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biguiia. 
lutescens. 
E. xanthopera Hmps. (44 c). in the 'forewing vein 7 is absent. Greyish-broAvn, anal brush orange, xanthopera. 
Forewing with a yellow spot in the cell, a sinuate, whitish median line and a dentate submarginal line, between 
them brown spots, at the apex a yellow diffuse spot, below it two spots and two above the anal angle, fringes 
yellow and brown. Hindwing with a’ brownish basal half and yellow terminal half. Expanse' of wings: 
34 mm. India (Khasia Hills). 
E. atripuncta Hmps. (44 b). <$: white and reddish. Forewing with double white antemedian and atripunda. 
postmedian lines, the former being slightly undulate, the latter dentate, besides with a black discocellular spot 
and a white marginal area. Hindwing yellowish-white. In the $ the reddish hue of the forewing is more intense 
and the hindwing is brownish ochreous with a whitish margin. Expanse of wings: <$ 28, ^ 46 mm. India (Khasia 
Hills). 
E. dispersa Moore (= bidentata Hmps.) (43 h, as bidentata). <$: yellow. Abdomen blackish except dispersa. 
the two ends. Forewing in the basal two thirds hued brown and speckled black, in the costal area, however, 
a spot before the middle remains yellow, and with a subapical black spot. The distal border-line of the 
brown area forms two sharp teeth behind the veins 6 and 5. Hindwing light yellow. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. 
Sikkim, Darjeeling *). 
E. bimaculata WJcr. (Vol. II, t. 21 h) with its forms bigutta Whr. and lutescens Wkr., comp. Vol. II, bimaculata. 
p. 138. The species, according to Semper, flies in Luzon, from February till June, August, November and Decem¬ 
ber. Length of wings: $ 18 to 20, ^ 21 to 28 mm. -— The larva is 4 cm long in its adult state, polyphagous, 
sometimes occurring in large numbers and differs from that of atrosquama (43 g) by having a darker head and 
not being so much covered with the small hairs apt to cause inflammation in man; its colour is besides more 
red-brown, the ventral feet light brown, on the first three segments there are white hair-bristles, on the 4th 
and 5th two dark brown, large hair-tufts. Everywhere common, distributed across almost the whole of India 
to Java and the Philippines, extending in China into the palearctic region. 
E. plana Wkr. ( = discinota Moore ) (43 f) is one of the most beautiful and at the same time most plana. 
common Euproctis, distributed from Cashmir and the Andamans through the whole of India to China and the 
Philippine Islands. Very common in Hongkong. According to Semper, it flies in Mindanao in March. As to 
further particulars on the species and its larva vid. Vol. II, p. 137. 
E. icilia Stoll (Vol. II, t. 22 g) is beautifully marked on the forewing. Distributed from the North icilia. 
West Himalaya across the whole of India to Ceylon and the Philippines. As to the species and its larva vid. 
Vol. II, p. 137. 
E. varians Wkr. ( = pusilla Moore) (45 g). This tiny species, owing to its occurring in the northern varians. 
parts of India and China, has been also dealt with in the palearctic part (p. 137) and figured there on t. 23 b 
as ,,pusilla“. But it also occurs in the more southern districts of India and China, also in Formosa, and 
in Luzon it flies in April, May, and July, August. 
E. latifascia Wkr. (= antica Wkr.) (Vol. II, t. 21 f). The medium-sized, dull yellow species having latifascia. 
already been dealt with in Vol. II, p. 137, occurs both in the Caslimerean and Indian Himalaya; presumably 
also its forms postica Wkr. with a brownish abdomen and white anal wool, abdominalis Moore, and the form postica. 
basiatra Strand distinguished by the black base of the costa on the forewing. -—■ In Formosa there occurs 
$-form (suisharyonis Strand) (47 d) with bright creamy forewings and fringes; expanse of wings: 37 mm. suisharyo- 
nis. 
E. subfasciata Wkr. (45 e) deviates from latifascia by the anal brush being whitish, in the very subfasciata. 
slightly hued orange; sometimes on the forewing with an indistinct discal band of dark scales from the lower 
angle of the cell to the posterior margin. — tritasciata Moore (44 d) is pale brownish ochreous on its head, thorax trifasciata. 
and forewing, with more distinct light lines. Expanse of wings: $ 36, $ 48 mm. India: Sikkim, Assam, Cachar, 
Nilgiri Hills. — Semper mentions E. subfasciata from the Philippines, where it is said to fly in Luzon and 
Mindanao in January, May, July, and December. 
E. signata Blnch. Snow-white, forewing with a small black circle at the discocellular, and a small, signata. 
black, linear spot at the proximal angle. In some specimens only the latter is present. Anal brush golden- 
yellow. India: Murree, Pendjab Hills, Skardo, according to Swinhoe (1903); Hampson has not mentioned 
the species at all in ,,Fauna of British India“. Blanchard states the Himalaya as patria. 
E. venosa Moore (45 k). White. Antennae, frons, palpi, forelegs and anal brush pale ochreous. Forewing venosa. 
with a subbasal, median and marginal band yellow, cut by white veins; an interrupted, indistinctly defined band 
of brown scales from the upper angle of the cell to the proximal margin, and a narrower submarginal band. 
Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Sikkim, Tenasserim. 
*) As to ,,Euproctis“ scintillans Wkr. following here see under Porthesia, p. 325. 
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