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Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



468. Euchroinia magna, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc 1891, p. 133, pi. viii, 



fi°\ 1. 



Blue-black ; antennae with the distal part white ; abdomen with 

 two yellow bands. Tore wing with a small subbasal, two large 

 medial, one subapical, and two submarginal hyaline spots. Hind 

 wing with a large basal hyaline patch crossed by the subcostal 

 and median veins and a submarginal spot crossed by veins 4 and 6. 



Hah. 1ST. Canara ; Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 44 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from angle 

 of cell. 



469. Euchroinia polymena, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, pt. 2, p. 806; C. $ S. 



no. 287 ; Moore, Lep. C'eyl. ii, pi. 94, figs. 6, 6a (larva). 



Black ; head with blue spot on the vertex ; the frons white ; 

 tegulae with a white spot; collar and 1st, 4th, and 5th abdominal 

 segments crimson, the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th edged with metallic blue. 



Fig. 143. — Euchromia polymelia, $. \. 



Fore wing with a basal metallic blue spot and two at end of cell ; 

 large orange subbasal, bifid medial, and quadrifkl postmedial 

 orange spots. Hind wing with trificl basal and quadrifid post- 

 medial orange spots. Coxae of fore legs and three spots on pectus 

 white. 



Larva reddish, with red tubercles ; long anterior and posterior 

 tufts of hair and shorter dense medial dorsal tufts : feeds on Con- 

 volvulacece. Pupa in a hairy cocoon. 



Hah. Plains of India ; Nagas ; Malabar ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; 

 China; Penang ; Ternate ; Celebes. Exp., S 44, $ 52 millim. 



470. Euchromia orientalis, Butl. Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 364 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 286. 

 Euchromia fraterna, Butl. Joum. Linn. Soc, Zoo!, xii, p. 364 ; 

 C. 8r S. no. 283 a. 



Similar to polymena, but with the 6th abdominal segment also 

 crimson, in the form named fraterna only edged with crimson. 

 A variety occurs which has the red collar and abdominal rings 



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