EUBLEMMA. 167 



cell, then oblique ; postmedial line with black point at costa, then 

 rufous slightly defined on outer side by white, oblique to vein 7, 

 then indistinct, minutely waved and inwardly oblique, the costa 

 beyond it with alternating rutbus and white points ; traces of a 

 minutely waved whitish subterrainal line with two black points on 

 its outer edge below costa ; a small red spot at apex and fine 

 rufous terminal line ; cilia pale red with white line at base. 

 Hind wing white suffused with rufous ; a rufous medial line 

 defined on outer side by wliite from below costa to inner margin ; 

 a puncj^iform rufous postmedial line slightly defined on outer side 

 by white, not extending to costa, and traces of a minutely waved 

 whitish subterminal line; a rufous terminal line; cilia pale red 

 with a white line at base ; the underside white with terminal 

 series of black points from apex to vein 2. 



Hab. S. Leone {Clements), 1 § ; N. NifiEKiA, Borgu, Yelwa Lake 

 {Migeod), 1 $ ; Ceylon, Colombo (Alston), 1 J type, Exj.). 

 18 millim. 



5242. Eublemma gratiosa. 



Anthophila gratiosa, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 192, & 1856, i. pi. 2. 



f. 10; A-lph. Hor. «oc. Ent. Eoss. xvii. p. 91, pi. 3. f. 62; Stand. 



Cat. Le]). pal p. 228. 

 Tha.l'pochares epiyramiiia. Stand, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 53 ; id. Cat. 



Lep. pal. p. 228. 



Head and tegulae pale rufous ; thorax white tinged with rufous ; 

 abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous, 

 the basal and costal areas rather paler, the costal edge brown 

 towards base ; autemedial line slight, red-brown with minute spot 

 at costa, strongly incurved in cell and excurved below it ; a black 

 point in middle of cell ; a slight discoidal bar ; medial line red- 

 brown defined on outer side by ochreous, oblique from costa to 

 vein 6 where it is angled outwards to beyond the cell, then 

 inwardly oblique and slightly incurved below vein 5, the area 

 beyond it slightly irrorated with fuscous except towards costa; 

 postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, red-brown and 

 oblique towards costa, then fuscous, minutely crenulate, inwardly 

 oblique and slightly incurved at submedian fold, some whitish 

 poinis beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of minute black 

 spots formed of aggregated black scales and slightly defined on 

 inner side by whitish ; a small rufous apical spot and pale rufous 

 terminal line ; cilia with fine whitish lines at base and near tips-. 

 Hind wing ochreous white tinged with rufous ; a narrow whitish 

 medial band obsolete on costal area ; two indistinct dark postmedial 

 lines excurved below costa ; a fine rufous terminal line ; cilia with 

 fine white lines at base and near tips ; the underside white, the 

 costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown. 



Hah. Khirgistan ; E. Tiirkestan, Thian Shan Mts., 1 $. 

 E.vp. 24 millim. 



