352 
EUPROCTIS. By Dr. E. Strand. 
apical spots on the forewing, and it is also allied with E. neola Sivh. Forewing dull brownish-black, with a some¬ 
what violettish hue, hindwing greyisli-black, both wings with a bright yellow marginal band of about 2to2%mm 
width in the hindwing, whilst in the forewing it is about 1% to 2 mm broad behind vein 4 and 4 to 5 mm 
broad at the apex, the costal margin narrows down to a yellow line. The subapical spots of the forewings 
are black, not cpiite 1 mm in the diameter, situate in the areas 5 and 7, less distant from the margin than 
their diameter, and being absent beneath. Otherwise the under surface is as the upper, but the marginal band 
a little broader. Body dark with a yellowish anal brush; likewise yellow seem to be the head, anterior half 
of or perhaps the whole thorax, ventral side, and extremities (very much rubbed off). Expanse of wings: 31 mm. 
Java. (Coll. Seitz.) 
lodm. E. lodra Mr. (44 h). $: forewing brown, the lightest at the base, along the costal margin yellowish. 
Hindwing brown with a broad yellow marginal band. Antennae, head, legs and anal brush yellow. Thorax 
and abdomen brown. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Java. 
iransversa. E. transversa Mr. (44 a). Dull brownish-yellow. Forewing strewn with small black scales, and with 
two transverse bands of black spots. Hindwing brown with dull brownish-yellow fringes; coloured like the 
latter are also the antennae, head and thorax. Abdomen light brown with a brownish-yellow anal brush. Expanse 
of wings: 33)4 to 40 mm. Java, Singapore, Sumatra. 
similis. E. siniilis Mr. (44 c). and $ ferruginous reddish-brown. Forewing with three yellow marginal 
spots being remote from each other, that at the apex being very small. Hindwing with a yellow margin. Antennae, 
head, body, and legs ferruginous reddish-brown. Anal brush light reddish ferruginous. Expanse of wings: 
30)4 mm. Java, Singapore. 
obscura. E. obscura Mr. Brown. Forewing light brownish-yellow at the base and apex, of which colour are 
also the antennae, head and thorax. Expanse of wings: 15 mm. Java, Singapore. 
Unta. E. linfa Mr. (44 e). Yellow, both wings in the middle somewhat brownish. Expanse of wings: 24)4 mm - 
Java, Sandakan. It is not cpiite certain whether the figure 44 e represents the typical linta. 
kala. E. kala Mr. (44 d). $ white, forewing with 2 black apical spots the upper one of which is smaller. 
Expanse of wings: 30)4 mm - Java. 
subrana. E. subratia Mr. (44 b). $ light brown. Forewing along the costal margin lightest with two white 
zigzag transverse lines both of which are proximally curved and of which one is antemedian, the other sub¬ 
marginal; two white spots each near the apex and near the anal angle. Hindwing brown with a broad, light 
yellow marginal band. Antennae, head, and legs yellowish. Thorax and abdomen brown, anal brush yellow. 
Expanse of wings: 33)4 mm. Java, Singapore. 
dcrsa. E. dersa Mr. (44 d). and $ yellow, forewing along the veins whitish, the base of the costal margin 
ferruginous-reddish, the disc with an ochreous-yellowish discal spot which is indistinct in the $. Hindwing whitish 
brownish-yellow. Palpi, inside of the forelegs, frons and mesothorax (only in the E) ferruginous-redclish, anal 
brush ferruginous reddish-yellow. Expanse of wings: 37.7, $ 49 mm. Java. 
bicolor. E. bicolor Heyl. resembles E. apicalis Wkr., but the yellow part at the end of the forewing is narrower 
and lighter, the black subapical spots are absent altogether, the costal margin is not yellow, the thorax is of 
the same brownish-black colouring as the abdominal dorsum. Beneath the wings are brownish-black, and the 
yellow parts are still narrower and more blurred. Expanse of wings: 18 mm. Packing (Sumatra). 
biplagatana. E. biplagatana nom. nov. (= biplagata Heyl. nec Wkr.) is allied with E. costalis Wkr. (47 c). Head 
and thorax ferruginous-reddish; palpi outside reddish, inside whitish, the third joint white. Abdomen grey 
with an ochreous anal brush. Forewing ochreous strewn with ferruginous scales. Violettish brownish-black 
are: a large, irregular discal area partly extending to the costal margin, two triangular spots in the marginal 
area (in the areas 5 and 6), an incomplete basal line and two transverse lines extending from the discal area 
to the middle of the posterior margin. Beneath the forewings are covered with smoke-black without any other 
markings but a dark cellular spot. Hindwing greyish-yellow, above uni-coloured, beneath with a black disco- 
cellular spot. Expanse of wings: 22 mm. Preanger (Java), at an altitude of 3500 ft. 
zeboe. E. zeboe Mr. (44 e). $ yellow, along the veins whitish, with a brown discal spot and a short, oblique 
row of 4 or 5 brown spots between the discal spot and the margin, being nearer to the former and extending 
from vein 5 almost to the posterior margin. Hind wing yellowish-white. Antennae light brown. Palpi above 
black. Anal brush yellow. Expanse of wings: 33)4 mm. Java. 
