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E. scitula Rbr. is widely distxibiited in Africa, also in India. As it (wcnrs also in Smithern Enro])e. scilvla. 
it lias been dealt with in Vol. Ill, p. 262 and pi. 51 d (by the generic name of Coccidipliaga Hpul.). 
E. scituloides Bhl. is allied to scitula Rbr. which occurs also in the Sudan. Eorewing with a much less scHuh/ides. 
distinct violettish-grey and brown median band than in scitula. A brown stripe at the costal margin at the 
base. The deep black median streak of scitula as well as the rusty red colouring of the marginal line below the 
apex are absent here. $ 13 mm. Sudan. 
E. flavescens Hmps. Body and forewing yellowish white. Interior line white, indistinct, slightly un- flave.^cena. 
dulate. Median area more yellow, except at the costal margin, the median line forming its outer edge, bent 
inwards behind the cell and in the submedian fold. Behind it broadly white, diffuse. An oblique black .streak 
at the cross-vein. Exterior line absent, traces of a white submarginal line. Hindwing yellowish white, brownish 
white at the margin. (J 18 mm. Central Africa. 
E. lacteicosta Hmps. (13 a). Thorax and costal margin of forewing white, the rest of the body and ladeico.<i(ti. 
wings pale red-brown. Lines darker brow'n. Interior line bent inwards, iirdistinct. Median and exterior lines 
parallel, bent inw'ards at the costal margin, behind the cell and at vein 2. A white luna at the cross-vein. Sidj- 
marginal dots black, wdiite inside. Hindwing with traces of a median line. Fringe more red in both wings. 
18—19 mm. Nigeria, Cameroons. 
E. brachygonia Hmps. Body and wdngs pale reddish yellow. Forewdng with traces of a dark interior hradnjrjo- 
line beginning with a black dot at the costal margin. Besides black dots in the middle of the cell and at the 
cross-vein. Median line dark, edged white outside, sharply extra-angular as far as behind the cell, then ob¬ 
liquely inwards. Exterior line obliquely outwards as far as vein 7, then indistinct, undulate, inwards. Traces 
of a white submarginal line, tw'o black dots below' it below the costal margin, a small red dot at the apex. 
Hindwdng with a dark median line, edged w'hite outside, and a punctiform exterior line. Traces of a submarginal 
line. 18 mm. Sierra Leone, Nigeria, besides in Ceylon. 
E. versicolora Wlk. (= rubricosa Snell., angulifera Moore). Body and wdngs reddish yellow'. Forewdng versicolora. 
w'ith a few' black dots at the base. Interior line marked by a black oblique streak at the costal margin. A Idack 
dot at the cross-vein. Median line red-brow'ii, very strongly extra-angular below the costal margin aljnost to 
the exterior line, then inwards. Exterior line red-brown, extra-angular below' the costal margin, where it meets 
a blackish shadow' from the apex, indistinctly continued, bent inwards below' vein 4. Hindwing with a red- 
brow'n median line, not extending to the costal margin. Exterior line indistinct, undulate, only near the inner 
margin. Both wdngs wdth black submarginal dots. Some specimens are paler, whitish ochreous; — purpureo- piirpurco- 
cinerea Strd. — In purpurascens Strd. the body and wdngs are suffused w'ith reddish violet. 18—28 mm. Ma- 
shona Land, besides from India and Australia. cens. 
E. aurantiaca Hmps. is somew'hat similar to brachygonia. Body reddish ochreous, wings orange red. aurant'mca. 
Some black dots at the base of the forewdng. Interior line marked by a black streak at the costal margin and 
a dot below' it, then an oblique red-brow'n line from the cell to the inner margin. Black dots in the midrlle of 
the cell and at the cross-vein. Median line red-brow'n as in brachygonia, extending almost to the exterior line. 
Exterior line w'ith a diffuse spot from the apex as in versicolora, continued below' it by a row' of black dots. 
Hindwdng as in versicolora. cJ 18 mm. Gold Coast. 
E. daphoena Hmps. Body greyish-browm, forewing reddish brow'n w'ith darker brow'ii lines. Interior daphoena. 
line extra-angular below the costal margin and a little in the submedian fold. A brow'n streak at the cross-vein. 
Median line wddely extra-angxdar behind the upper cell-angle. Exterior line angled at vein 6 and a little at 
vein 4, then both lines parallel inw'ards. Costal margin red at the apex w'ith some yellow' dots. A black oblique 
streak from the apex. Traces of a white submarginal line. Hindwdng brownish white. Traces of brow'n exterior 
and submarginal lines. cJ 20 mm. Transvaal. 
E. albivia Hmps. Body reddish brown. Forewdng red-brow'ii, dotted white and brown. Costal margin alhivia. 
as far as behind the centre and the interior line w'hitish, oblique, bent. A small black discal spot. Median line 
red-brow'n, white outside, extra-angular at vein 6 almost to the apex and connected with a streak from the 
apex. Exterior line black, very oblique to the apical streak, then white, undulate, w'ith black dots, nearing the 
median line. Sxdxmarginal line fixxe, w'hitish, xxxxdulate, exxdixig at the aixal angle. Margiix blackish. Hixichvixxg 
of the saxixe groxixxd-coioxir. A red-brow'n spot behixxd the cell, aix obliqxxe w'hite ixxediaxx liixe, exterior liixe fine, 
W'hitish, dexxtate, with black streaks at the veiixs. ^ 22 mxxx. Gold Coast. 
E. roseocincta Hmjys. (13 a). Body pale red-brow'xx. Forewdng olive brow'n ixx the xxxiddle. Costal xxxargiix roscocinda. 
white as far as beyoxxd. the xxxiddle, broadly pixxk below' it axxd at the distal margixx. Exterior liixe doxxble, be- 
gixxxxixxg at the costal ixxargin wdth two obliqxxe red-brow'xx streaks, then indistinct, olive greexx. Exterior line wdth 
white dots froixx the costal margiix to veixx 4, thexx obliqxxely to the inxxer xxxargiix before the xniddle. Two black 
dots and a white obliqxxe streak at the apex. Hindwdng white, soxxxew'hat pixxk at the ixxner axxd distal xixargins, 
(^15 mm. East Africa. 
