214 FOCTUID^E. 



d 1 . Differs from semifascia in the head and thorax being black 

 and pale brown ; the abdomen fuscous. Fore wing with the 

 ground-colour black ; the reniform very prominent and white ; the 

 area between the postmedial and submarginal lines whitish ; a 

 series of white marginal points. Hind wing smoky black, with 

 black and white marks on vein 2, and the cilia whitish. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 40 millim. 



1730. Euplexia chalybeata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 64; C. $ S. 



no. 2271. 



c? . Dark red-brown. Fore wing irrorated with purplish scales ; 

 the subbasal, antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal waved lines 

 purplish and somewhat indistinct ; the orbicular and reniform in- 

 distinct, the latter with some ochreous round its upper portion ; a 

 series of purplish marks on outer margin. Hind wing reddish 

 fuscous, with some indistinct marginal purplish marks. Under- 

 side with a broad marginal purplish band. 



Hab. Sikhitn. Exp. 62 millim. 



1731. Euplexia stoliczkae, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109, fig. 32 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2080. 



Head and thorax brown, suffused with olive-green ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Fore wing violaceous grey-brown, suffused with olive- 

 green ; the subbasal, ante- and postmedial double waved lines in- 

 distinct ; the stigmata large and indistinct ; the submarginal waved 

 Line indistinct ; three pale specks on costa towards apex ; a 

 marginal series of lunules. Hind wing dark fuscous; the bases 

 of cilia ochreous ; underside with cell-spot and irregularly waved 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. Dalhousie ; Thandiani, Punjab. Exp. 52 millim. 



1732. Euplexia melanospila, KoU. HugeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 480. 

 Eurois auriplena, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 557 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 148, fig. 2 ; C. 8f S. no. 1925. 

 Trachea atriplicis, Koll. (nee Linn.} HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 479. 



Head and thorax olive-green and dark red-brown ; antenna? 

 rufous in male. Fore wing dark green, suffused with dark brown, 

 and with purplish grey on the double lines and before the sub- 

 marginal line ; some specimens with golden-green marks near base, 

 round the stigmata, and on submarginal Hue ; subbasal, ante- and 

 postmedial waved black lines, the two latter approaching each other 

 towards inner margin ; orbicular and reniform green, with more or 

 less pronounced dark centres ; claviform replaced by a quadrate 

 white mark of varying size and shape, and often extending up into 

 the cell ; the submarginal line indistinct, irregularly waved, and 

 black, becoming white near inner margin. Hind wing with the 

 basal half white or suffused with fuscous : the outer half fuscous 

 black. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 58 millim. 



