ILE5IA. 



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Fig. 78.— Ilema bifascdata, J ■ 



-5 absent ; 6 from well below upper angle or stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 7 rarely from 

 cell in male ; 10 from cell, or 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole; 11 anastomosing with 12 or free. Hind wing with vein 2 from long 

 before angle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked, rarely coin- 

 cident ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate, with short stiiF branches. 



253. Ilema bifasciata, n. sp. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black : palpi, fringes of 

 tegulae, and streaks on legs ochreous; abdcwnen with or.mge bands 



on last four segments. Fore 

 wing fuscous, with orange 

 costal fascia narrowing to a 

 point just before apex ; a 

 broader fascia in submcdiau 

 interspace extending to just 

 beyond middle ; a slight 

 streak on basal part of inner 

 margin. Hind wing orange, 

 with broad diffused fuscous 

 band on terminal area ; some fuscous on inner area. 



Fore wing with veins 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. 



Hah. Cape Colony, 1 S type. Exp. 22 millim. 



Sect. II. Antenna; of male serrate, with fascicles of long cilia and bristles. 



254. Ilema phaeopera, n. sp. 



Orange; frons, antenna;, thorax, and legs tinged with fuscous. 



Fore wing tinged with 

 fuscous ; the costal area 

 yellowish white, narrow- 

 ing to a point beyond 

 middle. Hind wing with 

 largo diffused fuscous 

 patch on apical area ex- 

 tending down to vein 2. 



Fore wing with veins 

 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free: 

 11 anastomosing with 12. 

 Hah. Delagoa Bay {H. Junod), 1 J ; Transvaal, Johannesburg 



(Fose) ; Cape Colony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 J type. Evj). 



30 miUim. 



Sect. III. Antenuje of male ciliated. 



A. AntennjE of male thickened by a ridge of scales above towards base ; 

 fore wing with thick fringe of scales in and below cell on underside, 

 a tuft in submedian interspace ; bind wing with the costa lobed at 

 middle, the apical part truncate, the inner area clotiied witli tliick 

 fringes of orange hair. 



*255. Ilema fasciculosa. 



Lithosia fasciculosa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 105 (18G2) ; 

 Swinh. Cat. Ilet. Mus. Oxon. p. 12o ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 321. 



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Fig. 79. — Ilema 2>h(Bopera, (^ . 



