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ERIOPUS. By W. Warren. 
minor. 
aluensis. 
elaeastis. 
guttulalis. 
venata. 
microptera. 
brown. Found in the Punjab. Examples from the Khasia Hills, subsp. angustata subsp. nov., are smaller and 
darker; the median area narrower and more fulvous; the two lines more rounded. 
E. minor Hmps. (1 9d). Forewing pale rufous irrorated with black; the median area more ruf¬ 
ous; the post median area blackest, the terminal less so; veins finely rufous; subbasal line double, black 
filled in with white, angled outwards on median nervure; inner line black, edged inwardly with white, 
oblique to vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular stigma an oblique black bar edged on 
each side with white; reniform with yellowish annulus and white line at centre, with an oblique white 
striga inwardly defined by black at its lower extremity, the striga preceded by a conical black patch reach¬ 
ing costa; outer line black, outwardly white-edged, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line a series 
of bluish white striae, oblique above veins 7 and 6, angled inwards to near outer line on each fold, and 
outwards to near termen at veins 4 and 3; a fine white line just before termen; fringe black with yellow 
basal line; hindwing black brown; fringe with a yellow line at base; in the $ the forewing is darker in 
median area. From S. India only: Belgaum and the Nilgiri Hills, Madras, and Travancore. 
E. aluensis Btlr. (= ochraceus Beth.-Balcer). Forewing ochreous white, dusted and in parts 
suffused with rufous; subbasal line slightly marked in black below costa and cell; inner line slightly 
sinuous but very indistinct, marked with black at both ends; orbicular stigma a small whitish oval 
spot; reniform subquadrate, whitish, with rufous line in middle, slightly black-edgecl, produced at upper 
extremity; a bent rufous median shade; outer line blackish, outwardly edged with white, nearly obsolete 
below costa, excurved to vein 4, crossed by an oblique rufous shade from before apex to reniform; 
subterminal line faintly defined by rufous internally, with a triangular redbrown mark beyond it on cell 
fold; a row of small dark terminal lunules tipped with white, obsolescent at middle; hindwing ochreous 
white, with diffuse brown median and subterminal shades; two dark striae on termen below apex; in 
the $ the head, thorax, and forewing are olive green in place of rufous, the wing markings being darker 
and more distinct. Occurs in the Solomon Islands, the Louisiades, and New Guinea. 
E. elaeastis Hmps. Forewing white suffused with olive yellow ; costal edge dark brown at 
base; inner line obsolete on costal half, oblique and black, edged inwardly by whitish below middle, fol¬ 
lowed by a diffuse dark shade; orbicular stigma round, whitish ringed with rufous; reniform whitish 
with curved rufous line in centre, edged with rufous inwardly and with black outwardly, produced to 
slight streaks below veins 7, 6, and 4, constricted at middle and produced at extremities; outer line 
double, redbrown filled in with white, subobsolete at costa, oblique below vein 4; subterminal formed 
by a rufous streak from apex and some rufous dentate marks below; fringe cut by black at apex, middle, 
and tornus; hindwing dark brown, more ochreous towards base. Kapaur, New Guinea. 
E. guttulalis Hmps. (19d). Forewing whitish suffused with rufous, dusted with dark redbrown; 
subbasal line black, ending on submedian fold in a short black streak; inner line indistinctly double, 
blackish, oblique and waved, preceded in submedian interspace by a white spot and a black line from it 
to inner margin; claviform defined by blackish, reaching median vein; orbicular round, whitish, faintly 
defined by blackish; reniform with slight brown line at centre; an angulated black median line; outer 
line obscure; subterminal pale, wavy, defined by dark marks on each side; terminal lunules dark tipped 
with white; hindwing whitish tinged with reddish brown. Recorded only from Ceylon. 
E. venata Leech. (Vol. 3, pi. 44 e). Forewing pinkish grey, with much blackish irroration and suf¬ 
fusion ; the veins of median area pink; inner and outer lines double, black filled in with white, the 
inner with a pink line on outer side, the outer line with the inner arm dentate; claviform stigma de¬ 
fined above by an oblique pink streak; orbicular oblique, oval, black at centre with a white annulus; 
reniform with a c 11 r ved pink lunule at centre inwardly black-edged, margined by an oblique white bar 
on each side and a striga beyond lower angle of cell; subterminal line with the usual angulations, but 
not strongly expressed; a row of white partially connected lunules before termen; the fringe mottled; 
hindwing dark brown. The species, which was originally described from China, occurs also in the Khasia 
Hills, Assam. 
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E. microptera Hmps. Forewing rufous mixed with white, the veins whitish; subbasal line 
consisting of white striae from costa and cell, followed by another white striga across cell; inner line 
redbrown, edged on each side with white, strongly excurved, and inbent to inner margin, with an oblique 
white striga before it from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular stigma very narrow and oblique, redbrown 
with white annulus; reniform rufous at centre, inwardly defined by dark redbrown and white annulus, 
oblique, V-shaped; a white striga beyond lower angle of cell inwardly defined by dark redbrown, a dark 
redbrown patch before it extending to costa; outer line double, redbrown filled in with white, oblique 
to vein 4, then incurved, a white line beyond it from vein 7 to inner margin; subterminal white, with 
oblique streaks above 7 and 6, angled inwards to outer line at 5 and outwards to 4, then obscure; a 
