semifascia. 
cuprea. 
melanisiis. 
magniclavis, 
discalis. 
albifusa. 
albidisca. 
138 EUPLEXIA. By W. Warren. 
E. semifascia Walk. (17 c). Forewing fuscous grey or reddish grey, more tinged with fuscous 
in basal and terminal areas; the median area, except along costa, dark olive fuscous; inner line oblique, 
double, with a dark thread along middle, preceded by dark blotches above and below vein 1; outer 
line obliquely sinuous from vein 8 to inner margin, approaching inner line, with a blunt outward tooth 
between veins 3 and 4, followed by a pale band containing two fine parallel lines; orbicular stigma large, 
dark, oblique, edged with blackish, extending below median vein and touching claviform, wliich is equally 
obscure; reniform produced externally at upper end, pale grey with ochreous lateral edges, brightest across 
middle; submarginal line obscure, edged on both sides with darker; fringe dark; hindwing dark fuscous, 
with dark pale-edged outer and submarginal lines; the form cuprea Moore is darker; the forewing more 
suffused with purplish fuscous, the antemedian and postmedian areas tinged with purplish pink. An 
Indian species well distributed, occurring in the Punjab and Sikkim in the North, and in Bombay and 
Madras in the South. 
E. melanistis Hmps. (17 d). Forewing black brown with a purple tinge and dusted with white; 
inner and outer lines double, indistinct; the inner obliquely waved; the outer bent inwards below 
vein 4 and obliquely waved; subterminal line a series of black marks in the intervals; claviform stigma 
slightly edged with black; orbicular rounded, open above and edged with black, connected with a spot 
below cell; reniform narrow, slightly produced at upper end, defined by white, with pale yellow" marks 
at middle on inner and outer sides; hindwing dark brown, with a white postmedian point on vein 2 and 
subterminal points on veins 2 and 3. The Palni Hills, Madras. Described from a single $. 
E. magniclavis Hmps. (17 d). Forewing greyish redbrown speckled with black and white; sub- 
basal line whitish, twice angled; inner line whitish, starting from double black costal striae, oblique 
to vein 1, then obsolete, often preceded by white scaling at middle; outer line indistinct, outwardly 
edged with whitish grey, incurved below vein 4, obsolete below; subterminal line whitish, with a small 
black spot on inner side below vein 2; the apex greyish; claviform stigma large, deep redbrown, edged 
with black except above, sometimes with whitish below and externally; orbicular and reniform with pale 
annuli partly defined by black; the former oval and oblique; the latter constricted at middle, with a 
small white spot on its outer edge; a black marginal festoon; hindwing dull whitish suffused with fuscous, 
dark fuscous along termen except at tornus; Khasia Hills, Assam. 
E. discalis Warr. (17 d). Forewing purplish brown mixed Avitli moss green and reddish scales; 
the subapical area with a dull rufous patch; lines pale greenish, in places mixed with reddish; sub- 
basal line double, blackish, interlined with pale green, especially at base of submedian interval; inner line 
of the ground colour edged on both sides with yellowish green, the inner edge more curved and running 
in basewards, forming a yelloAv patch on inner margin; outer line indistinctly treble below vein 8, ob¬ 
liquely sinuous inwards, and approaching inner line on inner margin, their converse edges appearing to 
meet; belo\A r vein 5 the outer line is followed by a pale green band, on which the teeth of the line are 
marked in blackish; subterminal line broadly pale green, lunulate dentate, preceded below vein 5 by 
a broad purplish brown shade, and folloAved by a similar shade, which is blacker close to the green; 
veins rather darker purple, the base of vein 2 bright red; claviform stigma dark, obscurely defined; orbi¬ 
cular oblique and oval, purplish red in centre with pale green outline; reniform oblong, narrow, bright 
sulphur yellow, with the centre greenish mixed with yellow and reddish; hindw r iiig whitish, the costal 
and inner margins broadly smoky fuscous; the terminal border broadly dark fuscous; the fringe rufous; 
cellspot blackish, Targe; underside of forewing with large white discal spot, of hindwing with a large 
black one on the white basal area. Pengalengan, Preanger, Java; a single $ only. 
E. albifusa Hmps. (17 d). Forewing olive green mixed with dark brown and white; subbasal 
line black, oblique, and interrupted; inner and outer lines black, the inner Avith an outward angle 
below costa, then interrupted and obsolescent, preceded by a whitish space, except at costa and inner 
margin, and folloAved by broAvn suffusion in and beloAv cell, extending beloAv submedian fold to outer 
line, Avhich is black, outwardly defined by white; subterminal line formed of irregularly diffused small 
white spots, partially interrupted; terminal area dark brown; small black and white terminal lunules, becom¬ 
ing a white patch at apex; fringe at base green, chequered black and white at tips; orbicular stigma 
a small black spot with white dot on its outer edge; reniform a small white spot, with Avhite suffusion 
beyond and below it; hindwing dark redbrown; fringe pale rufous in basal half, fuscous and AA’hite at 
tips. Described by Hampson from a single $ from Mt. Arjuno, Java. 
E. albidisca Moore ( = nivescens Btlr.) (17 d). Forewing dark or yellowish olive green, with all 
the lines very finely white or bluish Avhite and delicately waved; median area between subcostal vein 
and vein 1, and the terminal area interruptedly, deep olh T e; orbicular stigma deep olive, finely edged 
with white; reniform a large diffuse chalk white blotch, edged AAdth bluish green, extending across the 
bases of veins 2, 3, and 4 which are bluish Avhite, and ending in an inverted white triangle that reaches 
