p:LCuiio.\iiA. 299 



tufts of black hair on 2nd and 3rd and last two somites, and short 

 dense medial dorsal tufts. Food-plant, Oonvolvulacew. 

 Cocoon thickly clothed with pale hair. 



657. Euchromia niathewi. 



Euckromia mathewi. Bull. Tr.uis. Eut. Sue. 1888, p. Ill, pi. 4. f. 3 ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 119. 



S . Black ; frous, a line behind eyes, spots on shoulders, and 

 patches on sides of thorax and coxte white ; vertex of head and 

 patagia shot with blue ; teguhc crimsou ; abdomen with the 1st 

 segment yellowish white, the next two and terminal segments 

 banded with blue ; the two medial above and three on ventral 

 surface with crimson bands. Fore wing with patches of metallic 

 bhic at base, in cell, and on discocellulars ; an elongate hyaline spot 

 below base of cell, a spot at middle of cell and patch below middle; 

 an elongate spot above vein and three spots between veins 2 and 5. 

 Hind wing with hyaline patch in base of cell ; a patch below the cell 

 separate from the patch beyond the cell between veins 2 and 7. 



$ with the coxa3 blue ; hind wing with the hyaline patch below 

 the cell confluent with the patch beyond it. 



Hah. SoLOMOJf Islands {Mathew), 26 , 1 ? , type. Exp., S 38, 

 5 44 millim. 



658. Euchromia cenone. 



Enchromia cenone. But]. Journ. Linn. See, Zool. xii. p. 365 (1876) ; id. 

 Trans. Ent. See. 1888, p. Ill, pi. 4. f. 2; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 119. 



S . Black ; frons and patches on sides of thorax and coxaj white ; 

 vertex of head and patagia metallic blue ; teguloB crimson ; shoulders 

 orange-yellow ; abdomen with the 1st segment orange, the two 

 next and three terminal segments with blue dorsal bands, the 2nd 

 segment with lateral orange patch, the 4th and 5th with crimson 

 bands ; crimson ventral bands on three medial segments. .Fore wing 

 with metallic blue at base and on discocellulars : an elongate hyaline 

 spot below base of cell ; a spot in middle of cell and patch below it ; 

 an elongate spot above vein G and two spots between veins 3 and 5. 

 Hind wing with hyaline patches in and below base of cell and on 

 inner area, and a maculate oblique band beyond the cell between 

 veins 2 and 7 ; a blue patch on discocellulars. 

 2 . Coxa3 blue. 



Ab. 1. With the hyaline spots on fore wing below cell, in cell, 

 and above vein 6 yellowish. 



Hah. Solomons (H.3I.S. ' Herald '), type, Alu, Malayta, Sta. Anna, 

 Uuadalcanar (Woodford). Exjp. 50 millim. 



65U. Euchromia gemmata. (Plate XI. fig. 17.) 



Euchromia gemmata, Butl. A. M. N. li. (5) xix. p. 210 (1887); Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. p. 119. 



$ . Black ; frons and a line behind the eyes white ; vertex of 

 head metallic blue ; tegulre crimson ; base of patagia yellowish 



