ILEMA. 



143 



d. Fore wing of male without fringe of scales iu cell. 

 a}. Fore wing with postniedial line and subterminal 



dark streaks on the veins nebulosa. 



6'. Fore wing without markings 



a-. Hind wing thickly clothed with orange-yellow 



scales repleta. 



b-. Hind wing pale, thinly scaled aurijlua. 



279. Ilema nebulosa. 



Lithosia nebulosa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 106 (1862); Swinh. 

 Cat. Het. Miis. Oxon. p. 127, pi. iv. f. 18 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 



(5 . Oraiige-yeilow ; abdomen greyish towards base. Fore wing 

 with difftised postniedial dark line acLitcly angled outwards between 

 veins 2 and 3 ; the veins on subterminal area streaked with fuscous 

 and with some diftused fuscous between them. Hind wing pale 



yellow. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak {Wallace), 1 6 type f iu Mus. Oxon. 

 Exp. 24 millim. 



280. Ilema repleta. (Plate XXI. fig. 28.) 



Brunia repleta, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1070 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 333. 



cJ . Orange-yellow, antennoe brownish ; abdomen paler towards 

 base. Fore wing tliickly clothed with glistening scales. Hind 

 wing thickly clothed with orange-yellow scales, the costal area 

 paler. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 1 S • Exj). 30 millim. 



281. Ilema auriflua. 



Systropha dorsaUs, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 18, $ (nee Wlk.j ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 79 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 330. 

 Systropha aurijlua, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 18, pi. ii. f. 7 (d") ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 81 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 331. 

 Lithosia sthenoptera, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 495 (1896). 



Uniform pale straw- 

 yellow ; antennae fuscous 

 except towards base. 



Fore wing long and 

 narrow, with vein 6 from 

 well below angle of cell 

 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free 

 11 anastomosing with 12 

 the cell widening at ex- 

 tremity. 



Hah. Bengal, Mynpuri, 

 1 6 , type aurijlua, Moore Coll. ; Assam, Khasis, 1 (^ , 1 5 , type f 

 sthenoptera ; Sikhim, type f $ in Coll. Staudinger. E^p. 26 

 millim. 



Fig. 90. — Ilema aurijltia, c? . 



