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brownish scales, and with a white, indistinctly defined spot of about 3 mm length and width on the distal side 
of the posterior angle of the cell; between this and the proximal margin, a little farther towards the base, there 
is a similar spot but parted lengthwise. Hindwing black with pale ochreous fringes and a similar, very indis¬ 
tinctly defined marginal band of about 2 to 3 mm width. Veins of both wings towards the margin a little lighter. 
Beneath both wings are black in the larger basal half, in the terminal half pale ochreous-yellowish, forewing 
besides at the costal margin of the latter colouring. Head and thorax like forewing, abdomen black with yellow 
anal apex. Expanse of wings: 53 mm. Celebes (Coil. Seitz). Before me also from the Minahassa. 
E. lyclene Swh. $ purely white, frons with some grey hair, legs striated grey. Forewing with a grey lyclene. 
spot at the cell-end, then with a black line, extending from near the apex of the costal margin to close beyond 
the middle of the posterior margin, being midway distally bent like a knee and ending behind in a small black 
spot, another black line which is very short and oblique. Under surface uni-coloured white without markings. 
Expanse of wings: 22 mm. Borneo, Kuching. 
E. sexmacula Swh. (43 g). $ palpi, head and anterior part of thorax bright orange-ochreous, the sexmacula. 
rest of the thorax, abdomen, the basal third of the forewing, and basal half of hindwing black, the rest of both 
wings orange-ochreous. Forewing with 3 very large black spots forming a triangle, and with two smaller black 
similar ones. Body beneath black, legs yellow. Expanse of wings: 37 mm. Kina Balu. 
E. civitta Swh. (44 h). frons, antennae and colla" ochreous, palpi brown, thorax and forewing chocolate; civUta. 
forewing with two light transverse lines midway towards the margin bent in an elbow-shape, between which 
the ground-colour is darker; at the margin some light spots, fringes yellowish. Hindwing blackish witfqa broad, 
light yelloAv margin. Abdomen black with an orange anal brush. Expanse of wings 29% mm. Borneo. 
E. metaleuca WJcr. very pale fawn-coloured. Head and palpi white, the latter porrect with rounded mdaleuca. 
tips, the 3rd joint minute. Forewing with a blackish spot at the end of the costal margin and with traces of 
a submarginal blackish line; a broad white streak along the proximal margin. Length of body: 8 mm. Expanse 
of wings: 20% mm. Sarawak. 
E. ruptata Wkr. pale yellow, scantily and finely dusted darker, the costal margin of the forewing ruptata. 
of a brighter yellow, costal area of forewing with a jet-black, wedge-shaped transverse spot with its point turned 
backward, and two or three small accumulations of black scales towards the anal angle. Marginal line on both 
wings apparently a little darker. Hindwing somewhat lighter. Under surface brown except the posterior margin 
and distal margin. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Sarawak. 
E. signiplaga Wkr. (45 k). S' forewing yellow with a jet-black spot being proximally pointed in the signiplaga. 
anal angle and a violettish-brownish basal area, the distal margin of which is midway obtuse-angular. Hindwing 
and body lighter yellow, thoracal dorsum behind with a narrow brown transverse band exhibiting in front 
two brown long teeth. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. Sarawak. 
E. dirtea Swh. Near E. plana (43 f). S'head, thorax, forewing, antennae and palpi dark grey ochreous. dirtea. 
Forewing speckled with black atoms, discocellular spot black, 2 grey parallel transverse bands (the antemedian 
one strongly curved), fringes spotted grey. Hinclwing dull yellow, in the dorsal area brown. Abdomen brownish- 
black, anal brush yellow. Expanse of wings: 44 mm. Kuching, Borneo. 
E. funeralis Swh. (43 c). S' and $ palpi, frons, anal brush, head, thorax and forewing ochreous. antennae fimeralis. 
ochreous-grey with a white shaft. Forewing speckled with brown scales. S' hindwing almost white, the posterior 
margin, however, lined blackish, in the $ blackish-brown with a light yellow margin. Abdomen above and 
beneath black. Legs yellowish. Beneath the wings of the S' are whitish, only at the posterior margin blackened, 
in the $ they are everywhere hued blackish. Veins of the $ may be yellow. Expanse of wings: S' 39, $ 64 mm. 
Singapore, Sarawak, Penang, Java. —• From the Coll. Seitz a $ is before me labelled ,,Nias, Burma“ and 
,,Semper“, which I should like to place to this species; it has, however, a rather indistinct dark discocellular 
punctiform spot. The abundant anal wool is dark, round about, however, light yellow. 
E. chirunda Sivh. (44 a). $ palpi, frons, head and anterior part of thorax yellow, the rest of the thorax, chirunda. 
and fore wings dark chocolate; forewing with a yellow costal margin, a yellow patch in the centre of the wing, 
extending to the end of the cell, where it encloses a black spot, a quadrangular yellow spot at the margin before 
the middle and one at the anal angle. Abdomen black with lighter transverse lines and yellow anal brush. 
Hindwing blackish-brown, yellow on the margin. All the fringes yellow. Under surface yellow, the wings, 
however, blackish-brown, at the margin marked yellow as above. Expanse of wings: 54 mm. Sandakan, Java. 
