EUCHROMIA. 227 



SECT. I. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



468. Euchromia magna, Swinh. Trans. Ent. S>jc. 1891, p. 133, pi. viii, 



fig. 1. 



Blue-black ; antennae with the distal part white ; abdomen with 

 two yellow bands. Fore wing with a small subbasal, two large 

 medial, one subapical, and two submarginal hyaline spots. Hind 

 wing with a large basal hyaline patch crossed by the subcostal 

 and median veins and a submarginal spot crossed by veins 4 and 6. 



Hob. N". Canara ; Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 44 millim. 



SECT. II. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from angle 

 of cell. 



469. Euchromia polymena, Linn. Sijst. Nat. i, pt. 2, p. 806 ; C. $ S. 



no. 287 j Moore, Lep. Ceyl ii, pi. 94, figs. 6, 6 a (larva). 



Black ; head with blue spot on the vertex ; the frons white ; 

 tegulse with a white spot; collar and 1st, 4th, and 5th abdominal 

 segments crimson, the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th edged with metallic blue. 



Fig. 143. Euchromia polymena, $ . \. 



Fore wing with a basal metallic blue spot and two at end of cell; 

 large orange subbasal, bifid medial, and quadrifid postmedial 

 orange spots. Hind wing with trifid basal and quadrifid post- 

 medial orange spots. Coxes of fore legs and three spots on pectus 

 white. 



Larva reddish, with red tubercles ; long anterior and posterior 

 tufts of hair and shorter dense medial dorsal tufts : feeds on Con- 

 volvulacece. Pupa in a hairy cocoon. 



Hob. Plains of India; Nagas ; Malabar ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; 

 China ; Penang ; Ternate ; Celebes. Ecep., d" 44, $ 52 millim. 



470. Euchromia orientalis, Butl Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 364 : 



C. # S. no. 286. 



Euchromia fraterna, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii, p. 364; 

 C. $ S. no. 283 A. 



Similar to polymena, but with the 6th abdominal segment also 

 crimson, in the form named fraterna only edged with crimson. 

 A variety occurs which has the red collar and abdominal rings 



