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5262. Eublemma reticulata. (Plate CLTV. fig. 4.) 



Euhlrmma reticulata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 516 (1896). 



2 • Head and teguloe reddish brown mixed wit h some grey ; thorax 

 grey suffused with purple ; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown 

 and fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish 

 grey, the medial area purplish red-brown suffused with black 

 Inwards eosta; antemedial lino straight, brown defined on inner side 

 by grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; a rather 

 diffused black discoidal spot; postmedial line grey- white, very 

 oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, some pale 

 points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa ; 

 a subterminal series of small black spots, the spots towards costa 

 placed on a white apical patch emitting a dentate mark to post- 

 medial line above vein 6 ; cilia purplish red-brown. Hind wing 

 with the basal area greyish, the medial area purplish red-brown, 

 tlie terminal area paler red-brown suffused with purplish grey ; an 

 indistinct blackish medial line on inner area ; a slight grey post- 

 medial line excurved at middle ; a subterminal series of minute 

 black points; cilia purplish red-brown; the underside pale grey 

 tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown. 



Hah. Cexxon, Puttalam (Pole), 1 § type, Uva (Alston), 1 $ . 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



5263. Eublemma rubra. (Plate CLIV. fig. 5.) 



Eublemma rubra, Ilmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 207 (1902). 



Head and tegulae pale rufous ; thorax and abdomen white 

 suffused with rufous, the latter with white segmental lines ; pectus 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing rufous mixed 

 with some ochreous, the costal area white irrorated with rufous, tho 

 costal edge bright rufous; antemedial line white, oblique from costa 

 to subcostal nervure, tben inwardly oblique ; a white discoidal 

 Btriga with slight oblique rufous striga above it from costa; post- 

 medial line white, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique and slightly sinuous, white streaks beyond it above 

 and below vein 6 to the subterminal series of small black s; 

 which are defined by white towards costa and slightly excurved at 

 middle; an oblique white streak from apex; cilia with a fine 

 white line at base. Hind wing rufous slightly mixed with ochreous, 

 the basal area white irrorated with rufous and bounded by an in- 

 distinct oblique rufous medial line; postraodial line white, excurved 

 at middle ; a subterminal series of black points ; a fine white line 

 at base of cilia; the underside white slightly tinged and irrorated 

 w ith rufous ; a terminal series of black points. 



Huh. Sikium, ISon' (/)!»/(/con), 1 rf type; Si\<; u'oue. 1 $; 

 r^VA t Horsfield), 1 J ; Queensland, Townville (Dodd), 1 $ . Exp. 

 16-18 millim. 



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