50-12. Enispa croceicincta. 



Chrysocraspcda croceicincta , Hiupsn. J. Eomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 652, 

 pi. C. f. -22 (1903). 



c^* . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purple-red, the vertex of 

 head and shaft of antennas towards base pure white ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the legs partly suffused 

 with brown. Pore wing deep purple-red with slight silvery irro- 

 ration ; traces of a curved dark antemedial line and a more distinct 

 postmedial line, excurved from costa to veiji 4, then incurved and 

 elightly waved, each with small white mark on costa ; some slight 

 orange points on apical part of costa ; cilia deep orange. Hind 

 wing deep purple-red with slight silvery irroration ; traces of a dark 

 postmedial line excurved at middle ; cilia deep orange ; underside of 

 both wings greyish fuscous. 



5 . Pore wing without the white marks on costa at ante- and 

 postmedial lines. 



Hah. Ceylon, Kandy {Maekwood, Pole), 2 S type, Maskeliya 

 (Pole), 1 2 • J^^vj:). c? 16, $ 20 millim. 



Sect. V. Fore wing with the costa somewhat truncate towards apes, the ternien 

 exi.'ispcl below apes and excurved at middle, vein 7 from 8 bejond 10 ; 

 hind wing with the termen evenly curved. 



5043. Enispa plutonis. 



ThahpocJiccres ■plutonis, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i. p. 7(1894). 

 Micrmschus pjirrhantha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 31 (April). 

 Micrcsschus ciiacaudus, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. VV. xxvii. p. 11-5 (Aug. 

 1902). 



(S . Head and thorax fiery red ; abdomen yellowish suffused with 

 fiery red, the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing fiery red, the 

 costal edge blackish to beyond middle ; antemedial line represented 



F\g. 22.— Enispa p!ui'oiiis, ,^ . |. 



by an inwardly oblique j'ellow striga from costa and some dark 

 scales towards inner margin ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line with oblique yellow striga from costa to vein 6 

 where it is bent outwards, then indistinct, dark, minutely waved, 

 incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1 ; some slight dark 

 striae on termen ; cilia yellowish with black patches at tips afc apex 

 and middle. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fiery red ; a ter- 

 minal series of slight red striae ; cilia yellowish at base, red at tips ; 

 the underside yellowish tinged with red and irrorated with brown, 



