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POECILONOLA; PISARA; CELAMA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
mesosticta. 
seminigra. 
plagiola. 
opalina. 
tumulifera. 
argentea. 
fasciata. 
rufomixta. 
duplicilinea 
mesoiherma. 
N. mesosticta limps. (13 i). Grey, suffused with white. Forewing with brownish spot at base of costa, 
a dark patch of raised scales in the middle of the cell, whence the antemedian line, angled helow the cell, 
goes to the inner margin. In the middle of the costa a dark triangle, and at the inner margin dark fine 
scales; terminal area shaded with brown-grey. Hindwings whitish, shaded dark brown distally. From Sikkim 
to Ceylon and the Sunda Islands. 
9. Genus: Poecilonola. 
This Genus which, with the exception of one species found also in Cashmere, is exclusively Indian, 
has been abready described in Vol. 2, p. 49, (where it is erroneously named ’Poecinola‘). 
P. seminigra limps. (13f) from Bhotan has head, thorax and base of hindwings* delicately bluish sil- 
very-white, the outer half of forewings, anal segment of abdomen and hindwings dark brown. Before the 
middle of the costa a brown triangle. 
P. plagiola limps, lias only head and thorax and hardly V 3 of the forewing (at base) white, the rest 
of the forewing is shaded with red- and dark brown. Hindwings almost completely white, only at the margin 
faintly brown. From Ceylon. 
10. Genus: Pisara Wkr. 
Was based on a minute silvery-grey form from Farther India and Sarawak, in which on the forewing 
vein 3 arises together with 4 with a short common stalk from the lower angle of the cell. 
P. opalina Wkr. (= canioralis Wkr., basimicans limps). Silver-grey, slightly opalescent; forewings 
delicately marked with glossy irregular transverse bands and ocbreous tufts of scales. Hindwings grey, with 
faintly brown marginal area. 24 mm. From Burma and Borneo. 
11. Genus: Celama Wkr. 
This, the most numerous genus of the subfamily, comprises about 70 forms, 20 of which have been 
enumerated in Vol. 2 as occurring within the Palaearctic Region. (Only a few are known from America, still 
fewer from Africa, while by far the greater majority are limited to Indo-Australia. About the general charac¬ 
teristics and further subdivisions of the genus cf. Vol. 2, p. 47. 
a. Subgenus Celama. 
Antennae of cf pectinate. Anal angle of hindwing normally rounded. 
N. tumulifera limps. (13 g), a small, dark slaty-grey butterfly, forewing at base scaled with brown, 
a curved postmedian band of dots, some indistinct spots at the costa and yellowish fringes. From Ceylon 
and the Island of Sangir. 
C. argentea Luc,. (131). Silvery white with faint markings; the postmedian punctate band distinct, 
though delicate, otherwise plain. From Brisbane in Queensland. 
C. fasciata Wkr. (= nigrifascia limps., platygona Low.) (13 g) resembles the preceding, but the ?? are 
much larger, the markings more distinct and slightly increased. The postmedian punctate row is enclosed within a 
dark shadowy band, along the costa are a few small spots. Ranges from the Himalayas to Ceylon and through¬ 
out the Malay Archipelago to Queensland. Larva on Lantana camara. 
C. rufomixta limps. (13 i). White, forewings thinly sprinkled with black at base and before the post¬ 
median line. Some fulvous spots on costa, before and behind middle. Antemedian lines white, margined with 
fulvous proximally, with black distally. An indefinite wavy line from the lower angle of cell to the inner margin. 
Hindwings white, marginal area shaded brown; costal region scaled with brown underneath. 18 mm. Ceylon. 
C. duplicilinea Hmps. (13 a) equals in size the preceding species, but has the wings rather dirty than 
silvery white, finely sprinkled with dark brown; before the margin a chain of striae; a double row of dots 
marking the limits of the outer third. Abdomen brown, hindwings ochreous. From Sikkim, at an altitude 
of 7000 ft. 
C. mesotherma limps. (13i) is, like most Singhalese species, a small form, 14 mm. White; forewings 
sprinkled with brown; near the base a. black costal spot; antemedian line brown, edged with white proximally, 
angled outwards below the costa, then oblique. Median area suffused with fulvous; tufts of scales with brownish 
