92 AECTIID^E. 



1385. JEmene taprobanis, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 542 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl ii, 



pi. 104, fig. 2 ; C. $ S. no. 715. 

 Panassa cingalesa, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 607. 

 Autoceras grammopkora, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 106, fig. 24. 

 ^Emene subcinerea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 34; C. 8f S. no. 714. 

 ^Emene sordida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 372 ; C. $ S. 



no. 713. 



jEmene quinquefascia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 52, pi. 140, fig. 15. 

 ^Einene sinuata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 34, pi. 3, fig. 11 ; C. $ S. 



no. 712. 



Head and thorax grey ; tegulae usually with a black speck. 

 Fore wing grey, more or less suffused with fuscous ; waved sub- 

 basal, antemedial, medial, and postmedial black lines, the last 

 excurved round the end of the cell, then bent inwards to near the 

 medial band and with some diffused 

 streaks beyond it ; a series of marginal 

 specks ; a black spot at centre of cell 

 and another at end of it. Hind wing 

 pale, more or less suffused with fuscous. 

 The form sordida is brownish with a 

 r 53 very slight fuscous tinge, the hind wing 



JEmene taprobanis, rf . \. almost pure white; quinquefascia from 

 the Nilgiris is a very dark form, the 



body and wings much suffused with fuscous, the fore wing with 

 the streaks beyond the postmedial line forming a connected band. 

 Some specimens from Sikhim have the markings of fore wing 

 fuscous instead of black. 



Hab. Kan gra ; Sikhim ; Nagas ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp.,3 18- 

 24, $ 24-30 millim. 



1386. JEmene maculifascia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 33, pi. 3, fig. 10; 



C. # tf.no. 711. 



J . Differs from taprobanis in the ground-colour of head, thorax, 

 and fore wing being pure white. Fore wing with a broad fuscous 

 band inside the postmedial curved line ; the submarginal series of 

 specks straighter and starting from a dark blotch ou the costa 

 before the apex. Hind wing with traces of a speck at end of cell 

 and postmedial line. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 16 millim. 



1387. 2Emene guttulosana, Wlk. Cat. xxviii, p. 429 ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. ii, pi. 104, fig. 3 ; C. $ S. no. 710. 



Differs from taprobanis in the ground-colour being clear ochreous 

 without fuscous suffusion ; the lines of the fore wing broken up 

 into small spots. 



Hab. Bengal; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., 3 18, $ 20 millim. 



1388. JEmene nilgirica, Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 51, pi. 140, fig. 1. 

 ^Emene cinereicolor, ILmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 61, pi. 140, tig. 8. 



