ENISPA, 4 7 



5042. Euispa croceicincta. 



Chrysocraspeda cr i, Empsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 652, 



pi. 0. f. 22(1903). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purple-red, the vertex of 

 head and shaft of antennae towards base pure white; pectus, li-u r ~, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the legs partly suffused 

 with brown. Pore wing deep purple-red with slight silvery irro- 

 ration ; traces of a curved dark antemedial line and a more distinct 

 postmedial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and 

 elightly waved, each with small white mark on costa; some slight 

 orange points on apical part of costa ; cilia deep orange. Hind 

 wing deep purple- red with slight silvery irroration ; traces of a dark 

 postmedial line excurved at middle ; cilia deep orange ; underside of 

 both win^s greyish fuscous. 



$> . Fore wing without the white marks on costa at ante- and 

 postmedial lines. 



Ha/>. Cbilon, Kandy (Mad- wood, Pole), 2 3 type, Maskeliya 

 (Pole), 1 ?. Exp. 3 16, $ 20 millim. 



Sii r. V. Fore wing with t lie costa somewhat truncate towards apex, the terniert 

 excised below apex and excurved at middle, vein 7 from 8 beyond 10 ; 

 hind wing with the termen evenly curved. 



5043. Enispa plutonis. 



Thal'pochares ptutonis, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. S<>e. Queensl. i. p. 7 (1891 1. 

 MicrcBSChus pyrrhantha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 31 (April). 

 MicrcBSchus diacaustus, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. \V. xxvii. p. 11"> (Aug. 

 L902). 



6 • Head and thorax fiery red ; abdomen yellowish suffused with 

 fiery red, the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing fiery red. the 

 costal edge blackish to bevond middle; antemedial line represented 



Fig. 22. Enispa plutonis, <$ . \. 



by an inwardly oblique yellow striga from costa and some dark 

 scales towards inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line with oblique yellow striga from costa to vein 6 

 where it is bent outwards, then indistinct, dark, minutely waved, 

 incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1 ; some slight dark 

 stria" on termen ; cilia yellowish with black pit '-lies at tips at apex 

 and middle. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fiery red ; a ter- 

 minal series of slight red stria' ; cilia yellowish at base, red at tips ; 

 the underside yellowish tinged with red and irrorated with brown. 



