214 foctuidjE. 



<$ • Differs from semifascia in the head and thorax being black 

 and pale brown ; the abdomen fuscous. Tore wing with the 

 ground-colour black ; the reniform very prominent and white ; the 

 area between the postmedial and submarginal lines whitish ; a 

 series of white marginal points. Hind wing smoky black, with 

 black and white marks on vein 2, and the cilia whitish. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 40 ,millim. , r .i i - 



1730. Euplexia chalybeata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 64; C. $ S. 



no. 2271. 



S . Dark red-brown. Fore wing irrorated with purplish scales ; 

 the subbasal, antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal waved lines 

 purplish and somewhat indistinct ; the orbicular and reniform in- 

 distinct, the latter with some ochreous round its upper portion ; a 

 series of purplish marks on outer margin. Hind wing reddish 

 fuscous, with some indistinct marginal purplish marks. Under- 

 side with a broad marginal purplish band. 



Hab. Sikhitn. Exp. 62 millim. 



1731. Euplexia stoliczkse, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109, fig. 32; C. $ S. 



no. 2080. 



Head and thorax brown, suffused with olive-green ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Fore wing violaceous grey-brown, suffused with olive- 

 green ; the subbasal, ante- and postmedial double waved lines in- 

 distinct ; the stigmata large and indistinct ; the submarginal waved 

 line indistinct ; three pale specks on costa towards apex ; a 

 marginal series of lunules. Hind wing dark fuscous; the bases 

 of cilia ochreous ; underside with cell-spot and irregularly waved 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. Dalhousie ; Thandiani, Punjab. Exp. 52 millim. 



1732. Euplexia melanospila, Koll. HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 480. 

 Eurois auriplena, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 557 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 148, fig. 2 ; C. Sf S. no. 1925. 

 Trachea atriplicis, Koll. (nee Linn.) HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 479. 



Head and thorax olive-green and dark red-brown ; antenna? 

 rufous in male. Fore wing dark green, suffused with dark brown, 

 and with purplish grey on the double lines and before the sub- 

 marginal line ; some specimens with golden-green marks near base, 

 round the stigmata, and on submarginal line ; subbasal, ante- and 

 postmedial waved black lines, the two latter approaching each other 

 towards inner margin ; orbicular and reniform green, with more or 

 less pronounced dark centres ; claviform replaced by a quadrate 

 white mark of varying size and shape, and often extending up into 

 the cell ; the submarginal line indistinct, irregularly w 7 aved, and 

 black, becoming white near inner margin. Hind wing with the 

 basal half white or suffused with fuscous ; the outer half fuscous 

 black. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 58 millim. 



