92 ERASMIA PULCHELLA. 



oblong, suboval, entire, the hinder nerve a little 

 curved, the discoidal cell closed; posterior wings 

 subrotund, the hinder nerves curved ; body slender, 

 subcylindric ; head and palpi small; tongue long 

 and spiral ; legs slender. 



The only species hitherto described measures 

 about three inches two lines between the tips of 

 the wings: prevailing colour silvery green; ante- 

 rior wings black, ornamented with green-blue sil- 

 very spots, an irregular red bar before the middle, 

 and large white spots behind the middle ; posterior 

 wings straw-coloured, black at the base and apex, 

 the nervures green-blue. 



" The above insect," says Mr. Hope, " is one of 

 the most lovely in colouring of all the Lepidoptera. 

 When viewed by individuals standing in different 

 lights, the blue appears to one person to be a vivid 

 green, to another of a lazulite blue. I have had 

 drawings made by different persons ; the first con- 

 tends that the colour is green, the second that it is 

 blue ; in short, both are right ; all depends on the 

 situation in which the individual views the speci- 

 mens." 



This insect is likewise from Assam. 



