EUSEMIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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abdominal tergite 1 entirely black, without yellow edge; in the $ segment 8 yellow, blackish above at the 
base, on the underside not produced, into lobes, claspers black, feebly curved; in the $ the apex 
of the abdomen yellow. Femora black, anterior side of fore coxae and apex of the other coxae yellow, 
tibiae often with white stripe on the upperside. Forewing similar in markings to that of E. nipalensis 
(1 b), the blue spots in the basal area strongly developed, the discal spots white or the anterior ones 
with a yellow tint, the second discal patch consists of a quadrangular spot in front of and below which 
there is a very small dot or streak, either of which, or even both, may be absent; before the distal 
margin a row of blue longitudinal spots which are always absent from nipalensis, maculatrix and lec- 
trix. Hindwing yellow, similar to that of f. nipalensis, but the black median spot is never connected 
with the costal border, being isolated and almost circular. North India and Burma. -— distincta Bull, distihda. 
(1 a). The blue spots near the margin of the forewing large, the antemedian band interrupted at the 
median vein or strongly constricted, narrower than its distance from the discal spots. Hindwing orange- 
yellow. Sikkim, Assam, North Burma, found by Doherty in the Naga Hills and at Manipur in July 
—August and September—October at 1500—2200 m. — macrosema subsp. nov. The antemedian band of macrosema. 
the forewing not interrupted, considerably broader than in. true distincta , being wider than the space 
which separates it from the discal spots; these spots reduced to dots which hardly attain to the size 
of the second white submarginal spot; the blue spots near the distal margin very small. Hindwing 
reddish orange, the black halfband and the marginal band broader than in true distincta. In the 
Tring-Museum 1 $ from Morneit, Burma, collected by Doherty in June 1890 at about 600 m. 
E. maculatrix Westiv. (4 a $)■ A species rare in. collections and never correctly identified since maculatrix. 
the first description in 1841. Westwood himself figured in 1848 as maculatrix the red form of nipa¬ 
lensis, and all subsequent authors apply the name either likewise to one of the nipalensis-iorms or to 
distincta or even vetula irenea. In Hampson, Lep. Phal. vol. 3, p. 524. no. 6, irenea and distincta are given 
as synonyms of maculatrix, which is erroneous, and the specimens described and mentioned are partly 
distincta, partly beatrix Jord. (1906) and maculatrix. The relationship of maculatrix is with distincta 
and beatrix ; the species differs like these from all the other species of Eusemia in the absence of the 
ventral lobes of the abdominal sternite 8 in the <$. Pronotum without spots, the spots on the patagia, 
however, very large. Legs black, with the exception of the coxae, which are yellow. Abdominal ter¬ 
gite 1 with yellow spot, apex of abdomen inclusive of J-claspers orange in both sexes, segment 8 of 
above with a black basal spot; claspers much more curved than in distincta and beatrix, the harpe 
pointed, and the anal tergite, which bears short hairs as in distincta and beatrix (not long ones as 
in nipalensis, bisma, etc.), is elbowed and. divided into a short fork. Forewing as elongate as in di¬ 
stincta and similar in markings, but bearing a small yellowish subbasal cell-spot, the antemedian spots 
separated, the discal spots small and white, the middle one being the largest and oblong, the blue admarginal 
spots of distincta absent from maculatrix. Hindwing cadmium-yellow, the black median spot trans¬ 
versely elliptical, connected with the costal border. — Assam; in the Oxford-Museum one pair, in the 
Tring-Museum 2 (from the Khasia Hills), in the British Museum 1 $ and 2 $?■ 
(i) Hindwing black, with deep orange anal spots an da row of white sub- 
marginal ones. 
E. negrita Hamps. (lb). Pi onotum without spots, hair of coxae yellow, tibiae and tarsi of fore negrita. 
and mid legs with white scales on upperside; abdomen above black with orange rings on segments 2, 
3 and 7, beneath orange with black transverse spots, segment 8 of <$ as in maculatrix (and nearest 
relatives) ventrally not produced into two lobes, claspers black, not longitudinally impressed. Fore¬ 
wing with a broad, non-interrupted, antemedian band; discal spots hardly indicated above, beneath 
small and bluish white, submarginal spots diffuse above and distinct beneath, spot 6 absent. Hind- 
wing with diffuse orange scaling in the cell; anal spot small, a second vestigial; above 2 and beneath 
6 bluish white submarginal spots, of which 2, 3 and 6 are very small. — Only the type specimen 
known, (in Mus. Tring): Enlay, Shan States, Burma. 
E. nigripennis Butl. (1 c). Abdomen above entirely black in $, the last 1 or 2 segments of $ nigripennis. 
ringed with orange. Hindwing black, with bluish white submarginal spots above and beneath and a 
small orange subanal spot. •— Ceylon. 
E. adulatrix. In both sexes at least three abdominal segments ringed with orange on the upper- 
side. Hindwing above and beneath with a rather large orange anal spot, which is double, at least 
beneath. Markings otherwise as in nigripennis, which is presumably only a subspecies of adulatrix. Breast 
and coxae black, inside of fore coxae yellow (only visible when the coxae are separated). South 
and North India to Burma, Tonkin, Hainan and China. The moth flies about flowering trees, but 
does not keep so far away from the ground as nipalensis. — contracta Butl. (1 c). The blue spots in the contractu. 
basal area of the forewing small. Anal spot of hindwing and the belts on the abdomen yellowish orange. 
South India. In ab. simplex Butl. the yellowish discal spots of the forewing are absent, while in ab. simplex 
