10 AGAEISTIDJE. 



spot near the base, a small costal spot, and a band across the middle pale yellow : secondaries 

 with a central pale yellow spot j a large fulvous abdominal patch near the base. Wings 

 below nearly as above. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 

 Bengal. 



Eusemia proxima. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Eusemia proxima, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 50. n. 6 (1S54). 



Primaries black-brown, a basicostal orange line ; an oblique central pale yellow band, 

 and a transverse litura of the same colour beyond the end of the cell : secondaries black- 

 brown, with a very broad central tawny band crossed by a brown streak. Head, thorax, base 

 of abdomen, and a broad subanal tuft black-brown ; centre of abdomen, anal tuft, shoulders, 

 crest, and collar tawny : wings below shot with deep blue, otherwise as above. Expanse of 

 wings 2 inches 4 to 7 lines. 



Assam. 



Eusemia longipennis. (Plate V. fig. 5.) 

 Eusemia longipennis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 51. n. 9 (1S54). 



Primaries black-brown, speckled with grey at the base ; a small spot towards the base of 

 the cell, a large pyriform spot on inner margin, two large central spots placed obliquely, 

 a spot near external angle, and an oblique subapical series of five elongated spots towards 

 apex deep ochreous : secondaries red (probably carmine in fresh examples), with the base, 

 apex, and a broad external border black ; apex of both wings fringed with white. Head and 

 thorax black, spotted with white ; abdomen brown, anal segments dull black : wings below 

 rather paler than above. Expanse of wings 3 inches 6 to 11 lines. 



Ashanti. 



Eusemia pallida. (Plate V. fig. 3.) 

 Eusemia pallida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 52. n. 10 (1S54). 



Nearly allied to the preceding species, but smaller ; the primaries shorter and more 

 rounded at apex ; the secondaries ochreous, with a much narrower black outer border. 

 Abdomen brown, banded with ochreous. Expanse of wings 3 inches. 



Hub. — ? 



This and the following are doubtless African species. 



Eusemia contigua. (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Eusemia contigua, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 50. n. 7 (1854). 



Primaries black-brown, streaked witli plumbagiiicous ; a large oblique spot near the base, 

 cut by the median nervure, a spot near the end of the cell, and an irregular postmediau band 

 ochraceous ; apex white : secondaries red, with a black-brown border ; fringe varied with 



