EPHESIA. By Dr. M. Draubt. 
3. Genus: ]Eg»liesfa Him. 
E. lielena Ev. (Vol. 3, p. 314, pi. 57 a). — kurenzovi Moltr. is a small dark race; ground colour blue- Jcurenzovi. 
grey. Basal area with dense black shade, the outer dentate line deep black with brown edge. The dentation 
of the outer dentate line is very long and extends into the grey-white central band. Hindwings dark yellow . 
S. Ussuri, Sutshansk. 
E. nymphaea Esp. (Vol. 3, p. 316, pi. 57 a, b). — amaura Did. has no white spot below reniform umaura. 
stigma, nor pale patch over cell. Torbole. — fuliginata Did. denotes dusky specimens with brownish black fuliginata. 
forewings, distinct lines and sharply outstanding white central spot. — subfusca Dhl. has yellow hindwings suhfusca. 
shaded by brown, forewings also darker. — caeruleseens Did. has paler coloured and marked forewings dusted caerules- 
with bluish, brown patches extinct. — connexa Did. marginal band of hindwings extends uninterrupted to 
anal angle. — storthynx Dhl. has marginal band of hindwings intersected by yellow lines along the veins form- storthynx. 
ing narrow longitudinal oval patches. — benacensis Rocci resembles thalamos, large, very dark grey, reniform henacensis. 
stigma very duskily suffused but with whitish spots on both sides. Hindwings with wide complete marginal 
band. Campione. — kabuli 0. B.-H. has ashen grey forewings and faint barely discernible markings. Hind- kabuli. 
wings pale yellow, the black central band extends to anal angle in a sharp point. Underside monotonous 
yellow. Afghanistan, Kabul. 
E. suzukii Mats. The generic classification is doubtful, it may be an Ephesia. Forewings grey-white suzukii. 
with bluish tone, reniform stigma and a spot below same, deep black. Inner line black, bold, undulate, similar 
to nymphaea, but more vertical. The outer line also like that of nymphaea and dentate. Subterminal shadow¬ 
like, uniformly undulate from costa to inner margin. Hindwings orange-yellow, the black marginal band wide 
at costa, contracting towards inner margin, somewhat as in duplicata (Vol. 3, pi. 63 g). Central band also 
similarly curved, but extending more towards base at inner margin. Central streak longer. Thorax grey, ab¬ 
domen yellow-grey. Wing expanse: 48 mm. Kyoto. 
E. danilovi 0. B.-H. is best placed next to connexa Bud. (Vol. 3, p. 317, pi. 57 f). Head and thorax danilovi. 
bluish grey, with a striking brown tuft of hair on metathorax. Forewings bluish grey in central area, marginal 
area somewhat darker, the still darker basal area boldly marked. The striking inner transverse line is black, 
reniform stigma only faintly indicated, the outer black transverse stripe has a whitish outer edge. It commences 
just below costa, extends somewhat towards the margin forming two dentations and then in 5 dentations 
vertically to inner margin, parallel to inner line. Hindwings yellow, similarly marked to connexa with wide 
marginal band that is interrupted at anal angle. Cell is circumscribed by black and there is a faint black 
inner marginal streak. Wing expanse: 43 mm. S. Ussuri, Sutshansk, July. 
E. nubila Btlr. (Vol. 3, p. 318, pi. 57 c). — fuscipicta Strd. (= Hmps. ab. 1) is the form with dark fuscipicta. 
brown central area. — medioraigra Warr. has — nigripicta Strd. as synonym. medionigrn. 
E. Jarssserii A. E. Prout differs from triphaenoides Obth. (Vol. 3, p. 318, pi. 63 g) by the more oblique jansseni. 
direction of the antemedian with dark shading proximally. Postmedian more sharply dentate, the upper 
extremity is submerged by a large dark dusted costal spot, which extends from 2 / 5 to 4 / 5 ths of costa and down¬ 
wards to centre of wing, with long black dentations outwardly on the veins. Subterminal is also heavily and 
sharply dentate. Forewings with small black costal spots in centre and black narrow' marginal band to shortly 
before vein 2 and with a “V” shaped spot before anal angle. Wing expanse: 58 mm. One $ from Ichang 
(Central China). 
E. duplicata Btlr. (Vol. 3, p. 318, pi. 63 g). — yezonis Strd. is a form in which the curved black-brown yezonis. 
shade extends from centre of costa to lower angle of cell and thence to margin below the apex. Yezo, Japan. 
E. eutychea Tr. (Vol. 3, p. 318, pi. 57 e). — obscura Ostli. denotes a unicoloured grey-black, dusky obscura. 
specimen, with yellow patches of hindwings dusted with blackish. Marasli (Taurus). 
E. maculata Vincent appears to be close to eutychea and is compared to a specimen of that species maculata. 
with diffuse markings. Forewings blackish grey, partially dusted grey-blue; lines barely discernible, the 
inner one touching a large white spot, somewhat oblique, faintly dentate; the posterior one delicately black, 
edged with white outwardly, with a small wdiite spot next to it on costa.. Reniform stigma grey with white 
at lower extremity, circumscribed by black. Hindwings pale yellow with black marginal band to anal angle, 
very narrow ly yellow in submedian fold, narrowly yellow at apex, the black central band narrow', not extending 
to inner margin, but curving inwards towards base. Inner margin itself slightly brownish. Wing expanse: 
46—50 mm. China. 
E. largetaui Obth. (Vol. 3, p. 319 as “largeteaui”, pi. 57 d). — fuscida Strd. has forewings completely fuscida. 
suffused with blackish brown. China. 
E. julminea Scop. (Vol. 3, p. 319, pi. 57 d). — vilpiana Dhl. is the large boldly marked form from the vilpiana. 
Etsch Valley. Basal area is filled with blackish, the tone of the rest of the wing inclining to grey-blue. Hind¬ 
wings bright yellow with faint tinge of reddish, the black central band is confluent with the black basal marginal 
