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MR. F. WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 



band ; this on the under side contains a row of white points, of which 

 the largest is also apparent on the upper side. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 

 This species comes between E. maculatrix and E. amatrix. 



18. Eusemia hesperioides, n. s. Faim. Atra, subtus ochracea, 

 oculis albo cinctis, abdomine ochraceo-rufo basi apiceque atro, fasci- 

 culo apicali ochraceo, alis albo fimbriates, anticis fascia recta sub- 

 obliqua flavo-alba strigulisque duabus cyaneis, posticis fascia lata 

 interiore ochraceo-rufa. 



Female. Deep black, ochraceous beneath. Head white about the eyes. 

 Abdomen orange-red, deep black at the base and towards the tip, 

 which has an ochraceous tuft. Wings with a white fringe, except 

 towards the interior angle. Fore wings with some blue scales near 

 the base, and with a little blue streak on each side of the straight 

 slightly oblique yellowish-white band, which is abbreviated near the 

 interior angle. Hind wings with a broad interior orange-red band, 

 which widens towards the interior border. Length of the body 10 

 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 

 Very nearly allied to E. proxima, but distinct ; the fore wings have no 

 exterior mark, and the hind wings have a broader black border. 



19. Eusemia mollis, Walk. Cat. Lep. vii. 1774. Var. Mas. Nigra, 

 vertice albo guttato, oculis albo cinctis, thorace vittis duabus albis, 

 segmentorum abdominalium marginibus posticis basi albis apice 

 ochraceis, ventre luteo basi apiceque nigro, alis glauco squamosis 

 maculis duabus spatioque marginali inciso nigris maculis submar- 

 ginalibus elongatis glauco-albidis, anticis macula interiore nigra 

 squamis nonnullis argenteis. 



Var. Male. Black. Head white about the eyes, and with a white dot on the 

 vertex. Thorax with two white stripes. Abdominal segments with 

 white hind borders towards the base, and with ochraceous hind borders 

 towards the tip ; underside except towards the base and tip ochraceous. 

 Wings thickly covered with glaucous scales, with the exception of an 

 incomplete band (which is composed of two large spots in each wing) 

 and of the marginal space, into which the glaucous part emits broad 

 streaks; this space contains glaucous whitish elongated spots, which 

 are most numerous and regular in the hind wings; fringe tipped with 

 white. Fore wings mostly black towards the base and along the costa ; 

 some silvery scales in the fore spot of the band and in another spot 

 which is nearer the base. 



Inhabits also Ilindostan and Malacca. 



Gen. AIuovv.ka, Lair. 



20. JSaOdlM I'oktica, n. s. Mas. Rufeseenti-nigra, capite vitta 

 sulphurca, thOHKC vitta allm, fcbdomtnc luteo vitta basali maculaque 

 ipicali nigris. alis anticis lineis tiansversis deviis intcrruptis cyaneis 



