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spotted with white ; head and collar reddish orange ; abdomen oclireous, spotted with black, 

 the spots towards the base forming transverse bars. Expanse of wings 2 inches 11 lines. 

 Silhet. 



CHALCOSIID^]. 



EUSCHEMA, Hiibner. 

 Euschema discalis. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 

 Euschema discalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. p. 407. n. 5 (1854). 



Primaries purplish black; two longitudinal basal streaks and three irregular macular 

 transverse curved bands white, washed with grey ; a cuneiform white internal patch : secon- 

 daries with the basal half white; a large black spot at the end of the cell; external half 

 purplish black, maculated with yellow : thorax grey, banded with black ; abdomen white ; 

 anus yellow. Primaries below purplish black, streaked and banded as above, but the mark- 

 ings whiter : secondaries golden yellow, white at the base, with costal and basicostal longi- 

 tudinal bands, a large spot at the end of the cell, a very irregular discal band, and a series of 

 irregular marginal spots, black. Body below yellowish. Expanse of wings 3 inches 1 line. 



Penang. 



Euschema subrepleta. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 

 Euschema subrepleta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Met. ii. p. 406. n. 3 (1854). 



Primaries with the basal half golden yellow, transversely and longitudinally banded with 

 black ; external half purplish black, maculated with two transverse series of subhvaline greyish 

 white spots : secondaries golden yellow, banded and marginally spotted with purplish black. 

 Body golden yellow ; thorax banded with black, abdomen with either black or grey. Wings 

 below nearly as above. Body below golden yellow; legs whity brown. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 9 lines. 



Borneo. 



Also common at Malacca. Identical with E. bellonaria, Guenee. 



Euschema flavescens. (Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 

 Euschema flavescens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Net. ii. p. 406. n. 4 (1S54). 



Primaries above subhyaline yellow at the base, with an interno-basal irregular black 

 streak ; remainder of the wing black, crossed by two series of subhyaline white spots : 

 secondaries golden yellow ; the veins, apex, margin, and two irregular transverse bands black ; 

 thorax dark brown ; the head behind, the collar, and tegulre, yellow ; abdomen yellow, banded 

 and laterally spotted with dark brown. Expanse of wings 2 inches 11 lines. 



North India. 



