ELIGMA. 



43 



I 6 . Fore wing- with veins 9 and 

 11 absent, the cell almost 



reaching the apex 62. Pal^eopsis, p. 124 



b 5 . Fore wing with veinlets between 

 vein 12 and the costa ; veins 



7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked 63 



6 4 . Antennae with the basal joint ex- 

 ceedingly long- 64. Chamaita, p. 125. 



[p. 124 



SCHISTOPHLEPS, 



Genus ELIGMA. 



Eligma, Hiibn. Verz. p. 164 (1818). 



Panglima, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 297 (1858). 



Surma, Wlh. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, i, p. 333 (1869). 



Type, E. narcissus, Cram. 



Range. Africa ; China ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Penan g ; 

 Java. 



Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching above vertex of head, 

 the third very long and slender, and somewhat spatulate at tip. 

 Antennas with the cilia minute. Tibiae thickly scaled. Fore wing 

 narrow, the costa much arched at base ; the outer margin nearly 

 erect to vein 3, then oblique to outer angle ; veins 3, 4, 5 from 

 close to lower angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 7 and 

 10 from a long areole formed by the anastomosis of 8 and 9. Hind 

 wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from close to lower angle of cell; 6 and 7 

 from upper angle. 



1257. Eligma narcissus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i, pi. 73, figs. E,F; C. fy S> 

 no. 559. 



Head and thorax grey-brown, spotted with black ; abdomen 

 bright yellow, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Fore 

 legs grey-brown, spotted with black. Mid and hind legs yellow, 



Fig. 19. — Eligma narcissus, tf . \. 



with black spots on the tibiae, the tarsi grey-brown. Fore wing 

 grey-brown ; the costal area with an olive tinge ; an irregular and 

 diffused curved white fascia from base to apex ; some basal and 



