152 ARCTIAD.K. 



20U. Ilenia sordida. (Plate XXT. fig, 18.) 



Socii^a Si.rdiild, IJiitl. Cist. Kilt. iii. p. T) (188:i) ; Kirbv, Cat. Ilet. p. ^18. 

 ^t<.-«.^a u.yjxru, Dull. CiBt. Ent. iii. p. G (188"2) ; Kirby, Cat. llet. p. 318. 



c? . "NVhite with a brownish tinge ; palpi and base of frons black ; 

 vertex of head witli a black spot; ed^es of tegulie and a stripe on 

 thorax blarkish ; abdomen tinged with blackish on dorsum. Fore 

 vinir slitrlitlv irrorated with black scales on inner and terminal 

 areas ; diffused brownish streaks below basal part of costa and cell 

 and in end of ci-ll ; a diffused fuscous and brown postmedial line 

 verv strongly bent outwards from below costa to above vein 2. 

 Hind wing faintly irrorated with fuscous. 



Fore -wing with vein 1) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 



areole, 1 1 free. 



Ab. 1, as-j)era. Less tinged with brown ; fore wing wholly irrorated 

 with j)rominent black scales ; hind wing irrorated with fuscous on 

 terminiil half. 



J/al>. Madagascar, Bctsileo (Cowan), 3 d , type and type aspera. 

 Ex£. 50 millim. 



291. Ilema flexistriata, (Plate XXXI. fig. 1.) 



TrabhamflcxistruUa, Eutl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 7 (1882), $; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 320. 

 Tmbhasa angustata, Biitl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 8 (1882;, c? ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. o20. 

 Tmbhasa atigulosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. i. p. 167 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 320. 



S . Brownish grey ; head, tegulfp, extremity of abdomen, and 

 basal area of both wings suffused with fulvous. Fore wing irrorated 

 with black scales ; a postmedial black point on costa with an 

 obscure line from it bent outwards to points near termen below 

 veins 6, 4 and 3, then retracted to points below middle of vein 2 

 and on inner margin. Hind wing whitish, tinged with fuscous 

 towards apex. 



2 . ^Vithout any fulvous suffusion ; fore wing with the line and 

 points often more strongly developed. 



Fore wing with vein G from angle of cell or areole which is 

 formed by arising from 10 and anastomosing with 8; 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12. 



JIah. Madagascar, Bctsileo (Cowa/i), 1 <5 , type an</MS<«<a, 4 $ 

 type. Ajp., J 24, $ 28 millija. 



*292. Ilema maculosa. 



Frabham macuUsa, Saalm. L6p. Madag. i. p. 16G, pi. 5. f. 68 (1884) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320, 



c? . Yellowish white ; head and thorax tinged with brown ; 

 palpi blackish. Fore wing irrorated with large dark brown scales ; 

 8oiiie brown suffusidn in subn:edian interspace extending beyond the 

 cell up to vein and wilh some dark patches on it ; a black spot on 

 middle of posta ; traces of a postmedial line bent outwards at middle 



