( 2O0 ) 



258. Asura strigatula sp. nov. 



(?. Antennae pale brown ; head and thorax pale orange-bnfF; abdomen baff. 

 Forewing pale orauge-bnfF; a subbasal and a much broader postiuedtan trans- 

 verse band both composed of longitudinal coalescing striations purple-brown. 



Hindwing buff. 



Length of forewing : 1(>5 mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills, Assam, April 1894 (Native coll.). 



259. Asura pallida sp. nov. 



i. Antennae pale yellowish brown, pectinated; head and thorax pale whitish 

 cream-colonr ; abdomen whitish grev tinged with buff. Forewing pale cream- 

 colour ; a stigma, a basal costal spot, a subbasal and a postmedian band with two 

 processes running to termen dull brown. Hindwing milk-white. 



Length of forewing : 10 mm. 



Hab. Dorey, Dutch New Guinea, June 1897 (W. Doiierty). 



260. Asura leopardina leopardina subsp. nov. 



?. Antennae black; head and thorax orange spotted with black spots; 



abdomen dull orange with transverse black spots. Forewing deep orange : fringe 



of termen, apical two-thirds of costa, and inner half of basal third of costa black ; 

 ^two subbasal spots, an antemedian b.xnd interrupted at median vein, a median band, 

 a spot beyond this band, a zigzag postmedian baud, and a subterminal row of spots 

 black. — —Hindwing pale orange-crimson edged with black. 



S. Similar, but smaller. 



Length of forewing: S 8 mm., ? 10 mm. 



Hah. Toli-Toli, North Celebes, November— De,3ember 1895 (H. Frnhstorfer). 



2')1. Asura leopardina postvitreata subsp. nov. 



S. Differs from /. leopardina in the much brigliter and darker orange of the 

 forewings, in the black upperside and anal tuft of abdomen, and in the vitreous 

 liindwiugs with smoky black terminal margin and orange costa. 



Hab. Bonthain Peak, Sonth Celebes (H. Frnhstorfer). 



262. Asura quadrifasciata sp. nov. 



? . Head, antennae, and thorax buffy orange, a black spot on tegulae ; 

 ub lomen, basal half buffy grey, outer half pale sooty black, anal tuft buff orange. 



Forewing buff orange ; two basal spots, four carved and angled transverse 



bands joined by cross-bars to each other and to termen ; termen and apical 

 third of costa black. Hindwing, basal half buffy orange, rest black. 



Length of forewing : 13 mm. 



llah. Toli-Toli, North Celebes, November— December 1895 (H. Frnhstorfer). 



263. Asura subcruciata sji. nov. 



i. Head, antennae, and thorax reddish orange, the latter with slate grey 



HJiotH ; abdomen orange; buff. Forewing orange suffused all over with scarlet ; 



a black basal dot ; a sulibasal patch, two antemedian crossed lines, a stigma, and 



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