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before subterminal line reaching vein 6, and the narrow terminal area blackish; the veins whitish; sub- 
basal line pale, black-edged, curved above and below median, and forming a narrow loop at base of cell; 
inner line black edged with pale on both sides, inwardly angled on subcostal, then evenly outcurved, with 
an oblique pale striga from it at submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular stigma obliquely V-shaped, black with 
the lateral edges whitish; reniform black with the lateral edges and narrow centre whitish; a whitish erect 
striga beyond lower angle of cell, from which a broad diffuse brown shade runs obliquely to inner 
margin; outer line whitish, slenderly edged on both sides with blackish, and followed by a pale olive green 
belt edged externally with pale; subterminal line formed by two pale oblique streaks above veins 7 and 6, 
and a slighter streak inwards to outer line above vein 5, then stronger to termen at vein 4, and 
forming two slight pale streaks with black centres above veins 4 and 3; a fine whitish line before the 
dark terminal area; fringe olive brown with yellow basal line, and mottled with pale; hindwing olive fus¬ 
cous, deeper towards termen; the cellspot dark; the fringe whitish; the $ is smaller and darker. Com¬ 
mon and widely distributed; Khasia Hills, Assam, Sikkim, Calcutta, the Nilgiri Hills, Travancore, Ceylon, 
Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Hainan, Borneo, Java, Mas, Amboina, Batchian, Buru, Tenimber, Teoor, 
Gt. Banda, Kei Islands, the Louisiades, the Solomons, Fiji, and the New Hebrides. 
E„ chloriza Guen. (19c) Forewing pale greenish ochreous, with black suffusion at base of submedian chloriza. 
interval, in costal half of median area, and in some subterminal blotches; subbasal line white, edged with 
black, angled outwards on median vein; inner line white, bent inwards on subcostal vein, then oblique 
to vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, with a curved white striga from submedian fold to vein 1, 
and followed by a diffuse belt of greenish ochreous; orbicular stigma black, narrowed below, the inner edge 
straight, the outer curved; reniform rounded, yellowish green, with dark spot in upper part, angled 
inwards below, and with oblique white stria beyond its lower end; outer line preceded by a row of black 
pale-edged lunules, and followed by a belt of pale greenish ochreous; veins towards termen greenish och¬ 
reous; subterminal line white, of the usual shape, but more or less lost in the greenish ochreous suffu¬ 
sion; a row of black terminal lunules; fringe mottled green and black; hindwing smoky fuscous, paler at 
base, with the veins dark. Java and S. Flores. 
E. yerburii Btlr. (19 d). Forewing olive ochreous and fulvous in the inner marginal half, dark yerburii. 
olive fuscous in the costal; subbasal line indistinct, the dark of the basal area being dusted with pale 
scales; inner line black, edged on both sides with yellowish white, bent inwards on subcostal vein, 
then oblique outwards to median, thence inwards to inner margin, with an additional pale line on the in¬ 
side; orbicular oblique, V-shaped, somewhat constricted in middle; reniform ochreous white, oblique, its 
centre defined by black on inner side, its lower extremity produced outwards and with a brown patch 
on it, leaving a fine oblique pale dash; between the stigmata a triangular blackish blotch from costa; 
outer line very strongly bent, whitish edged inwardly by a row of black lunules, and outwardly by 
a greyish ochreous belt, the outer edge of which is lunulate dentate, the teeth running out along the 
veins; subterminal line white, forming 3 oblique streaks from apex to outer line above vein 5 between 
the yellow veins, then outwards and stronger to termen at 4, below which lies a small triangular black 
spot, then subobsolete; a fine white line before termen, sinuous in lower half; fringe white with black waved 
line through it; hindwing smoky fuscous, paler basewards; the veins dark. A South Indian species, 
found in the Nilgiri Hills and in Ceylon; also at Aden in Arabia. 
E. repleta Walk. (19c). Forewing olive brownish, dusted with black and some pale scales; a large repleta. 
black costal triangle between the stigmata and another between outer and subterminal lines; the veins 
finely pale; inner line black, edged on both sides with pinkish white; outer line double, black, filled 
in with white, with a whitish line before it, and a pale band with grey line on it beyond it, flexuous 
only, not excurved; submarginal line broad, forming oblique streaks above veins 7 and 6, inangled to 
outer line above 5, and strongly outwards to termen at 4, preceded below middle by a fulvous patch, the apex 
also fulvous; a fine silvery white lunulate line before termen; orbicular stigma an oblique oval, blackish 
with pale ring; reniform long, oblique, its edges broadly pale, its centre yellowish; claviform stigma cloudy, 
black-edged, touching an angulated mark of black scales; hindwing pale ochreous, suffused with brownish 
grey; a dark cellspot and outer line. Found in the Punjab and the Khasia Hills, Assam, northwards it 
extends into China, Japan, and Siberia. 
E. minuta Btlr. (19 d). Forewing black brown, the median area below and beyond the cell olive minuta. 
yellowish; the veins and base of submedian fold finely yellowish white; subbasal line slender, yellowish, 
twice angled; inner line black edged with yellowish, oblique outwards from subcostal vein, strongly in¬ 
curved below vein 1; orbicular and reniform stigmata conversely oblique, laterally edged with yellowish 
white, the former narrow, the latter with a pale central line; outer line black, edged outwardly with 
yellowish white; subterminal yellowish white, shortly angled inwards above veins 7, 6, and 3, and 
strongly to outer line at the two folds; a fine white line before termen; fringe black; hindwing fuscous 
