LEPIDOPTERA RETEROCERA. 2W 



98. ElRHROMlA FLAMMANS. 



Rufo dense hirta, palpis antennisque nigris ; abdomen supra nigra - 

 fusco hirtum, bicandatnm, fnscicnUs apicalibus concoloribus ; 

 alee antica rufa? apice nigra ; postica semihyalince nigro-cint 

 rea antice rufce; pedes nigri basi rufo-hirti. 



Thickly clothed with bright red hairs. Palpi and antenna 

 black. Thorax with a long bristle on each side beneath. Fore wings 

 red, black towards the tips ; black part with a much curved outline, 

 more than twice longer on the hind border than on the fore border, 

 fringe black, hoary at the tips of the wings. Hind wings blackish 

 gray, seruihyaline, red in front. Abdomen clothed above with black- 

 ish brown hairs, furnished at the tip with two long appendages ; 

 apical tufts blackish brown. Legs black, clothed with red hairs at 

 the base. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Northern India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



99. EUCHROMIA TRIADUM. 



Aurantiaca ; caput maculis duabus glabris nitentibus nigris ; ab- 

 domen nigro-hirtum, subtus apice albido-hirtum ; al<e apice 

 nigra ; tibia apice tarsique nigra. Long. 5 ; alar. 18 lin. 



Orange-colour. Head with a bare black shining spot behind 

 each eye. Proboscis black, very short. Antennas black. Abdomen 

 clothed with black hairs above except at the base, and with whitish 

 hairs beneath at the tip. Wings with black tips. Tibiae beneath 

 and at the base, and tarsi black. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Group 26. DIP,EN,E. 



Corpus breve, crassum, metallicum. Palpi breves; articulus 

 3us parvus. Antennas dense plumosa?, basi subpilosae, apice setosap. 

 Ala? opaca?, metallicae, immactilata?. Pedes graciles ; tibia? posticus 

 breviter calcaratae. 



Male and Female. Body thick, short, metallic. Palpi short ; 

 third joint small. Antenna? thickly plumose, extending towards 

 each end, slightly hairy near the base, setose at the tips. Wings 

 opaque, squamose, metallic, unspotted. Hind wings slightly undu- 



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