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253. Asura marginata s]). nov. 



d . Antennae black, pectinated ; head orange, vertex with largo lilack patch ; 

 thorax lilack, tegnlae liroadly edged witli orange; abdomen black, sides with mixed 



orange scales. Forewing ; basal three-fourths orange rnfons, apical fourth black ; 



ajncal half of costa, fonr snbbasal patches, and a median zigzag band black. 



Hindwing : basal two-thirds orange fulvons, onter third black. 



?. Larger, antennae filiform, whole costa black, median band wider. 



Length of forewing : c? 10.5 mm., ? 13 mm. 



Hab. Suer Mefor, New Guinea, June — Jnly 1897 (VV. Uoherty). 



254. Asura lacteoflava lacteoflava snbsp. nov. 



3. Head, antennae, and thorax dark buify yellow ; abdomen Ijiill'. Fore- 

 wing dark buffy yellow ; six black dots in basal fourth, a black dot beyond cell ; u 



postdiscal row of black striae-like spots, the one on vein 4 nearest termen. 



Hindwing buftish cream-cohiur. 



?. Paler black dots and spots mncb fainter. 



Length of forewing : <? 11 mm., ? 14 mm. 



Hab. Dalhonsie, N.AV. India. Jnne 1891. 



255. Asura lacteoflava aureata snbsp. nov. 



cf. Differs from l. lactiiq/iae'i in the golden orange-bnff colonr of head, thorax, 

 and forewings, and tlie black dots on vertex and thorax. On the forewings all 

 black marks are clianged to long hairlike black striae, and there is a terminal line 

 of black dots. All wings are narrower. 



Ildb. Khasia Hills, Assam, Jnly 1«'.I4 (Native coll.). 



25(;. Asura roseogrisea sp. nov. 



cj. Allied to rubricosa Moore. Antennae, head, and thorax ycilhiw flushed 

 with rose, a black dot on bind part of thorax ; abdomen yellowish Imtf, darker on 



anal half Forewing rose-colonr tinged with yellow; a basal black dot, a 



snbbasal transverse band, and a jwstmedian band which is divided and becomes 



Y-shaped from vein 3 to costa slate-grey. Hindwing buff saturated witii pale 



rose. 



?. Paler and more yellow. 



Length of forewing : 1 3 mm. 



Hab. Lower P)nrma. 



257. Asura trizonata sp. nov. 



S . Antennae; pale brown, strongly pectinated ; head and tlmrax dark yellowish 



buff; abdomen greyish butf, anal tuft buff. Forewing dark yellowish buft' ; an 



antemedian and a median transverse band joined by cross-bar above vein 1 dull 

 chocolate-brown, ,as is also the discocellular stigma, a postraedian transverse baud 

 with three lateral processes to termen and apex, and enclosing a median row of 



buff spots and joined to median band at inner margin dull chocolate-brown. 



Hindwing buff with two terminal greyish marks. 



Length of forewing : 12 mm. 



Hab. Great Kei Island (U. Kiihn). 



