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E. antica Wkr. (43 h). <$: deviates from costalis by its larger size, the forewing is entirely covered antica. 
with brown, the oblique streak is less distinct,, the submarginal spots more distinct. $ like costalis but larger. 
Expanse of wings: 34, $ 38 mm. Ceylon. 
E. antiphates Hmps. <$: body brown with a yellow anal brush. Forewing brownish grey, more or antiphates. 
less covered with brown, antemedian and postmedian lines light, but distally bordered with brown, at the cell- 
end a dark, sometimes almost extinct spot, outside of the postmedian line the colouring is dark brownish, a 
submarginal row of dark moon-spots distally encircled by grey. Hindwing brownish white with dark veins, 
a dark spot at the cell-end and a faded postmedian band. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. India (Naga Hills). 
E. xanthoceps Hmps. <$: head and legs light yellow, antennae whitish with reddish pinnae, thorax xanthoceps, 
and abdomen red-brown with a greyish hue. Forewing uni-coloured red-brown, fringes light at their tips. Hind¬ 
wing darker brown, but with a reddish tint, fringes lighter at their tips. Beneath the costal margin of the forewing 
is yellowish. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. Ceylon. 
E. diplaga Hmps. <$: body chocolate with a yellowish admixture, under surface and legs yellow, diplaga. 
Forewing yellowish, almost entirely suffused with chocolate-brown; between the cell and vein 1 there is a large, 
quadrangular, chocolate, antemedian spot bordered with yellowish-white and followed by the curved brown 
antemedian line; a brown postmedian line is distally curved from the costa to vein 6, then dentate and obliquely 
running to the submedian fold; an elliptic, dark chocolate spot extends from vein 7 to behind vein 6 before 
the subterminal line which is ■whitish and distally curved, then indistinct, brown, undulate and oblique; from 
the apex to vein 4 extends a blurred, yellowish terminal line with small brown spots. Hindwing dark chocolate, 
at the base and in the basal half of the costal margin orange. Fringes yellow at their tips. Under surface orange, 
in the terminal part chocolate. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. Assam. — The eggs are globular, smooth, lustrous, 
light green, and are deposited in rows between dark greenish-grey hair. — Larva solitary, cylindrical, pubescent, 
with some long grey hairs, black with 5 yellow rings, collar red, two red tubercles near the anal end, ventral 
side dark olive-grey, head black, small, retractile. Food-plant: Schima Wallichii. Cocoon oviform, silky, strong, 
grey, squeezed in a shallow cavity of the bark of trunks. Pupa dark brown, bare. 
E. atrisignata Swinh. (44 c). <$: antennae, head, thorax and forewing red-brown, huecl oclireous. atrisignata. 
Forewing with 3 pair of white spots on the margin and between them one small white spot each, with faint 
traces of two light transverse lines both of which are distally curved, at the end of the cell a black spot. Fringes 
with white spots. Hindwing blackish-brown with ochreous-white fringes and marginal line. Under surface, 
palpi, chest, body, legs and wings ochreous-whitish. Forewing, hued brown, except the margins. Expanse of 
wings: 29% mm. Singapore. 
E. hampsoni Swinh. (= variegata Hmps. nom. praeocc.) (45 f, as variegata). $: forewing light brown, hampsoni . 
strewn with black scales and with 5 narrow lighter transverse bands bent convex towards the margin, the middle 
band enclosing a sharply marked orange spot. Hindwing light yellow. Under surface uni-coloured light ochreous. 
Body light brown, anal segments ochreous. Expanse of wings: 30% mm. Nilgiri Hills, India. [According to 
Hampson the type is a according to Swinhoe a <J!]. 
i E. minutissima Swinh. (44 c). <$: antennae, palpi, head, thorax and forewing ochreous, the latter minutissi- 
scantily speckled with grey, and with a large, black subapical spot. Hindwing black with ochreous fringes. ma ’ 
Under swface: body and legs ochreous-white, wings hued blackish-brown with ochreous-whitish margins which 
are broadest at the apex of the forewing. Expanse of wings: 17 mm. Singapore. 
E. oreosaura Swinh. (43 g). $: antennae, head, thorax beneath and legs yellow. Thorax above dark oreosaura. 
chocolate. Forewing yelloAv with a chocolate band covering almost the whole surface of the wing, so that only 
the margin, costa and a round part enclosing the distal half of the cell remain yellow; discocellular spot large, 
black, in a yellow area. Hindwing blackish-brown with a yellow marginal band and a yellowish costal margin. 
Abdomen black with a yellow anal brush. Under surface yellow, the proximal parts of both wings blackened. 
Expanse of wings: 59 mm. India: Cherra Punji. 
E. pelona Swinh. (44 i). antennae, hindwing, body, legs and the whole under surface pale straw- pelona. 
coloured. Forewing above bright cinnamon-yellow, with three brown submarginal spots and two blackish- 
brown transverse bands, the antemedian one of which is slightly curved distally, whereas the second is bent 
concavely towards the base, sending a continuation from its middle towards the margin. Expanse of wings: 
29% mm. India: Nilgiri Hills. 
