histrionicus. 
altissima. 
excelsa. 
sikkimensis. 
splendida. 
atkinsoni. 
pulchella. 
chine nsis. 
hainana. 
hobsoni. 
fritzei. 
cyatiea. 
24 ERASMIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
North India; on account of their strongly curved nervures and peculiar colouring they are not easily con¬ 
founded with other Zygaenids. 
C. histrionicus. Patagia with a yellow spot, abdomen yellow beneath, the margins of the segments 
black-green. The comma-spots of the hindwing not interrupted by a dark band. The stripes of the wings 
vary from bright red to pale yellow. —- histrionicus Westw. (vol. II, 2g). The specimens from low elevations, 
up to about 5000 ft., are large; the spots beyond the apex of the cell of the forewing are all white; the 
stripes bright red to yellow, the usual colouring in Assam is an intergrade; in one of our cfcf from the 
Khasia Hills the wings are washed over with black-green, so that only vestiges of the red and yellow 
markings are present. The whole of North India to Kashmir and West China. — In Sikkim and Bhutan, 
in high situations, from 9—10 000 ft., there is a small mountain form, altissima Elw., in which the proximal 
white spots of the forewing are tinged with yellow; the pale form of this mountain subspecies is ab. excelsa 
Oberih., in which the posterior stripes of the forewing and the stripes of the hindwing are pale yellow. 
C. sikkimensis Elw. (4c). Collar spotted with yellow. All the spots between the cell and the apex 
of the forewing yellow. Hindwing usually with a distinct black line before the distal margin, intersecting 
the comma-spots. — At high elevations in Sikkim and Assam. The stripes deeper or paler red according 
to individuals. 
C. desgodinsi splendida Elw. (4c), from the Naga Hills, Assam, is differentiated from the Chinese 
form of desgodinsi Oberih. (vol. II, 2h) by much more vivid colouring; the spots between the outer margin 
and the dark line running through both wings are large and vidid yellow. 
C. atkinsoni Moore (4c). Body entirely blue-black. Wings black-green; forewing anteriorly striped 
with red, distal spots white. Hindwing with 3 red spots and indications of stripes. Beneath the red stripes 
better developed. — Sikkim, at high altitudes. 
Some Chinese species likewise belong to Campylotes , namely pratti Leech, romanovi Leech, minima 
Oberih. (see vol. II, p. 15, 16, pi. 2f, h). 
23. Genus: Erasmia Hope. 
Frons very strongly projecting. Antenna in cf and ? pectinated. Wings broad; in the forewing 
the 1. and 2. subcostals free, the 3.-5. stalked together, the 3. arising distally from the 5.; 1. radial from 
the cell, the 2. and 3. stalked, discocellular weakly angled (Erasmia) or deeply so (Amesia), the upper angle 
of the cell extending somewhat beyond the lower; in the hindwing all the veins branching off from the 
cell, the lower angle of the cell somewhat more distal than the upper, the latter truncate. — Larva (of 
pulchella) velvety black, the tubercles pale red; on the back a rectangular yellow spot extending over 
2 segments; on “wild coffee”. Cocoon on a leaf. 
E. pulchella. Body, a broad basal band and an interrupted band placed before the middle on the 
forewing, as well as the vein-stripes glossy green-blue, abdomen pale blue; forewing with yellowish white 
macular band and before the apex two spots of the same colour, these markings edged with green-blue, 
sometimes tinged with blue, in the basal third a rusty yellow band. Hindwing from the hindmargin to beyond 
the apex of the cell yellowish white, the extent of this area, which is broken up into spots at the apex of 
the cell, differing in the various geographical races. — In the North Indian form, pulchella Hope (4b), the 
veins of both wings are strongly green-blue, the base of the hindwing is green-blue and the yellow-white area 
very broad, also the white spots of the forewing are very large'. In some specimens the white markings of 
the upper surface are shaded over with blue. Sikkim, Assam. Extremely common at an elevation of 1000 
to 4000 ft. — The mountains of Burma are inhabited by chinensis Lord. (vol. II, 2 g), which is especially 
common in Western China, and is distinguished by the reduction of the yellow-white markings and of the 
metallic veins-streaks. — On Hainan lives a race, hainana subsp. nov., which on the forewing has just as 
small white spots as chinensis, but distinct green vein-streaks; the cell-spot especially is smaller than in pul- 
chella; on the hindwing the yellowish white area is posteriorly just as wide as in pulchella, but the spots at 
and in the apex of the cell are smaller. — On Formosa is found hobsoni Btlr., in which the blue vein-streaks 
are almost entirely absent, whilst the yellow-white band of the forewing is broader than in pulchella; also 
the yellow-white area of the hindwing is fully as large as in the Indian form. Hobsoni is moreover smaller. 
The subapical spots of the forewing are commonly connected, especially on the under surface. — fritzei 
subsp. nov. ?: Similar to the Chinese form. Thorax and abdomen above entirely grenish blue; the basal 
area of the hindwing blue on a green ground, the black, blue-edged and blue-centred cell-spot separated from 
the basal area: the black border of the distal margin broad, still broad even between the 2. median and the 
anal angle, proximally edged broadly with blue from the costa nearly to the anal angle. Okinawa, Liu Kiu 
Islands, found by Dr. A. Fritze in June 1890. — cyanea subsp. nov., from Hong-Kong, is a form with more 
blue and with small white spots on the forewing; on the hindwing the yellow-white area is much narrowed, 
