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215 EUMELEA ROSALIA.

PLATE XXIX. Fig. 4.

Phal. Geometra Rosalia, Cramer, Pap. Exot., pl. 368, fig. F.

have been unable to refer this finely coloured moth to any of the existing genera, and have therefore given it a generic appellation expressive of what seems to be its most remarkable feature, namely, the great length of the legs and antennæ. The former are very long and robust, when extended reaching to the very apex of the wings, and the antennæ, which are simple, are of corresponding dimensions. The spiral tongue is developed and of some length. The wings are pretty ample, the apex simple and rounded; their colour, entirely a deep rose red, changing with the light, and marked with many slender transverse yellowish striæ.

The locality is unknown.