Genera and Species of Arctiadse. 401 



LiTirosiAyju. 

 215 a. Niskada brunneipennis, sp. n. 



($ . Head and tegulte orange-yellow ; palpi brown at tips ; 

 antennae brown ; tegulse with brown patches ; thorax dark 

 brown, with some orange-yellow at base of patagia and a 

 patch on metathorax ; pectus and legs yellow, the latter 

 brown above ; abdomen dark brown, the ventral surface 

 yellow. Fore wing brown with a yellow spot at base of 

 costa. Hind wing brown, the costal area whitish. Under- 

 side of fore wing with the basal half whitish except the 

 costal area. 



? . Hind wing uniform pale brown ; the underside of 

 both wings wholly brown. 



Hab. Moluccas, Batian {Doherty), 3 (5" , 1 ? type. 

 E.vp., c? 22-24, ? 26 mm. 



304 b. Ilema mesostlcta, sp. n. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell ; 11 ana- 

 stomosing with 12. 



$ . Head and thorax oclireous brown ; abdomen ochreous 

 brown dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous 

 brown ; a black spot in upper extremity of cell with another 

 below it in submedian fold. Hind wing pale ochreous 

 brown with the terminal area to vein 2 darker ; the under- 

 side pale brownish grey, the costal area and terminal area 

 to vein 2 more ochreous brown. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Ilesha {Humphrey), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



344 a. Ilema cretacea, sp, n. 



c?. Head and thorax chalky white slightly tinged with 

 yellowish ; pectus yellowish ; palpi and legs tinged with 

 fuscous ; abdomen yellowish with some whitish at base. 

 Fore wing chalky white irrorated with a few brownish 

 scales, the costal edge fulvous yellow. Hind wing chalky 

 white, the inner margin and terminal area yellow. Under- 

 side of both wings yellow, the fore wing tinged with brown 

 except on costal and inner areas. 



Hab. SiKHiM [Moller], 1 <^ type. E.rp. 28 mm. 



379 a. Chrysorabdia vilemani, sp. n. 

 Chrysorabdia tahvana, Wileman, Eutoni. 1910, p. 178, $ (nee (5). 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; palpi at tips, 

 sides of frons, and antennae black ; tegulaj metallic green 



