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5262. Eublemma reticulata. (Plate CLIV. fig. 4.) 



Eublemma reticulata, Hmpsn. Moths Illd. iv. p. 5lQ (1896). 



$ . Head and tegulae reddish brown mixed with some grey ; thorax 

 grey suffused with purple ; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown 

 and fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish 

 grey, the medial area purplish red-brown suffused with black 

 towards costa; antemedial line straight, brown defined on inner side 

 by grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; a rather 

 diffused black discoidal spot; postmedial line grey-white, very 

 oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, some pale 

 points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa ; 

 a subterminal series of small black spots, the spots towards costa 

 placed on a white apical patch emitting a dentate mark to post- 

 medial line above vein 6 ; cilia purplish red-brown. Hind wing 

 with the basal area greyish, the medial area purplish red-brown, 

 the terminal area paler red-brown suffused with purplish grey ; an 

 indistinct blackish medial line on inner area ; a slight grey post- 

 medial line excurved at middle ; a subterminal series of minute 

 black points ; cilia purplish red-brown ; the underside pale grey 

 tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown. 



Hah. CEyLON, Puttalara {Pole), 1 $ type, TJva {Alston), 1 $ . 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



5263. Eublemma rubra. (Plate CLiV. fig. 5.) 

 Eublemma rtibra, Hmpsn, J. Bombi Nat. Hist. Soc. xiy. p. 207 (1902). 



Head and tegulas pale rufous ; thorax and abdomen white 

 suff'used with rufous, the latter with white segmental lines ; pectus 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing rufous mixed 

 with some ochreous, the costal area white irrorated with rufous, the 

 costal edge bright rufous ; antemedial line white, oblique from costa 

 to subcostal nervure, then inwardly oblique ; a white discoidal 

 striga with slight oblique rufous striga above it from costa ; post^ 

 medial line white, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique and slightly sinuous, white streaks beyond it above 

 and below vein 6 to the subterminal series of small black spots 

 which are defined by white towards costa and slightly excurved at 

 middle ; an oblique white streak from apex ; cilia with a fine 

 white line at base. Hind wing rufous slightly mixed with ochreous, 

 the basal area white irrorated with rufous and bounded by an in- 

 distinct oblique rufous medial line ; postmedial line white, ex;curved 

 at middle ; a subterminal series of black points ; a fine white line 

 at base of cilia ; the underside white slightly tinged and irrorated 

 with rufous ; a terminal series of black points. 



Hah. SiKHiM, 1800' {Dudgeon), 1 (^ type ; Singapore, 1 $ ; 

 Java {Hors field), 1 c? ; Qxteensland, Townville {Dodd), 1 $ . Exjj. 

 16-18 millim. 



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