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ERIOPUS. By W. Warren. 
aethiops. 
albisiriga. 
trilineaia. 
ferruginea. 
placodoides. 
quadrino- 
tata. 
ish grey dusting, and followed by a band of similar dusting, which is broadened towards inner mar¬ 
gin; subterminal line formed of Dvo oblique white streaks from costa to vein 6, finely angled inwards at 
outer line above 5, then white and oblique to vein 4; a white line before termen from apex to 4; a 
row of black terminal lunules; fringe blackish with a fine yellowish basal line and intersected by white 
at veins 4, 6, 7; orbicular stigma narrow and oblique, black with white edges; reniform conversely ob¬ 
lique, black with a fine yellow line, the edges white, the outer angularly produced to vein 5; beneath 
the stigmata below median vein a cloud of yellowish dusting; hindwing dark brownish fuscous. Occurs 
in the Punjab, and the Khasia Hills, Assam; also in Bombay, S. India. 
E. aethiops Btlr. (19 a, Vol. 3 pi. 44 d <J). Forewing grey suffused with dark fuscous; the veins 
pale; inner and outer lines double, black filled in with white, conversely edged with yellowish white; 
submarginal line zigzag below costa, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, indistinct below; a row of 
dark terminal lunules inwardly edged by a fine white line; orbicular stigma brown, with fine white lateral 
edges, oblique; reniform brown, with oblique white lateral margins, a yellowish lunulate line at centre, and 
a white oblique striga beyond lower angle of cell; hindwing fuscous. Originally described from Japan; 
the species is found also in S. India, in the Nilgiri Hills, and Travancore. 
E. albistriga Hmps. (= trilineata limps, nec Walk.). (19 a). Forewing olive brown, in places 
suffused with deep brown; the basal area rufous grey, paler between vein 1 and inner margin; subbasal 
line black, edged with white, enclosing bright rufous spots at base of costa and submedian interval; 
inner line angled on submedian fold, black, edged internally with white and externally with pink; an ob¬ 
liquely curved pale streak from it at the fold to vein 1, enclosing a space of deep brown; the base of 
cell also deep brown; orbicular stigma oblique, narrow, its inner edge being the outer edge of inner line; 
reniform large, conversely oblique; its lateral edges broadly white, its centre a curved pink line; the median 
vein white; an oblique white dash surrounded by dark brown beyond the bent out lower end of reni¬ 
form; outer line white edged on both sides with black, the inner black line formed of lunules, followed 
immediately by a grey line edged on both sides with pink; veins of terminal area pinkish white; sub¬ 
terminal line formed of three oblique white dashes from costa to vein 5, the lowest small and pinkish, 
then straight and oblique outwards to termen at 4, forming a lunule between veins 4 and 3, and again 
straight and oblique inwards to outer line at submedian fold, where it is pink-tinged; a row of dark 
brown terminal lunules edged inwardly by pinkish white; fringe brown with pink basal line; hindwing pale 
brownish fuscous, deeper towards termen, with dark cellspot and outer line. Recorded only from Ceylon; 
the above description is made from a the <$ is paler in both wings. 
E. trilineata Walk. (= duplicilinea Walk.) (19 b). Differs from albistriga in the basal area being 
mainly brown, only the space on inner margin to vein 1 showing rufous grey; the subbasal line very 
obscure; the reniform stigma obliquely y-shaped, with broad white lateral edges and pinkish centre with 
hardly any brown showing; the outer edge of the grey line beyond outer line white, not pink; the 
terminal area between the more broadly white subterminal line and the terminal lunules pale or dark grey; 
the veins finely pale towards termen; the $ is decidedly darker, especially in the hindwing. This species 
is found in the Malay Peninsula, in Borneo, and Amboina. 
E. ferruginea limps. (19b). Slightly smaller than trilineata, the ground colour deeper purplish 
rufous, especially at base, where the subbasal line is wholly absent; inner line less sharply angled, ap¬ 
pearing almost curved; the reniform silvery white, the space below median beyond the bend in inner line 
diffusely bright pinkish; terminal area silvery or purplish grey; the subterminal line below costa, as 
in trilineaia, broader and not cut up into three oblique streaks; hindwing paler. Described by Hampson 
from a single $ from Brisbane, Queensland; in the Tring Museum are 2 <$<$ and 1 $ from Fergusson 
Island. The last 3 species are closely related; albistriga is the most clearly marked, and is distinguished 
by the white strigula beyond lower end of reniform; but in a ^ of both of the other species, traces 
of the white spot are visible, through ordinarily it is not represented. 
E. placodoides Guen. (= doleschalli Fldr.) (19b). Forewing deep olive brown or fulvous brown 
in costal half, tinged with violaceous grey towards inner margin, paler in terminal area; inner and outer 
lines deep brown, edged broadly on each side with violaceous; a patch on inner margin before inner 
line, and the space between outer and subterminal lines often bronzy fulvous; stigmata with dark centres 
and bluish white annuli, subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 4, and preceded at costa by a 
dark blotch, below 4 incurved and faint; a terminal row of dark white edged lunules; fringe often with 
white dots at base; hindwing fuscous. A widely spread insect which does not seem to vary: occurs in 
Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, Assam in N. India, and in the Nilgiri Hills and Travancore in the South; 
in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java, Amboina, Tambora, Waigieu, Buru, the Solomon Islands, the Loui- 
siades, and New Guinea. 
E. quadrinotata Walk. (19b). Forewing pale suffused with rufous, especially towards costa; sub- 
