322 CALLIDULIDvE. 



Family CALLIDULIDtE. 



A family of day-flying moths of medium size. Antennae simple, 

 the palpi long, with the third joint well developed. Mid tibia 

 with one pair of long spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Hind wing 

 with two internal veins ; 3, 4, 5 arising close together ; the cell 

 open ; 6 aud 7 arising not far from the base of the wing ; 8 bent 

 down and nearly touching 7 near origin of 6 ; a minute precostal 

 spur. 



Larva unknown. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Frenulum absent 1. Cleosiris, p. 322. 



b. Frenulum present but minute ; the retina- 



culum arising from below the median 

 nervure of fore wing. 

 a'. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 

 male with a patch of raised scales below 



the costa of hind wing 2. Calliduxa, p. 323. 



b'. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 arising from 



an areole 3. Pterodecta, p. 324. 



c. Frenulum long ; male with the retinaculum 



from the subcostal nervure of fore wing : 

 vein 6 from the middle of discocellulars ; 

 7 and 8 from close to angle of cell 4. Herimba, p. 325. 



Genus CLEOSIRIS. 



Tetragonus, Geyer, Hiibn. Zutr. 4, p. 17 (1832), nom. prseocc. 

 Cleosiris, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. i, pi. 23, fig. 3 (1836). 



Type, C. catamita, Hiibn. 



Range. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Penang; Java; 

 Borneo. 



Frenulum absent. Palpi with the third joint long and obliquely 

 porrect. Fore wing with vein 1 b forked at the base ; veins 8 and 

 9 stalked, the apex acute. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 arising 

 very near the base ; outer margin angled at vein 4. 



690. Cleosiris catamita,, -Geyer, Hiibn. Zutr. pi. iv, p. 17; C.8fS. 

 no. 482 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 99, figs. 4, 4 a. 

 Cleosiris major, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 15 ; C. $ & no. 483. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark yellowish red-brown. Fore 

 wing yellowish red-brown; traces of fulvous postmedial spots. 

 Hind wing uniform red-brown. Underside : the ground-colour 

 yellowish, greenish, or brownish, with numerous dark strise ; fore 

 wing with three grey spots tinged with rufous in the cell, near 



