( :i39 ) 



Mr. Moore's lli/jiaa .scn'ceif, of wliicli only //mii-f: aw kuowu to science, and Iiis 

 Ihiimiiis concumi, of which /'emalea only liavc been found, agree so well with one 

 another, especially iu the peculiar style of marking of the hiudwiug, that we do not 

 see a valid reason against their being sexes of one species. Antennae of S as in 

 the preceding species. We have only seen one <?, kindly lent to us by Mr. Ernest 

 Swinhoe, besides the few sjieciniens in the British Museum. It is a near ally of 



^1. JtHJ)ll(IS. 



Hub. 8outh India, as far north as Bombay. K. J. 



23. Asota canaraica. 



Ihllisa rawinii,-,! Moore, P. Z. .S. p. 3 (187S) (Caiiara); Kirljy, Cat. Li^K 11,1. I. p. 388. u. 10 (18'J2) 

 (Canara); Hamps., Mollis of Itul. I. p. 500. u. 1139 (1892) (Canara, Nilgiris). 



The antennae of the male are as in the two following species, from which 

 canaraica differs chiefly in the forewing having a more or less oblong white patch 

 at the lower angle of the cell instead of the large triangular white median streak. 

 The three postmedial black spots of the hindwings are mostly', not always, con- 

 nected with one another by means of some small additional spots. The " middle 

 black basal costal spot" is, according to Hampson, absent; three of our four 

 specimens have the spot, however, marked. 



Hub. South India : Canara, Nilgiris, 1 cT, 3 ?. K. J. 



24. Asota paliura (PL IV. fig. 5). 



Hypm paliura Swinlioe,,l««. Mug. N. II. (6). XII. p. 214 (1893) (China). 



The antennae of the male are like those of vcnalba, to which paliunt. is very 

 closely allied. The white median streak is shaped as in venalba, and the veins are 

 white as in that species. In many specimens of both sexes the forewing bears 

 above mostly a small, rather indistinct, white spot just beyond the upper angle of 

 the cell behind the areole. The basal area of the forewing is yellow, with the black 

 dots smaller than in tciifilba ; thorax and abdomen are also more yellow. The 

 black spots of the cell of the forewing, which are always marked on the underside, 

 are often visible on the upperside. The black border of the hindwing varies very 

 much in breadth, being in some specimens almost twice as broad as in others ; the 

 fringe is white ; there are three postmedial black spots, as large as or larger than 

 the spot at the end of the cell ; the position of the anterior one of the three is 

 variable in so far as the spot stands sometimes close to the apex of the cell, some- 

 times midway between the cell and the outer margin ; in a few of our sijecimeus 

 this sjHit is enlarged transversely, reaching from vein 3 to near vein 7; in other 

 individuals the spot is enlarged longitudinally; in both cases the increase in size is 

 much more considerable on the upperside of the wing than below. The first 

 abdominal segment has no dorsal black spot ; the two following segments are also 

 often without black dots. 



Ilnb. Central and Western China, as far as Mupin ; seems to be very common 

 from May to July; 60 cJ, 20 ¥. K. J. 



25. Asota venalba. 



Ililimi ivnnllm Moore, P. Z. S. p. 598 (1877) (Andaman Is.); Snell., Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXXI. 



p. 141. n. 29 (1888) ("Nicobar Is." err. loc); Kirl>y, Cat. Lep. Het. I. p. 389. n. 27 (1892) 



(Andamans). 

 Ilyiisa mniiijcha, Hampson, .)!uths of hut. I. p. 499. u. 1137 (1892) (f.'/'.). 



