222 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xxii, p. 609 (1861) 

 Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, iii, p. 320 (1895). 



This genus is easily recognised by its very long simple antenuc^e, 

 very long and slender legs, with the hind femora and tibise of 

 the male set with bristles, and its very long tarsi. The wings 

 are rounded, and red or yellow ; and most of the described 

 forms are probably only colour-varieties of one species. 



EUMELEA ROSALIA. 

 (Plate CXLVIL, Fig. 4.) 



Geometra rosah'a, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 368, fig. F 



(1781). 

 Ametris putiicearia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 303, 



no. 2924 (1822 ?). 

 Eumelea rosalia, Duncan, in Jardine's Nat. Libr. Exot. Moths, 



p. 215, pi. 29, fig. 4 (1841); Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. 



Moths, iii. p. 320, fig. 155 (1895). 

 Eumelea rosaliata, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Uran. et Phal. 



p. 392 (1857). 



This moth, and its numerous varieties or sub-species, is 

 found throughout the Indo-Malayan region. They expand 

 from two inches to two inches and a quarter ; and the wings 

 are rose-coloured, more or less blotched and mottled with 

 yellow, sometimes one colour predominating, and sometimes 

 the other. 



FAMILY EPHYRID^. 



These are rather small Moths, with the antennae of the male 

 pectinated for three-fourths of their length ; and with long legs, 

 the hind tibiae being armed with one pair of spurs. The wings, 

 which are extended in repose, are generally greenish, white, or 

 pale reddish, with an ocellated spot in the centre of each. 



