54 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



pale brown marginal band tinged with crimson at tlie anal end. Body, palpi, and 

 legs yellow ; palpi tinged with pale crimson at the side ; legs with pale crimson bands. 

 Expanse | to 1 inch. 



Genus EUBLEMMA. 



Eublemma, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 256 (1818-25). 

 Porphyrinia (part), Hiibuer. 

 AnihirpMla (part), et Micra (part), Guenee. 

 lltalpochares (part), LeJerer. 



Wings shorter and broader than in typical Anthophila : forewing more triangular 

 in form : hindwing shorter and more convex externally ; venation similar. Palpi 

 somewhat stouter, less fusiform in shape, broader laterally at the base, and clothed 

 with longer scales beneath, tip shorter and more obtuse. 



Tyyey E. Amoena. 



EUBLEMMA AMABILIS (Plate 150, Fig. 12). 



"White : forewing with a broad discal pale pinkish-violet band, the inner border 

 of the band being darkest and indented to the end of the cell, the outer border being 

 also darker and angled outward at the middle median vein, upper radial, and at the 

 costal end ; the entire angulated outer border is also bordered by a prominent white 

 Hne, which is slightly speckled with black scales ; the marginal border of the wing 

 and the cilia is sufiused with pale pinkish-violet : hindwing with a similar pinkish- 

 violet discal band, which is waved and angular only towards the lower end, the outer 

 border line is also pale pink and distinctly speckled with black scales along its entire 

 length ; the outer border of the wing and the cilia is also suffused with pale pinkish- 

 violet. Body, palpi, and legs white. 



Expanse to inch. 



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 Genus PARACRAMA. 



Forewing short, broad, rectangular; exterior margin almost erect, posterior 

 margin convex towards the base ; cell disposed towards middle of the wing, and 

 extending somewhat more than half the length ; first subcostal emitted about two- 

 thirds before end of the cell, second at one-fifth, trifid, fifth from end of the cell and 

 joined by a short spur to the third near its base; discocellular outwardly obhque, 

 bent near the ends, radials from the angles ; middle median from angle close to end 

 of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submedian sHghtly curved at the base : 

 hindwing short, apex convex, exterior margin slightly angular in the middle ; cell 

 extending half the length ; two subcostals from end of the ceU ; discocellular bent 

 in the middle, radial from lower end ; two upper medians from extreme end of the 



