SELEPA. By M. Gaede. 
ferrofusa. 
celtis. 
celtisella. 
aenescens. 
plumbeata. 
• hythmopis. 
geraea. 
rabdota. 
discigera. 
walkeri. 
liampsoni. 
caniceps. 
circulella 
390 
the white spot below the costal margin and again at vein 6, incurved below vein 3 to below the cell-end. then 
outward. Indistinctly white at the apex, parted by the dark submarginal fine. Hindwing greyish brown. 20 to 
24 mm. Bhutan, Singapore. 
S. ferrofusa Hmps. (37 a). Forewing pale grey, the median area broadly rusty red. more narrowly so 
at the margin. Interior line double, dark, widely excurved in the middle, then inward. White scales in the 
middle of the cell, black scales at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, widely excurved below the costal margin 
as far as vein 4, then inward as far as vein 2 and vertical to the inner margin. Submarginal line whitish, edged 
with dark brown inside. Hindwing diaphanous white. 20 mm. India and Ceylon. 
S. celtis Mr. (= curviferella Wkr.) (37 a) is easily discernible from ferrof usa by the shape of the interior 
line. Forewing greyish brown, also red-brown in the middle area. Interior line dark, outward below the costal 
margin, then vertical, outward again from the submedian fold. A spot of black scales in the middle of the cell, 
a more intense streak or spot at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, beginning at the costal margin near the 
interior line, far outward, straight, obliquely to vein 4, bent inward to the submedian fold and vertically to the 
inner margin. Submarginal line as in ferrofusa. Hindwing whitish. — The forewing may also exhibit faded black 
spots in the cell-end, below it or behind: celtisella Strd. — 20—24 mm. India, Ceylon, Philippines, Java, Queens¬ 
land. - The larva is described by Semper to be yellow with a black head. Black dorsal spots on the 5th, 10th 
and 11th segments, a red lateral line with black spots. Hair long and scanty. Cocoon spun over with excrements. 
S. aenescens Mr. (37 a). Forewing brass-coloured. Interior line obliquely outward, incurved in the cell, 
excurved in the submedian fold, introangular at vein 1. A large dark ring in the middle of the cell. Reniform 
macula white, interruptedly edged with black, white also above it. Exterior line beginning at the middle of the 
costal margin, widely excurved between the subcostal vein and the submedian fold, slightly notched, then verti¬ 
cally to the inner margin. Somewhat whitish at the apex, below it the indistinct grey submarginal line. Hind¬ 
wing dark brown. 30 mm. Sikkim. — Hampson seems to have described a different species in the Catal. Lep. 
Phal. Br. Mus. The name of aenescens hardly agrees with: “forewing lilac grey, tinged with blackish brown 
and partly with red-brown, hindwing white”. From India, Ceylon and New Guinea. 
S. plumbeata Hmps. (37 a). Forewing lilac greyish brown with a leaden lustre. Interior line blackish, 
white outside, straight, somewhat outward, extending far towards the middle. At the cross-vein an elliptical 
ring with black scales in the middle. Exterior line double, widely excurved at the costal margin, then vertical, 
slightly undulate, far outward. Submarginal line faded dark brown. Hindwing pale greyish brown. 20 mm. 
Ceylon, Burma. 
S. rhythmopis Trnr. (37 b). Forewing grey, reddish brown in the median area, except at the costal 
margin. Interior line distinctly black, straightly outward, slightly introangular at vein 1. Discernible from the 
similar ferrof usa and celtis by the shape of this line. Coniform macula faded black, the ring-macula and reniform 
macula composed of black scales. Exterior line double, shaped as in celtis. Hindwing whitish, diaphanous. 
22—24 mm. Queensland. 
S. geraea Hmps. (= demiota $ Meyr.) (37 b). Forewing brownish grey. Interior line indistinctly double, 
black, inserted at the lower cell-margin, then more incurved. A black streak at the cross-vein. Exterior line 
also double, indistinct, similar to celtis, but incurved at vein 3 near to the lower cell-angle. Submarginal line 
indistinct, brown. Hindwing brownish white. 24 mm. Described from Queensland, known also from New Guinea. 
S. rabdota Hmps. (37 b) is very different, more like striped specimens of Char, breviuscula. Forewing pale 
reddish brown. A black streak in the submedian fold to the exterior line, black scales at the inner margin. A 
black streak from the centre of the cell to the distal margin, and above it a finer streak to the apex, short streaks 
also at the other veins. Interior line pale, oblique, exterior line excurved to vein 4, blackish, then more distinctly 
inward, edged with white, both very indistinct. Hindwing diaphanous white. 24—28 mm. India, Ceylon. 
S. discigera Wkr. (= strigifera Mr.) (31 d). Forewing greyish brown, the veins darker. Submedian fold 
pale with a black streak. Interior line oblique, indistinct, outward as far as vein 1. A streak of erect scales at 
the cross-vein. Exterior line double, excurved below the costal margin, outward as far as vein 3, with black 
scales at the inner margin. Submarginal line dark brown. Hindwing brown. — The forewing may be faded 
black from the lower cell-angle to the exterior line: walkeri Strd. — or black behind the interior line as far as 
the exterior line above the cell: hampsonGS'fid. — The ground -colour may also be paler: caniceps Strd. — 22 to 
26 mm. India and Indo-China, Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, Queensland. - - The larva is brownish ochreous, the 
dorsum with erect long hair with a broad tip on the anterior and posterior segments, lateral hair white. A black, 
green-spotted median band from the 5th to 10th segments, black dorsal spots from the 5th to 11th segments. 
S. circulella Wkr. (= demiota $ Meyr.) (37 b). As Meyrick has united the $ of this species with the 
k of geraea, we may conclude them to be similar, though the figures do not show this resemblance. $ pale reddish 
