Species o/" Eriocera in the British Museum. 71 



7. Black species ; wings perfectly hyaline . crystalloptera, O.-S. 

 At least partly orange, or wings with 



dark bauds 8. 



8. Wings with dark bands ; abdomen and 



sometimes the thorax black kumberti, O.-S. 



AVings without dark bands 9. 



9. Thorax orange with black stripes, ab- 



domen black meleagris, O.-S. 



Thorax entirely, abdomen mainly orange, ^uichyrrhina, O.-S. 



10. Upper basal cell at its apex quite twice 



as broad as the lower ; wings with con- 

 spicuous markings ; Es parallel with Ri 



near the base. (Borneo.) lunata, Westw. 



Upper basal cell little if any broader than 

 the lower; Rs not parallel with Ri 

 near the base 11. 



11. Ro much shorter than R2+.3 ; tip of Rj 



upturned and slightly shorter than ;• ; 

 small black species ; male antenna? 

 elongate ; anal cerci of female short 



and fleshy. (Tropical Africa.) inisilld, Alex. 



R> at least as long as R2+.3 ; tip of lii 

 straight, or at most slightly upturned, 

 as long as or longer than ?■ ; anal cerci 

 of female long and horny 12. 



12. Ro little if any longer than R2+3 ; r at 



or close to base of R2 ; Cuia near base 

 of discal cell ; four posterior cells; uni- 

 formly blackish or brown species ; 

 wings without markings other than 



the stigma 13. 



Ro longer than R2+3 (nearly always much 

 \oi\gQr, hat cora-^&xe E. ctenophoroides) ; 

 r generally well beyond base of Ro ; 

 Cuia generally well beyond base of 

 discal cell 25. 



13. Rather lio;ht brown species ; the thorax 



with darker stripes ; wings practically 



clear. (Australia.) 14. 



Darker brown to black species ; wings 

 more or less iufuscated 15. 



14. Discal cell closed , australiensis, Alex. 



Discal cell open aperta, Alex. 



15. Whole body deep black, not at all shin- 



ing. (India.) , ^aterrima, Brun. 



Not wholly black, or, if so, then partly 

 shining 16. 



16. Male antennae twice as long as the body; 



uuicclorous black. (Amboina.) *atra, Dol. 



Male antenuEe more or less than twice as 

 long as the body 17. 



17. Head yellowish, at least on the frontal 



tubercle ; male antennae more or less 



elongate 18. 



Head entirely dark ; antennae alike in 

 the two sexes , 21. 



