EUSEMIA. 149 



I 3 . Fore wing with vein 7 from after 

 the areole ; hind wing with vein 

 2 from long before end. of cell . . 4. ZALISSA, p. 155. 

 b. Hind wing with vein 5 absent. 



a. Fore wing with vein 9 rising from 10 

 and anastomosing with 8 to form the 



areole 5. ^EGOCERA, p. 157. 



I'. Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing 



with 8 and 9 to form the areole .... 6. MIMEUSEMIA, p. 159. 



Genus EUSEMIA. 



Eusemia, Dalm. Prodr. Monog. Castn. p. 26 (1825). 

 Episteme, Hubn. Verz. p. 179 (1818), gen. non descr. 



Type, E. lectrix, Linn., from China. 



Range. Chinese, Indian, Ceylonese, and Malayan subregions. 



Palpi upturned, the terminal joint long and naked. Antennae 

 simple and dilated. Fore wing with vein 5 from near angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with vein 5 

 from the centre of discocellulars. 



SECT. I. Fore wing with vein 3 from before end of cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 from end of cell. 



A. Fore wing with yellow, hind wing with orange markings. 



1551. Eusemia proxima, Wlk. Cat. i. p. 50; [C. $ S. no. 329. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the last with the medial 

 segment orange. Fore wing black, with an irregular oblique 

 yellow medial band from veins 9 to 1 ; a postmedial narrow band 

 from veins 9 to 5 ; two indistinct metallic-blue lines at middle and 

 end of cell ; male with an orange streak on the basal half of the 

 costa. Hind wing black, with a broad orange medial band, widest 

 at the inner margin. 



Hnb. Assam. Exp. 62 millim. 



1552. Eusemia amatrix, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 68, pi. 33, fig. 4; 



C.$ S. no. 311. 

 Eusemia aruna, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 288 ; C. Sf S. no. 312. 



Differs from proxima in the abdomen being ringed with orange. 

 Fore wing shot with brilliant blue ; the medial yellow band 

 broken up into three irregularly placed spots ; the postmedial 

 band into four spots ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing with a 

 black spot on the orange band below the costa ; the marginal 

 area shot with blue ; cilia white at apex in male, all white in 

 female. 



Jfab. Sikhim. Exp. 75 millim. 



