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broad towards the costa, where it encloses a large square black 

 space, cilia as above. 



Expanse of wings 2^ inches. 

 a. Philippines (type). 



The fore-wings of this insect are narrow, and it has a very close 

 superficial resemblance to Milionia cyaneifera (Walker). 



755. Eusemia lectrix. 



Phalcena noctua lectrix. Linn. : Mus. Lud. Ulr., 389 (1764). 



Syst. Nat., i. ii. 834. 89 (1767). 



Edw. : Aves, pi. 318 (1750). 



Houttuyn: Hist. Nat., i. xi. p. 598, pi. 92, f. 5 



(1766). 

 Bombyx lectrix. Fabr. : Sp. Ins., ii. 201. 132 (1781). 



- Mant. Ins., ii. 130. 185 (1787). 



- Ent. Syst., iii. i. 475. 212 (1793). 



Phalcena (Bombyx} lectrix. Gmel. : ed. Syst. Nat., i. 5. 2442. 89 (1788). 

 Cramer: Pap. Exot., ii. 146, pi. 192, f. C 



(1779)- 



Don. : Ins. China, pi. 43, f. 2 (1798). 



Eusemia lectrix. Duncan : Nat. Libr., xxxvii. Exot. Moths, 86, pi. 2 



(1841). 



Walker:!. 47 (1854). 

 Boisd. : Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1874, p. 84. 

 Butler : Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 118 (1875). 

 a. China (4). 



756. Eusemia oontracta. 



Eusemia contracta. Butler : Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



Swinhoe : P. Z. S., Lond., 1885, p. 292. 



- Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 58. 318 



(1887). 



Hampson : 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., viii. 3. 55 

 (1891). 



Type. India, in B. M. 

 a. Bombay. 



757. Eusemia bellatrix. 



Eusemia bellatrix. Westw. : Cab. Or. Ent., p. 67, pi. 33, f. 2 (1848). 

 Walker: i. 46 (1854). 



Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 288 (1859). 



Butler: Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



Cotes and Swinh.: Cat. Moths of India, ii. 58. 315 



(1887). 

 Eusemia adulatrix. Kollar : Kasch. von HUg., iv. p. 464, pi. 20, f. i 



(1848). 

 Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 288 (1859). 



Boisd.: Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1874, p. 85. 



Butler: Ent. Mo. Mag., xii. p. 117 (1875). 



- Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 57. 308 



(1887). 



Swinhoe: Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1889, P- J 74- 

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