ILEMA. 153 



to noar termen and bounding the brown suffusion, then very oblique. 

 Hind wing with the apical area tinged with brown. 



Hah. Madagascar, i5etsileo {Coivan), type t 6 in Cull. Staudinger. 

 Exp. 26 millim. 



293. Ilema notifera. 



Capissa notifera, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879, p. 262 ; id. Lep. Madag. i, 



p. 165, pi. 6. f. 88 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 

 Prabhasa nigrosparsa,'BnXX.Gist.'E.nt. iii. p. 7 (1882); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 320. 

 ■ Prabhasa fasciata, Biitl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 8 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 



Brownish grey ; head, thorax, and fore wdng irrorated with dark 

 brown scales ; abdomen grey, brownish towards extremity. Fore 

 Aving with postmedial brown spot on costa, Avith traces of a diffused 

 line from it to an obscure spot below vein 7, where it is strongly 

 angled, then retracted to an obscure spot in submedian fold below 

 vein 2, then excurved again. Hind wing brownish white. 



Ab. 1. fasciata. Fore wing with the line much more developed 

 except towards costa and joined by a fascia from termen below apex. 



Ab. 2. nigrosparsa. Fore wing with the line obsolete, the spots 

 reduced. 



Ab. 3. Fore wing with the dark irroration much reduced, the 

 line obsolete and spots reduced. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from or from below angle of cell ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 free or anastomosing 

 with 12. 



Hah. Madagascae, Betsileo {Cowan), 2 (5' , 2 § , types nigrosparsa 

 and fasciata. Exp. 26-30 millim. 



294. Ilema ardens. (Plate XXI. fig. 30.) 



Prabhasa ardens, Bull. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 6 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 

 Lithosia subrosea, Mab. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1897, p. 220. 



Rufous ; abdomen with the basal half greyish. Fore wing irro- 

 rated with a few black scales ; a postmedial black point on costa, 

 some specimens with traces of an oblique line from it very acutely 

 angled below vein 4, then retracted to an erect medial line from sub- 

 median nervure to inner margin. Hind wing yellowish w'hite, the 

 terminal half tinged with rufous. 



Fore wing with veins 6 and 7 from the areole which is formed 

 by 9 arising from 10 and anastomosing with 8; 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. 



Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo ( Coivan), 2 J , 3 $ , tyije. Exp., (S 20, 

 $ 24 millim. 



295. Ilema carnea. (Plate XXII. fig. 2.) 



Prabhasa carnea, Butl. Cist. Eut. iii. p. (> (1882) ; Kirby, Ca*^. Het. p. 320. 



2 . Head and thorax white, suffused with pale pinkish rufous ; 

 abdomen grey, pale fulvous toward extremity. Fore wing pinkish 

 white, irrorated with black scales ; the costa fulvous ; a fulvous 

 postmedial spot on costa : an oblique fulvous line from below vein 



