EUBLEMMA. By M. Gaede. 
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rufiinLiia. 
vein. Median l)and faded, close behind the cell. Exterior line black, distally angled at veins 6 and 3, bent in¬ 
wards towards the costal and inner margins, subinarginal line black, edged grey inside, with a small reddish 
ochreous lima in the middle, black marginal Innae behind it. Hindwing dark brown with 2 blackish lines. 
$ 20 mm. Uganda. 
sciaphora. E. sciaphora Hmps. (12 c). Body brownish white. Forewing pale reddish yellow. Interior line com¬ 
posed of 3 black spots. Reidform macula finely edged brown, narrow, concave in the middle. Median line pro¬ 
ceeding from a black spot at the costal margin, then indistinct, undulate, vertical. Exterior line blackish, form¬ 
ing a large bow from the costal margin into the submedian fold, then in a little bow to the inner margin. Sub¬ 
marginal line blackish, more dentate below the costal margin. Hindwing brownish white with the usual 2 darker 
lines. (J 18 mm. Sierra Leone. 
plmcupera. E. phaeapera Hmps. (12 c). Body and forewing greyish-brown. Interior line blackish, broader at the 
costal margin, somewhat ol^liquely inwards, angled inwards at vein 1. 'The ring-macula is a brown dot, the 
reniform maciila brown with a white centre, 8-shaped. Median line thick at the costal margin, blackish, then 
lu’own, notched, encircling the cell. Exterior line black, outwards as far as vein 3, then introangular in the 
submedian fold, a similar line behind it. Submarginal line fine white, dentate, with black spots outside in the 
dark apical area, dark brown below it. Hindwing dark reddish browm, with the usual lines. (J 20 mm. Nigeria. 
anticalis. E. atlticalis ILAt. (12 c). Body brownish white. Forewing pale reddish brown. Interior line represented 
by a black spot at the costal margin and a black streak below it, adjoining to a red-brown line, all finely edged 
W'hite. Cross-vein with a small red-brown spot and a black streak above it to the costal margin. A red-brown 
line from the lower cell-angle to the inner margin. Traces of 2 red-brown lines behind the cell. Exterior line 
thickened at the costal margin, black, excurv^ed as far as behind the cell, edged white, then continued white, 
introangular in the svdjinedian fold, with black dots inside. Sulmiarginal line white, undulate, dark outside 
as far as the broAvn marginal line. Hindwing whitish, pale red-brown from the middle of the cell to tlie sub- 
median fold, Avith 2 roAVs of black dots aiid a light submarginal line, black marginal dots. ^ 22 mm. Natal. 
E. rufimixta Hmps. Body and forcAving dark greyish-broAvn, more intensely dusted red-broAA'n in the 
median area, and a spot in the centre of the postmedian area. Interior line blackish-broAvn, undulate, be¬ 
ginning AAuth a spot at the costal margin. A fine red-broAvn dot in the middle of the cell. An 8-shaped spot 
at the cross-vein shoAvs 2 wdiite centres, the median line begins at the costal margin AA’ith a black spot, then 
red-broAA’n, undulate beloAA- the cell. Exterior line black, edged Avhite outside, bent iiiAA’ards behind the cell 
and in the submedian fold. Submarginal line also black, edged AAdiite outside, notched, a red-broAA'n spot before 
it al)ove vein 6, black marginal lunae. HindAving dark greyish-broAAui, blackish-broAvn at the margin, the sub¬ 
median fold ])ale. Black dots aboA^e the centre of the inner margin. Traces of dark, exterior and submarginal 
lines. Sometimes the thorax and the foreAving as far as the exterior line are very bright red-broAvn. 20— 24 mm. 
Central and East Africa. 
E. decora Whr. (12 d). Bofly broAA-nish ochreous. EoreAving pinkish flesh-coloured. Interior line black, 
double, notched, A^ertical. The ring-macula is a brown dot, the reniform macula finely edged Avith red, red- 
broAA'ir betAveen them. A dark line from the loAver cell-angle to the inner nrargiir. Exterior line black, finely 
edged AA'ith Avhite outside, concave Irehind the cell, from A^ein 2 A^ertically to the inner margin. Submargiiral 
line fine black, undulate, Avith reddish lunae inside. Black lunae at the margin. HindAA'ing dark broAA'ii, the 
Irase and costal margin ])aler, AA-ith a fcAv roAVs of black dots in the distal half, not extending to the costal 
margin. Flesh-coloured dots before the marginal i’oaa . 22—26 mm. Congo, South and East Africa. 
E. rubripuncta Hmps. (12 d). Thorax dark broAvn, abdomen broAvnish ochreous. ForeAving dark broAvn. 
Interior line indistinct, blackish, double, slightly edged Avhitish ochreous outside. The ring-macAila is a parted 
black ring. The reniform macula a black lima with an orange red streak behind it on a Aihitish ochreous spot 
as far as the costal margin. An oblique undulate black median line from the loAi er cell-angle with an orange 
red spot before it in the submedian fold. Exterior line Idack, finely edged AA'hite outside, extra-angular at A’-ein 
6, excurved at the loAver cell-angle, then inwards. Submarginal line black, undulate, edged AAdiitish ochreous 
inside exce])t at the costal margin. Marginal line black Avdtli Avhitish ochreous lunae inside. HindAving AA'hitish 
ochreous, the margin dark broAim as far as vein 2. Roavs of black dots from the inner margin to A^ein 4, ex¬ 
cept in the submedian fold. 22^—24 mm. East Africa. 
stygiodonta. E. stygiodonta Hmps. (12 d). Body and foreAving pale reddish broAvn. Interior line black, undulate, 
thicker at the costal margin, a black shadoAV before it. A black cellular dot and double streak at the cross- 
A^ein. Median line thicker at the costal margin, then fine, excurved liehind the cell. Exterior line Idack, oblique 
as far as vein 6, incurved behind the cell. Submarginal line black, red-broAvn inside, dentate. HindAving pale 
reddish brown, an exterior row of black dots on the veins, a dentate submarginal line. Tlie figure differs still 
more from the description than in rnhripnncta. ^ 28 mm. West Africa. 
E. thermochroa Hinps. (12 d). Body and foreAving reddish ochreous. Interior and median lines black, 
dentate, the latter Avith a dark shacloAV behind it. Exterior line Avith 2 angles behind the cell, then bent in- 
dccora. 
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