fy S. no. 496. 



S . Antennae and legs brownish fuscous ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen deep fuscous. Wings smoky brown, deep fuscous 

 towards base ; hind wiDg with veins 4 and 5 from cell ; the fork of 

 veinlets in the cell of both wings long. 

 Hab. Andamans. Exp. 26 millim. 



