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Walk, (puella, Moore, nee Drury), a pretty white and scarlet moth, 
which was also beaten out in Lady Horton’s Drive. 
It was somewhat surprising that only one Arctiid turned up, 
the handsome ermine Creatonotus gangis (inter ruptus ), Linn., which 
was, however, common; it is pinkish-grey with a longitudinal dark 
stripe, and has a crimson abdomen. One specimen was noted as 
having a strong musty smell. 
The tiny Acontiid Noctuae were sometimes thought to be Tor- 
trices, so small are they. The pinkish-grey Enispa (Micraeschus) 
oblataria, Walk., for example, is but 13 mm.—say half an inch—in 
expanse; one occurred in the hotel at Colombo, one at Kandy. 
Again the little pink, yellow-fringed E. eroceieineta, Hmpsn., might 
well he taken for a Geometrid allied to Hyria , or even for a relative 
of Pyralis costalis. Then there were the pretty little Tar ache 
tropica, Guen., of which a specimen was also met with at Peradeniya 
by day; Litliacodia (Acontia ) signifera, Walk.; Bivula simulatrix, 
Hmpsn., and the larger orange and chocolate-coloured Cosmophila 
erosa, Hiibn., a very widely distributed insect. 
The Quadrifinae that came to light were the variable Ercheia 
( Melipotis ) cyllaria, Cram., its dark hind-wings curiously marked 
with three white spots ; the patchy Chrysopera ( Achaea ) combinans, 
Walk., its purplish fore-wings bearing a pale costal patch, its hind- 
wings with yellow apices ; the huge Nyctipao macrops, Linn., for all 
the world like a large Old Maid decorated with big ocelli. Added to 
these one of the hotel servants brought me Ophideres fullonica , Linn., 
a large Yellow Underwing. 
Three Deltoids also came to light, Bhynchina angulata, Walk. 
(plusioides, Butl.), two specimens; Hypena varialis, Walk., and 
Progonia patronalis, Walk., one of each. 
Though the Lymantriids are day-flying moths the following came 
to light: Euproctis semisignata, Walk. ( citrina , Moore), a female; 
E. scintillans, Walk., a female; E. cervina, Moore, a male, and Aroa 
subnotata , Walk., a female. 
A solitary Limacod, the small speckled Narosa conspersa, Walk., 
was a marked contrast to Eupterote mollifera , Walk., a handsome 
yellow-brown moth suggestive of a glorified male Drinker; it is 
variable, the two males that came to the lights being very different 
in colouring. Then there was a white Uraniid very delicately lined 
with grey, Pseudo-micronia coelata (fraterna), Moore, suggestive of 
Ourapteryx. The Geometers at light were few and comparatively 
insignificant, perhaps the most noteworthy was Hyposidra talaca, 
Walk., a pretty purple-brown, hook-tipped moth, and the dull 
