( 220 ) 



Length of forewing : IT'5 mm. 



Hab. Man Escarpment, British East Africa, 6500—9000 ft., March 1901 

 (W. Doherty). 



41. Ilema violitincta «[>. nov. 



cJ. Antennae brown; head brown-bnff; thorax manve-brown ; abdomen, basal 



half dirt)' bntf, apical half black. Forewin": violet mauve-brown, paler on outer 



third ; from base of wing almost to end of cell is a large scent-organ of rough 

 recurved scales, at the end of which is a chocolate patch, and on costa near middle 

 a brown streak. Hindwing orange-buff. 



? has duller forewings, with area below median vein in basal half chocolate, 

 and a small dark dot in cell and one on costa obliquely above it ; thorax dark 



brown, abdomen sooty grey. Hindwing greyish wood-brown, tinged with bulf in 



costal and abdominal areas and on fringe. 



Length of forewing : S 12 — 14 mm.; ? 15 mm. 



Hab. Tambora, Sumbawa, 2500—4000 ft., June 1890 (W. Doherty). 



42. Ilema aurantiotestacea sp. nov. 



c?. Head and tegnlae orange ; rest of thorax and apical half of abdomen 



black, basal half of abdomen grey. Forewing greyish orange-butf, apical and 



terminal fringe orange ; a large, almost square, velvety black discal patch. 



Hindwing orange-buflp. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hab. Amboina, August 1892 (W. Doherty). 



43. Ilema lutescens sji. nov. 



(?. Head dark buff; thorax brown, tegnlae and patagia dark buff; abdomen 



greyish buff, ajiical half sooty brown. Forewing lemon-buff washed with grey 



and with a black-brown spot at end of cell. Hindwing lemon-buff. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



Hab. Sula Besi, October 1897 (W. Doherty). 



44. Ilema curviplaga sp. nov. 



(?. Head yellowish grey ; antennae brownish ; thorax brown-black, tegulae 

 and outer two-thirds of patagia yellowish grey ; abdomen mouse-grey, anal tuft 



buff. Forewing creamy grey with a shaded transverse bar on outer fourth ; 



a curved discal very broad brown-black band. Hindwing darker cream-grey, 



fringe yellowish. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Hab. Gnnong Ijau, Malay Peninsula. 



45. Ilema pyralina sp. nov. 



?. Antennae brown ; head orange ; thorax and abdomen sooty brown, tegulae 



orange. Forewing dark wood-brown, a broad dark buff costal margin on 



basal two-thirds of wing. Hindwing, basal half dark buff, outer half dark 



wood-brown. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Hab. Tambora, Sumbawa, 2500—4000 feet, June 1896 (W. Doherty). 



