ERirniOlDES. CERAMIDTA. 395 



875. Eripliioides ustulata. 



Eriphia ustulata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 17 (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 159. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennoe metallic blue- 

 green ; head and thorax above almost entirely cupreous green ; 

 shoulders with a crimson spot ; abdomen with dorsal series of large 

 cupreous-green spots, the lateral and ventral surfaces cupreous 



Fig. 199.— Erijohiouk's ustulata, (^ . \. 



green; lateral white spots on 2nd segment, and sublateral white 

 fascise on first three segments. Fore wing yellow-brown, with the 

 veins black; the terminal area slightly suffused with fuscous. 

 Hind wing blackish, the costal area white. Underside with the 

 inner area covered by lobe of hind wing white ; patches of metallic 

 blue-green on discal area of fore wing and basal costal area of hind 

 wing. 



Hal). CoLOMEiA {Rosenberg), 2 rj . Exp. 40 millim. 



Genus CERAMIDIA. 



Type. 



Ceramidia, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 412 (1870) ... fumipennis. 



Passineura, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 412 (1876)... phcmonoides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and not reaeliing vertex 

 of head ; antennoB bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extreraitv ; 

 tibia with the spurs short ; abdomen with lateral tubercles on 1st segment. 

 Fore wing rather narrow ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Male with a 

 slight streak of androconia below medial part of costa on underside. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 5 from above angle ; 

 7 from before angle in male, from angle in female ; male with the costa highly 

 arched, covering a tuft of hair on inner margin of fore wing on underside. 



A. Abdomen with the ventral surface white except on ter- 



minal segment ohscura. 



B. Abdomen with the ventral surface of 1st three segments 



white butleri. 



C. Abdomen with sublateral white spots on 1st segment in 



male, on 1st three segments in female. 

 a. Palpi and fore coxae with white points ; fore wing shot 



with green caca. 



h. Palpi and fore coxa; without white points ; fore wing 



shot with blue ornata. 



