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ERESSA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
nijra. E. nigra limps. (12c). The black body most delicately marked with yellow; abdomen without any 
yellow rings, only faintly margined with yellow along edge of segments. Forewings hyaline throughout with 
yellow costa, only the apex and the end of the cell heavily black, likewise a streak connecting both; hindwing 
black in the apical third. Discovered by H. Harford at Simla in the Himalayas. 
lepcha. E. lepcha Moore (12 c) from Sikkim has the wings like the preceding species, but on the primaries 
the apex, end of cell and their connecting line as well as the apex of the hindwing less heavily black. 
Abdomen very gaily coloured with blue-black and yellow rings and tinged red behind; this does not appear 
very clearly in the figure. The type is in the Staudinger Collection in the Berlin Museum. 
quinque- E. quinquecincta limps. (12 a, erroneously marked ’quinquefas data 1 ). Considerably larger than the 
eincta. preceding forms. Thorax marked with yellowish, abdomen ringed and tipped with yellow. Wings trans¬ 
parent, on forewings the median vein distented at the end; a black cross-bar reaches from apex of cell to 
outer margin, where it. widens into delta-shape. From Perak. 
erressoides. E. eressoides limps. (12b) is smaller than quinquecincta; abdomen with orange hands and grey anal 
spot. Wings hyaline, primaries with black apex of cell and border, narrowing at end of rib 3. Burma. 
microchilm. E. microchilus limps. (= plumalis Hmps.) (12 c). Body black, abdomen with dull yellow spots 
crossing the black. Wings hyaline, apex of cell and the outer portion of the space between ribs 2 and 3 
on forewing black. Burma. 
vespa. E. vespa Hmps. (12 c) has thorax and abdomen more profusely marked and ringed with yellow. Wings hyaline, 
costa heavily black-brown, outer and inner margins the same. From above the apex of the cell a blackish 
bar drawn across the inner angle of the forewing to the outer margin. Burma. 
vespina. E. vespina Rothsch. is distinguished from vespa Hmps. (12 c) by its inferior size and the absence of 
the yellow collar and thoracic stripe, as well as by the narrower and paler abdominal rings which disappear 
towards the anal segment. The marginal border of the hindwing quite narrow and regular, not widening 
towards the apex. Taken in October at Kuching (Borneo). 
vespoides. E. vespoides Rothsch. (12 d), like vespa (12 c), but the markings of thorax and the abdominal bands 
are broader and coloured deeper orange, and on the primaries the costa is not black, but whitish. Khasia 
Hills, September. 
enjthrosoma. E. erythrosoma Hmps. (12 c) closely resembles the last mentioned species in the pale costa and black 
apex of cell; but has otherwise only the apex of the forewing and a spot on the outer margin between the 
terminals of veins 2 and 3 black. From Burma, like most representatives of this group. 
ichneumon!- E. ichneumoniformis Rothsch. (12 c) resembles the preceding forms, but has the body marked and 
formis. r i n g e q w ith lemon-yellow instead of orange, and the wings transparent throughout excepting the very narrow 
quite regular outer margin. Khasia Hills. 
discinota. E. discinota Moore (9h) has, like the last named species, the wings hyaline throughout, with yellow 
costa and uniformly black, narrow outer border; but its size is twice that of ichneumoniformis, and the 
yellow abdominal bands are on the back interrupted as in E. rnultigatta (Vol. 2, pi. 9 h). Khasia Hills (Burma). 
hlanchardi E. multigutta Wkr. The form figured under this name in Vol. 2, pi. 9h is blanchardi Pouj with which 
it was considered by Hampson synonymous. But among the many specimens before me (78 hlanchardi and 10 
multigutta) I find no transitions. The typical multigutta is found in Burma, hlanchardi from Sikkim to Tibet, 
where it enters the Palaearctic Region. Whereas multigutta has in the apex of the forewing only a minute 
dark pointed spot, — if indeed it is not altogether transparent —, hlanchardi has the wing distinctly 
bordered with black. Both forms resemble somewhat the preceding species; abdomen always marked with 2 
distinct rows of yellow spots, as it is seen in the figure. 
everetti. E. everetti Rothsch. Head and thorax marked with pale yellow; abdomen pale yellow with brown rings. 
Wings clearly transparent, opalescent, bordered with black; on forewings apex, end of cell, and a spot 
between ribs 2 and 3, as well as ribs 3 and 5 black. Length of forewing 15 mm. Borneo (May) and Natuna 
Islands (July till October). 
