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GEOMETEID^.— PYEALID^. 
Gnamptopteryx perficita, TVlk. (Plate CLXX. figs. 7, 14.) 
Lucia perficita, Wll: Cat. xv. p. 1809. 
Expanse 3 inches. 
Male. The markings as in the female, but the bands of the fore wing are obscure 
purplish grey instead of whitish ; the rufous streak along the subcostal nervure is equally 
prominent ; the anal tuft is pale buff, the lateral abdominal tufts brown. 
Female. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing dark red-brown ; the last with a silvery- 
grey subbasal waved band obsolete towards costa; ante- and postmedial broad waved 
bands with red-brown lines on them ; indistinct and broken postmedial and submarginal 
series of silvery-grey lunules; numerous indistinct waved dark lines. Hind wing fuscous, 
with numerous indistinct waved dark lines ; some small patches of white scales before and 
on outer margin. 
Collix hypospilata, Guen. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 26.) 
Collix hypospilata, Guen. Phal. ii. 358, 1481. 
Male. The antennae fiattened and slightly laminate ; the abdomen long, with a large 
anal tuft of grey scales. Markings as in female. 
The males of this genus are very rare, while the females are very common. In C. hypo- 
spilata the abdomen and anal tuft are much more developed than in C. gosha, 
PYRALIDiE. 
FYUALmjE. 
Vitessa suradeva, Moore. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 21 (larva).) 
Vitessa suradeva, Moore, Lep. E, I. Co. p. 299. 
Larva. Deep purplish black ; head and anal somite yellow ; a lateral subdorsal line of 
white spots, and some other white spots disposed ventrally ; anterior legs long, thin, and 
black ; anal claspers yellow ; abdominal claspers black. 
The larva is sparsely covered with fine pale bristles and has an attenuated shrivelled 
appearance. It spins a thin web amongst the leaves of its food-plant. 
Pupa enclosed in a thin but closely woven cocoon of a reddish-fulvous colour. 
Balanotis irrorata. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 1.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Female. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, irrorated with brown scales. Fore wing 
purplish grey, thickly irrorated with red-brown scales and suffused with red-brown towards 
the apex and inside the postmedial line ; traces of two very indistinct medial lines ; a dark 
speck at end of cell ; a pale curved and dentate postmedial line ; series of cilial and ante- 
cilial dark specks. Hind wing uniform fuscous. 
