(207) 



248. Asura punctata sp. nov. 



c?. Antennae rufons ; head pale orange; thorax pale orange, a black dot ou 



jiatagia ; abdomen pale orange. Forewing pale orange; basal half with a nniuber 



of black spots, outer half with a densely serpentine zigzag line on band, and a 



subterminal row of spots black. Hindwiug : basal two-thirds pale orange, 



onter third black. 



Length of forewing : llo mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills, Assam, April 1896 (Native coll.). 



240. Asura unifascia sji. nov. 



?. ead, and thorax orange-buff; abdomen gre\'ish buff, anal tuft 



very large. Forewing orange-buff; a median transverse band mauve-grey-brown, 



a number of mauve-grey-brown dots in basal half and along nervures on terminal 

 half Hindwing buff, a median grey sliadow band. 



Length of forewing : 1 1 mm. 



Hah. Kandy, Ceylon. 



250. Asura hieroglyphica sp. nov. 



S. Antennae pale brown, basal third golden yellow; head golden yellow; 

 thorax golden yellow, black spots on patagia and liind ])art of thorax ; abdomen 



Iniff. Forewing golden yellow ; a basal black spot and two black curved and 



angled transverse antemedian lines joined below subcostal vein, and on vein 1 by 

 cross-bars ; a zigzag black postmedian transverse line, from which proceed black 

 lines along the nervures towards termen, which in turn are connected by oblique 

 cross-bars, intraneural spaces crimson-scarlet, an oblique triangnlar black suH'used 

 jiatch from tornus to middle of median vein. Hindwing buff. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Ilab. Ninay Valley, Central Arfak Mts., Dutch New Guinea, 350U ft., Novem- 

 ber iyU8— January 1909 (A. E. Pratt). 



251. Asura flavopunctata punctatissiraa subsp. nov. 



(J. Antennae black, strongly pectinated; head orange; thorax black, fegulae, 

 basal patch on patagia and central patch on thorax orange; abdomen black, with 



a few scattered orange scales. Forewing black, covered all over with a number 



of brilliant orange highly irregularly shaped spots. Hindwing bright fulvous 



orange, margin very wide black, narrowing from apex to tornus. 



Length of forewing : 1 1 mm. 



Ilab. Near Uetakwa Uiver, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up to 3oU0 ft., 

 October— November 191u (A. !S. Meek). 



252. Asura flavopunctata flavopunctata B. Baker. 



i. Differs from y'. j)an<:tati.'isiina in the brown, not black, ground colour of 

 the forewing, and in the paler, more diluted orange spots, which run together and 

 are less strongly marked, giving the wing a washed-out aii]iearance. It is also 

 Ktnaller. 



Length of forewing : 9'5 mm. 



Ilab. Uj)per Aroa Uiver, British New Guinea, January i'.»u;i (A. S. Meek). 



