ILEMA. 15T 



306. Ilema bipuncta. 



Bomhyx hipuncfa, Hiibn. Eur. Sclimeit. ii. ff. 286, 287 (1827) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 321. 

 Lithosia colon, Mo.sclil. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1872, p. 353 ; Hinpsn. Moths Incl. 



ii. p. 82; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 318. 



Head, tegulae, and abdomen orange-yellow ; thorax yello^v- 

 brown. Fore wing brownish yellow suffused with fuscous, leaving 

 the base of inner margin and the costal area yeJlow ; two black 

 spots just beyond middle, one on costa, the other in submedian 

 fohl. Hind wing pale orange-yellow. 



Fore wing with vein tJ from just below angle of cell or very 

 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Andalusia, Chiclana, 1 5 in Coll. Staudinger ; Natal, 

 Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 c5" , 1 2 ; Cape Colony, Annshaw (Miss 

 Barrett), 1 S, 12- Exp. 30 millim. Type f coJoa in Coll. 

 Staudinger from Natal (not Bilhet). 



307. Ilema insignis. (Plate XXII. fig. 6.) 



Prahham insignis, But). Cist. Ent. iii. p. 8 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 320. 



cJ . Pale yellow ; palpi, frons, and legs blackish ; extremity of 

 abdomen and fore wing deeper yellow. Fore wing irrorated with a 

 very few black scales ; the costal edge black towards base ; the 

 iiiner and tei'miual areas very slightly tinged with rufous ; a large 

 black spot on costa beyond middle, and a subterminal point below 

 vein 6. 



Fore wing with vein (> from the areole which is formed by 9 

 arising from 10 and anastomosing with 8 ; 11 free. 



Hah. Madagascak, Betsileo ( Cowan), 1 J type. Exp. 28 millim. 



*308. Ilema quadrisignata. 



Cossaquadnsignata, Moore, P. Z S. 1878, p. 21, pi. 2. f. 10 (1878) ; Hmpsn. 

 Moths lud. ii. p. 83 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. 



S . Head and thorax brown with a purplish tinge ; abdomen 

 grey-brown. Fore wing pale, very thickly irrorated and suffused 

 with purplish fuscous ; the basal two-thirds of costal area p;ile, with 

 prominent black spots before and just after middle. Hind wing 

 pale brownish. 



Hah. SiKHiM (Athinson), type t c? iii Coll. Staudinger. Exp, 

 32 millim. 



*309. Ilema costipuncta. (Plate XXII. fig. 19.) 



Lithosia costipuncta, Leech, Entom. xxiii. p. 82 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 326. 



cJ . Deep orange ; palpi at tips, antenna?, and the greater part of 

 legs black. Fore wing with small round black spot just below cosia 

 immediately beyond middle. 



