ILEMA. 



137 



b*. Fore wing without costal lobe. 

 266. Ilema inducta. 



Lithosia inducta, Wlk. xxxi. 232 (1864); Hinpsn. III. Het. riii. p. 4, pi. 143. 

 f. 1 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 87 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 332, 



(5 . Head and thorax fuscous ; frons whitish ; abdomen black, the 

 basal segments greyish. Fore wing with white fascia on costal area 



to just beyond middle, with 

 a broad black streak on its 

 basal half; the fringe of 

 scales grey ; a diffused 

 blackish medial band, and 

 a similar narrower sub- 

 terminal band. Hind wing 

 pale yellow, with slight 

 fuscous subterminal mark 

 on vein 2, 

 Pore wing with the costal edge black, but 

 A black point at lower angle of cell, the 



Fig. 84. — llcma inducta, (^ . 



5 . Anal tuft orange 

 no basal broad streak, 

 medial band absent. 



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



11 anasto- 



mosing with 12. 



Hab. NiLGims (Walhouse), 1 $ type, (Uampson) 1 c? , 3 5 . 

 Exp. 30-36 millim. 



b'. Hind wing of male with some rough scaling on basal inner area; 

 fore wing with large tuft and very sliort fringe at base of fold 

 in cell. 



267. Ilema signata. 



Lithosia slgncda, Wlk. ii. 495 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 317. 

 Lithosia hrevimacula, Alpb. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 130, pi. xiii. f. 5 (1897). 

 Thysanoptyx directa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. ISO, 



$ . Head, tegulsB, and base of patagia pale yellow ; antennas, tips 



of patagia, and thorax black ; tibiae and tarsi blackish ; abdomen 



grey, yellowish towards 

 extremity. Fore wing 

 yellowish grey ; the costal 

 area whiter to beyond 

 middle ; a prominent 

 round postmedial black 

 spot on costa, and a large 

 round patch rather nearer 

 the base extending from 

 the cell to near inner 

 margin. Hind wing 



yellow. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous, the costal 



and terminal areas yellow, 



(S with the ground-colour of fore wing much more grey, 

 Ab. 1, hrevimacula. Fore wing with the lower black patch 



reduced ; the thorax sometimes grey. 



Fig. 85. — Hema sigvata, 5 , 



