Eublemma bacchusi Holloway sp. n.

♂ 9mm, ♀ 10mm. This species is larger than faircloughi but has somewhat similar facies; the ground colour has a slightly more buff tint. The fasciation is finer, less distinct, but the dark discal dot of the forewing is larger and more intense. The mark of the medial fascia on the forewing costa is more prominent than the rest of the fascia and is immediately anterior to the discal mark. The male genitalia have the central process wider than in faircloughi and with more even curvature. The abdomen of the female was damaged and the genitalia were incomplete, the ductus and bursa being missing.

Holotype ♂

SABAH: 5 m[iles] S. Mt Trus Madi, 1800ft, 18-28.viii.1977 (M.E.  Bacchus), BM noctuid slide 20529.

Paratype ♀

SABAH: Brumas, E. deglupta, 28.iv.1991 (Chey Vun Khen), BM noctuid slide 20938.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The specimens are from lowland plantation and hill forest.

Genitalia: