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broad towards the costa, where it encloses a large square black 

 space, cilia as above. 



Expanse of wings 2^^ inches. 

 a. Philippines (type). 



The fore-wings of this insect are narrow, and it has a very close 

 superficial resemblance to Milionia cya7teifera (Walker). 



755. Eusemia lectrix. 



Phalana noctua lectrix. Linn. : Mus. Lud. Ulr., 389 (1764). 



Syst. Nat, i. ii. 834. 89 (1767). 



Edw. : Aves, pi. 318 (1750). 



Houttuyn: Hist. Nat., i. xi. p. 598, pi. 92, f. 5 



(1766). 

 Bovibyx lectrix. Fabr. : Sp. Ins., ii. 201. 132 (1781). 



Mant. Ins., ii. 130. 185 (1787). 



Ent. Syst., iii. i. 475. 212 (1793). 



Phalcena {Bomhyx) lectrix. Gmel. : ed. Syst. Nat., i. 5. 2442. 89 (1788). 



Cramer: Pap. Exot, ii. 146, pi. 192, f. C 



(1779)- 



Don. : Ins. China, pi. 43, f. 2 (1798). 



Eusemia lectrix. Duncan : Nat. Libr., xxxvii. Exot. Moths, 86, pi. 2 

 (1841). 



Walker : i. 47 (1854). 



Boisd. : Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1874, p. 84. 



: Butler : Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 118 (1875). 



a. China (4). 



756. Eusemia contracta. 



Eusemia contracta. Butler: Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



Swinhoe : P. Z. S., Lend., 1885, p. 292. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 58. 31 S 



(1887). 



Hampson : 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., viii. 3. 55 



(1891). 



Type. India, in B. M. 

 a. Bombay. 



757. Eusemia bellatrix. 



Eusemia bellatrix. Westw. : Cab. Or. Ent., p. 67, pi. 33, f. 2 (1848). 



Walker : i. 46 (1854). 



— — — Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii. p. 288 (1859). 



Butler: Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



— Cotes and Swinh.: Cat. Moths of India, ii, 58. 315 



(1887). 

 Etisemia adiilatrix. Kollar : Kasch. von Hiig., iv. p. 464, pi. 20, f. r 



(1848). 

 Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii. p. 288 (1859). 



Boisd.: Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1874, p. 85. 



Butler: Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 57. 308 



(1887). 

 Swinhoe: Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1889, p. 174. 



