Author ²

Distant, 1906

Description ²

Head, thorax, abdomen beneath, and legs luteous, abdomen above sanguineous; metanotum and transverse basal fascia to abdomen piceous; face and clypeus greenish ochraceous; tegmina pale greyish virescent, the costal membrane ochraceous, basal two thirds with a number of black link-like spots, some complete and centrally ochraceous, others incomplete and forming only half a link, on apical area a number of subconfluent black spots; wings with about basal two thirds sanguineous or dark ochraceous, the apex and posterior margin fuscous, separated from the basal coloration by a narrow greyish fascia. To be separated from E. euchroma, Walk., by the different colour of the tegmina and wings, the first of which are also apically more narrow and subangulate.
Long., excl. tegm., 13-15 mm.; exp. tegm. 34-36 mm. Hab. B. E. Africa (C. S. Betton, Brit. Mus.).

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1. (c) NHM London, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by NHM London
2. (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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