LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



6. EUSEMIA PROXIMA. 



Nigro-ftuca ; caput et thorax subtus fulvo-hirta ; abdomen luteum, 

 basi apiceque nigro-fuscum ; alee anticce linea costali fulva, 

 fascia abbreviata subobligua maculaque transversa flavis ; pos- 

 ticee I idea, basi margineque postico lato nigro-fuscis. 



Nearly allied to the preceding species, but the fore wings are 

 rather longer, narrower, and more pointed towards the tips, and 

 there is a tawny line along the fore border of the fore wings. Fore 

 w ings slightly bluish towards the base beneath. Length of the hody 

 1 1 —12 lines ; of the wings 28—30 lines. 

 a, b. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



7. EtJSEMIA CONTIGUA. 



E. Euphemia affinis, nigro -f us ca ; caput et thorax albo guttata , 

 subtus testaceo-hirta ; abdomen ferrugineum, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis testaceis ; alee antica? apice alba, cyaneo 

 strigata?, flavo bifasciatce et biguttata? ; postica rufa, nigro 

 marginata, mar gine subtus albo radiato. 



Nearly allied to E. Euphemia, but the dots on the thorax are 

 loogeT and like interrupted stripes, the bands on the abdomen are 

 much narrower and paler, the blue streaks on the fore wings are not 

 interrupted, and the yellow marks on the same are differently formed 

 and situated ; the bands are abbreviated, the first is oblique, the se- 

 cond nearly upright ; one yellow dot is near the fore border, about 

 equally distant from each hand, the second is near the hind border 

 and a little nearer the base than is the second band. Length of the 

 body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



«. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



8. Eusemia Euphemia. 



tq ; caput, thorax, abdomen subtus, pedes, et nonnunquam ala 

 antica basi albo guttata; abdominis segmenta fulvo fasciata ; 

 ale anticce cyaneo strigatce, apice alba, maculis 6vel 5 Jlavis ; 

 potticue rufcB nigro marginatce. 



Phala oa Eupbemia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 105, pi. 345, f. A. 



- il. Amboina. 



