EUniCAXIA. 



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Genus EURICANIA. 

 Euricania, Melich. Ati/i. Hofmus. Wien, xiii, p. 258 (1898). 



Type, E. ocellus. Walk. 



Distribution. East Palaearctic, Oriental, Malayan, and Australasian 

 Eegions. 



Head, prouotum, and mesonotum generally as in the preceding 

 genera ; face with the sublateral carinae very short ; tegmina 

 somewhat elliptical, first longitudinal vein furcate before middle, 

 second and third very short, arising from a common stem at lower 

 end of basal cell, both shortly after their emergence connected by a 

 transverse vein, transverse veins on disk enclosiag a number of 

 irregular cellular areas on basal half, two transverse lines formed 

 by transverse veins beyond middle, the innermost much angularly 

 waved; wings short, with two transverse veins a little beyond 

 middle, several of the longitudinal veins forked near apices ; 

 posterior tibise with two spines. 



1074. Euricania ocellus. Walk. (Pochazia) List Horn, ii, p. 429 

 (1851): Atkim. (Kicania) J. A. S. Ben</. Iv, p. 55 (1886), 

 part. : Melich. (Euricania) An7i. Hofmus. Wien, xiii, p. 260. 

 t. ix, f. 24 (1898). 

 riatoides facialis, Walk. List Horn. Supnl. 1858, p. 100 j 3Ielic}i. 

 (Euricania) Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xiii, p. 260 (1898). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum. and sternum piceous-black : 

 abdomen above piceous-brown, abdomen beneath and legs 



ochraceous ; lateral mar- 

 gins of face and the whole 

 of clypeus ochraceous : 

 tegmina hyaline, costal 

 area (maculately broken 

 beyond middle and near 

 apex), apical and inner 

 margins, a subapical trans- 

 verse line, a short broad 

 fascia a Kttle beyond middle 

 (only extending about half 

 across tegmen and con- 

 taining a pale hyaline 

 spot), preceded by a slightly curved linear suffusion, piceous- 

 brown ; wings hyaline, the venation and posterior margin piceous- 

 brown ; face ^ith a central carination becoming a little evanescent 

 posteriorly. 



Length excl. tegm. 5| ; exp. tegm. 20 to 22 millim. 

 Hab. Assam; Margherita (Do/if r^/). ^ikhim (fide Melichar). — 

 China {Brit. Mus.). Japan. 



Fig. 197. — Eiiricunia ocellus. 



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