194 BRIOPUS. By W. Warren. 



B. Termen of forewing hardly angled at 4. 



a. Mid tibiae of $ fringed on both sides with long hair; 1 st and 3 rd segments of tarsi fringed 

 above only, and in $ only the 1 st segment; hind tibiae moderately fringed above, latreillei 

 Dup. (Methorasa Moore). 

 Of clava Leech only the $ is known; viiracula Herz is of doubtful position. 



phaeogona. E. phaeogona Hmps. (44 d). Forewing ochreous white, overlaid with fuscous suffusion; the veins 



towards termen finely pale ; inner and outer lines double, filled in with pale ; the inner angled outwards, 

 and the outer inwards on subcostal vein; orbicular and reniform ochreous with dark linear centres, con- 

 versely oblique and nearly confluent on median vein; a blackish costal patch between them; submarginal 

 line broad and distinct in costal half, where it is preceded by dark suffusion, angled inwards to outer line 

 above vein 5 and there followed by a triangular blackish patch, and again broadly angled outwards to 

 termen at vein 4; extreme termen black, preceded by a white line; hindwing fuscous. W. China. 



aelhiops. E. aethiops Btlr. (44 d). Forewing grey suffused with dark fuscous; the veins pale; inner and outer 



lines double, black filled in with white, conversely edged with yellowish white; submarginal line zigzag 

 below costa and angled outwards to termen at vein 4, below indistinct ; a row of dark terminal lunules 

 inwardly edged by a fine white line; orbicular stigma brown with fine white ring, oblique; reniform brown 

 with oblique white lateral margins, a yellowish lunulate line at centre, and a white oblique striga beyond 

 lower angle of cell; hindwing fuscous. Japan and Corea; Goorais Valley, Kashmir; also in India. 



juventina. E. juventina Cram. (= purpureofasciata Piller, lagopus Esp., pteridis F., formosissimalis Hbn.) 



(44 d). Forewing olive brown, shaded in parts with black; the veins pale, towards termen rosy and cream 

 coloured; inner and outer lines double, finely Mack, filled in with rosy and followed by rosy bands, that 

 beyond outer line broad; both lines commence on costa as white oblique strigae before the subcostal 

 angulation; stigmata olive brown tinged with rosy, their annuli white, more prominent in the reniform, and 

 forming a sort of hook at lower extremity externally; sometimes a rosy streak on submedian fold beyond 

 the very obscure claviform; subterminal line yellowish white, forming oblique streaks above veins 6 and 7, 

 followed by a pale apical patch, angled inwards above 5 and acutely outwards at 4, thence obscure; a 

 lunulate yellowish white line before termen; the terminal area rosy; fringe chequered, ochreous and dark 

 olive brown; hindwing ochreous suffused with pale fuscous, with broad dark terminal border, an outer line, 

 obscura. and cell spot; the Japanese form obscura Btlr. (44 d) is duller, all the rosy tints being greatly reduced in 

 extent and brilliancy. Occurs throughout Central and Southern Europe; in China, Japan, and Corea. — 

 Larva green, with whitish or yellowish oblique lunular subdorsal markings, lateral line yellowish white; all 

 the yellowish markings sometimes edged with pink; head reddish; on Pteris aquilina. 



rlculurls. E. rivularis Walk. (44 d). Forewing blackish on a greyish ochreous ground; the veins whitish; lines 



cluuble, blackish, filled in with white; orbicular stigma oblique, V-shaped, black with white edges; reniform 

 with a black followed by a yellow linear mark in centre, the edges white, a white spot beyond lower 

 angle of cell; between the stigmata a black patch extending to costa; submarginal line white preceded by 

 black in the interspaces, with the usual angulations, but more or less obscure; a white line before termen, 

 angled outwards to termen at 4, then waved; hindwing dark brown, the fringe whitish. Recorded from 

 Japan; occurring in India and through Malaysia to Australia. The Japanese examples are much redder. 



albolineola. E. albolineola Graes. (44 e). Forewing greyish black intermixed with yellowish grey and tinged in 



parts with reddish; the veins pale; inner line black defined by white internally and whitish externally, 

 outcurved below the subcostal angle; outer line black, outwardly margined with white and followed by a 

 grey band; orbicular stigma a white bar, forked above or V-shaped; reniform ochreous white, internally 

 edged by a pure white and black line, with a white spot at lower extremity externally ; subterminal line 

 white, angled outwards at 7, 6, and to termen at 4, 3, angled inwards on the folds; a row of black striae 

 along termen, inwardly edged with white; hindwing dark brown with a grey tinge towards base. Amur- 

 land and Japan. 



argyrosticta. E. argyrosticta Btlr. (== venus Stgr., argentata Graes.) (44 e). Forewing ferruginous mixed with 



yellow in basal area; median area dark redbrown with a paler streak on inner margin; terminal area 

 brownred; lines filled in with rosy; near costa before inner line a large fulvous spot edged with white, 

 and on submedian fold an oblique silvery white mark; stigmata with ferruginous centres; the orbicular 

 small, round; the reniform large, broadly edged with silvery Avhite except on outer side which is diffuse; 

 submarginal line white, with the usual angles; the line immediately before termen rosy white; hindwing 

 fuscous. Amurland; Japan;' Corea. 



maillardi. E. maillardi Guen. (= recurvata Moore) (44 e). Forewing olive-brown, darker towards apex and in 



the median costal triangle; veins all finely whitish; lines double, blackish, filled in with white, with 

 pinkish white suffusion on each side, especially beyond outer line; inner line angled on median vein; outer 



