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spot near the base, a small costal spot, and a band across the middle pale yellow : secondaries 
with a central pale yellow spot ; a large fulvous abdominal patch near the base. Wings 
below nearly as above. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 
Bengal. 
Eusemia proxima. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 
Eusemia proxima, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 50. n. 6 (1854). 
Primaries black-brown, a basicostal orange line ; an oblique central pale yellow band, 
and a transverse litura of the same colour beyond the end of the cell : secondaries black- 
brown, with a very broad central tawny band crossed by a brown streak. Head, thorax, base 
of abdomen, and a broad subanal tuft black-brown ; centre of abdomen, anal tuft, shoulders, 
crest, and collar tawny : wings below shot with deep blue, otherwise as above. Expanse of 
wings 2 inches 4 to 7 lines. 
Assam. 
Eusemia longipennis. (Plate V. fig. 5.) 
Eusemia longipennis, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 51. n. 9 (1854). 
Primaries black-brown, speckled with grey at the base ; a small spot towards the base of 
the cell, a large pyriform spot on inner margin, two large central spots placed obliqudy, 
a spot near external angle, and an oblique subapical series of five elongated spots towards 
apex deep ochreous : secondaries red (probably carmine in fresh examples), with the base, 
apex, and a broad external border black ; apex of both wings fringed with white. Head and 
thorax black, spotted with white ; abdomen brown, anal segments dull black : wings below 
rather paler than above. Expanse of wings 3 inches 6 to 11 lines, 
Ashanti. 
Eusemia pallida. (Plate V. fig. 3.) 
Eusemia pallida, Wallcer, Cat. Le-p. Het. i. p. 52. n. 10 (1854). 
Nearly allied to the preceding species, but smaller ; the primaries shorter and more 
rounded at apex ; the secondaries ochreous, with a much narrower black outer border. 
Abdomen brown, banded with ochreous. Expanse of wings 3 inches. 
Hab. — ? 
This and the following are doubtless African species. 
Eusemia contigua. (Plate IV. fig. 8.) 
Eusemia contigua, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 50. n. 7 (1854). 
Primaries black-brown, streaked with plumbagineous ; a large oblique spot near the base, 
cut by the median nervure, a spot near the end of the cell, and an irregular postmedian band 
ochraceous ; apex white : secondaries red, with a black-brown border ; fringe varied with 
