138 EUPROCTIS. By Dr. E. Strand. 



b^o^vn, distally with an irregular row of brown spots bearing silvery scales; this row is interrupted between 

 rows 5 and 6 and does not extend beyond 7. Hindwing ochreous white. 24 mm. 



Susanna. E. susanna Slgr. (21 i), from Palestine and Arabia, is pale ochreous, forewing with two curved 



orange transverse lines, between which there are large black scales irregularly distributed and before the outer 

 margin there is a transverse row of such black scales ; the inner one of the two transverse lines is placed at one- 

 fourth the length of the wing, is slightly excurved and somewhat obsolescent in the middle, the outer 

 one. slightly curved like the figure 6 is at two-thirds. Hindwing unicolorous, in the ^ brighter ochreous 

 than in the $, and the same is the case on the underside, which is without markings. 18 to 35 (usually 22 

 to 26) mm. 



charman- E. charmatitititi Vuill. (21 i). Forewing and all fringes golden yellow; hindwing yellowish brown, 



''"''• sometimes with a slight lead-coloured tinge. Beneath, both wings are yellowish black with yellow margin. 

 Body and legs likewise yellow. 24 mm. Southern Algeria; one (^ caught in June by Dr. Seitz in Egy])t ; 

 in this specimen the hindwing appears rather lighter than the forewing, especially on the upper side, in- 

 stead of the other way about (see the figure in Nov. Lepid. pi. II, fig. 2), but notliing is to be seen of dark 

 transverse bands in the abdomen which are visible in the figure, but not mentioned in the text. 



karghalica. E. karghallca Moore (= flavosulphurea Gr.-Grsh.) (21 i). Forewing white with a yellowish tinge and 



greyish white scales. Discocellular spot large, ochreous, ring-shaped, a row of small sublimbal spots of the 

 same colour, which is usually broadly interrupted in the centre. Hindwing white. Abdomen of <J golden 

 yellow, of $ grey with black rings and golden yellow anal wool. Underside white, costa fo forewing dark 

 brown in ^. Central-Asia, Amur. 



(itomarla. E. atomarla Walk. (= apicalis Walk.) (21 h) is distinguished from bipunctapex by the deeper reddish 



brown colour, narrower yellow band on the forewing, and the hindwing only having a yellow marginal fine, 

 instead of a band. (^ 28 to 30, 9 38 mm. Larva olive-green, with sparse fine hairs, reddish dorsal band and 

 black warts on segments 4, 5 and 11. Distributed from Kashmir over the whole of anterior India to Ceylon. 



laden. E. lactea Moore, from Eastern Turkestan, is uniformly white with a yellowish tinge. Abdomen 



with yellow apex. Underside paler, costal margin of forewing and palpi ochreous brown. Antennae light ochreous 

 brown with white shaft. Foretibiae with ochreous brown tuft of hair. 32 mm. 



himaculata. E. bimaculata Walk. (21 h). White, with very large angulate black rounded discocellular spot, $ with 



lutescens. golden orange anal tuft. ^ 38, $ 50 mm, but varies not a little, ab. lutescens Walk, has the head, thorax and 



bigutla. forewing slightly ochreous; bigutta Walk, is slightly smaller than true bimaculata with smaller discocellular 



spot. West and Eastern China (Shanghai); also widely distributed in India and, if celsa Walk, is not a different 



species, also in the Philippines. 



digramnia. E. dlgramiTiaGwer. (21 h). Light orange-yellow, abdomen suffused with a darker tone, anal wool orange; 



forewing with ante- and postmedian elbowed light transverse lines, the interspace dusted with dark, especially 



Knimaciihi. towards the inner margin; two subapical sharply marked black spots. Hindwing lighter. unimacula Moore 

 has only one subapical spot on the forewing, and the abdomen is slightly more brownish. — ^^'idely distri- 

 buted and common in China and India; also known from Java. 



inconspi- E. iiiconspicua Leech (23 b), $, from West China, is ochreous; anal wool golden brown, discocellular 



"""' spot obsolescent , an obsolescent transverse stripe of golden brown scales from the middle of the inner margin to 

 the median vein. Hindwing white with ochreous hairs at the inner margin. Underside dull white without mark- 

 ings. 9 46 mm. 



unipuncta. E. utiiputicta Leech (23 b), from West China, has light yellow forewing with indications of a darker 



median band, which are only distinct towards the inner margin, and with a subapical dark spot. LTnder- 

 side white, also the entire hindwing. Abdomen suffused with dark ; anal tuft of $ dark, of ^ orange. (^ 30 to 

 33, 9 44 to 46 mm. 



endoplagia. E. endoplagia Hamps. (23 b). Forewing light ochreous with an obsolescent dark smear in the inner 



marginal area shortly beyond the centre. Hindwing lighter. (J 23 mm, 9 29 mm. In the 9 the dark spot is only 

 slightly indicated. West and Central China. 



Tpaujxrata. E. pauperata Leech. ^•. Forewing pale leather-yellow with a dark smear in the inner marginal area 



before the centre. Hindwing hghter. Underside as above, but with blackened costal area of forewing. 9 

 diaphanous dull white, forewing suffused with ochreous gi"ey. (J 31 to 35 mm, 9 40 to 44 mm. West China. 



rccuri'dia. E. recurvata Letch (23 c). Forewing yellow, basal area darker bounded by a lighter elbowed hne; 



beyond the centre of the wing there is a dark recurved transverse band, ^hich is interrupted by the veins 

 and bounded by a light hne on the inner side. Hindwing lighter. Underside light ochreous. 26 to 32 mm. 

 North and Central China. 



