774 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, like E. thalassina in structure. Head and pro- 

 ihorax mottled with brown. Head with a brown streak on each side 

 between the eye and the hind border. Abdomen luleous. Hind femora 

 with two blackish bands, which are most conspicuous on the inner side. 

 Hind tibiae and hind tarsi whitish, the former with a brownish antemedial 

 band. P'ore wings cinereous, with some black dots near the base, with 

 others rear the lips, and wiih three intermediate irregular black bands. 

 Hind wings brown, pellucid and wiih pale yellow veins towards ihe base. 

 Length of the body 7^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 15 Hues. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



16. Epacromia varia. 



Mas. Fulva; caput nigra quadrivit latum, fastigio subhexagonali, sulcis 

 laleralibus lanceolaiis, fronle nigricanle notata ; antenncc apices versus 

 nigrte, capita et prothorace ad unum longiores ; prolhorux sublri- 

 carinalits, nigra quadriplagiatus, margine pnslico subangulato nigra 

 quudrigutlulo ; femora poslica nigra bifasciata, subtus rufa; tibiee 

 posticcB rufce, basi Jlavo unifascialcB ; al(E anlicce obscure fuscce, 

 diaphano guttata, dimidio apicaU diaphano fusco-plagialo, slriga 

 coslati diaphana fusco triguilala ; alee postica dia]ihan(e, basi Jla- 

 vescentes, apice fuscce. Fcem. — Major, liluris minus dclerminalis. 



Male. Tawny. Head on each side with two black stripes between 

 the eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex flat, suhhexagonal, its 

 breadth exceeding its length ; lateral furrows lanceolate; front erect, with 

 some blackish marks; keels slight, diverging; inner keels continued to the 

 tip of the vertex. Antennae filiform, longer than the head and the thorax 

 together, black towards the tips. Prolhorax with a distinct middle keel, and 

 with two very slight lateral keels which diverge slightly towards the hind 

 border and disappear towards the fore border ; two black patches on each 

 side, the inner patches more elongated than ihe outer; hind border slightly 

 angular, with two black dots on each side. Pectus with a large irregular 

 black ringlet. Abdomen testaceous, shorter than the hind femora, brownish 

 towards the base. Hind femora with two irregular black bands; under 

 side red. Hind tibiae red ; a pale yellow band near the base, which is 

 black. Fore wings dark brown, pellucid, with some dark brown patches 

 beyond the middle; an irregular pellucid costal streak including three dark 

 brown dots; a few small pellucid dots in the brown part before the middle. 

 Hind wings pellucid, brown at the tips, tinged with yellow towards the base; 

 veins black, yellow at the base and along the interior border. Length of 

 the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



Female. Markings of the head and of the prothorax less defined than 

 those of the male. Abdomen a little longer than the hind femora. Hind 

 tibiae hardly banded with yellow at the base. Fore wings with pale brown 

 spots and dots in the exterior part and with pale brown dots in the costal 

 streak. Length of the body 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 26 

 lines. 



o. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 6. Anioy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



