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small discoidal spot; a small medial red-brown spot on costa ; an 

 indistinct, very oblique, postmedial red-brown streak trom costa ; 

 subterminal line white defined on inner side by red-browu, arising 

 at vein 7 below which it is excurved, slightly angled inwards at 

 discal fold, then excurved to near termen, some red-brown beyond 

 it on costa. Hind wing with the basal area creamy white tinged 

 with red-brown ; an indistinct oblique slightly sinuous red-brown 

 medial line from discal fold to inner margin, the area beyond it 

 pale red-brown except at inner margin, becoming purplish red 

 towards the white subterminal line, which is somewhat dentate and 

 defined on outer side by black irroratioii towards costa find below 

 the discal fold excurved to near termen ; the underside white tinged 

 with red-browu and irrorated with a few black scales on costal 

 area. 



Hah. BoENEO, Sadong {Shelf or d), 1 cJ type, Santobong (Shelfonl), 

 1 c5' . Exp. 30 millim. 



5270. Eublemma amahilis. 



EuUemma amahilis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 54, pi. I.IO. f. 12(1884); 

 Hmpsii. Moths Ind. ii. p. Sot). 



Head rufous ; thorax and abdomen creamy white, the latter 

 slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy white, the area 

 from the medial to subterminal lines pale rufous except towards 

 costa ; antemedial line represented bj' a few dark scales from 

 middle of cell to inner margin ; medial line indistinct, rufous, 

 diffused, angled outwards below costa, then oblhjue ; an oblique 

 whitish postmedial bar from costa with a slight rufous mark before 

 it on costa and patch beyond it ; subterminal line white defined on 

 inner side by deep rufous suffusion, angled inwards below costa and 

 at discal fold, excurved below vein 7, angled outwards at middle to 

 near termen, then strongly incurved and ending at torn us ; terminal 

 area tinged with rufous except towards apex ; a fine rufous 

 terminal line ; cilia pale rufous with a slight whitish line at base. 

 Hind wing creamy white suffiised with i)inkish rufous except on 

 basal and costal areas ; an indistinct oblique diffused rufous medial 

 line with a few black scales on it ; subterminal line white defined 

 on inner side by deep rufous suffusion, obsolescent towards costa, 

 some black scales on its outer edge and on inner edge at discal fold, 

 excurved at middle ; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia pale rufous 

 with a fine whitish line at base ; the underside creamy white 

 slightly irrorated with brown. 



Nab. Punjab, Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 5 ; Sikhim, 1800' 

 (Dad(/eon), 1 $ ; Madras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 2 ; Ceylon (Mack- 

 wood), 2 2 type ; Sjngapoke (Ridley), 2 2 , Exp. 20-24 millim. 



Larva. Dudgeon, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiii. p. 370. 



White ; head dark. Feeds on the Lac Inject, Tachardia laccn, 

 forming a web beneath their resinous coating connected with the 

 open air by a silk tube. l-ll. 



