ILEMA. 165 



2 . Head orange-brown ; thorax und abdomen brown, the latter 

 with last three segments orange ; legs orange. Fore wing grey- 

 brown, with narrow orange costal fascia of even width throughout ; 

 a line yellow streak on inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow. 

 Underside of fore wing with the inner and terminal areas whitish. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell ; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Jlab. Asia Mikoe, 1 § , Zell. Coll. Ki-^j. -10 millim. 



333. Ilema vicaria. 



Lifhosia vicaria, Wlk. ii. 5U5 (lSo4) ; Kirby, Cat.. Het. p. 223. 



Lithosia antica, Wlk. ii. 6U5 (1854); Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 15, pi. 1. 



f. y ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 66, pi. 1U2. 1'. 3 ; Hiupsii. Moths lud. ii. p. 7'J ; 



Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 325. 

 Lithosia natara, Moore, Oat. Lep. E. I. 0. p. 304 (1859) ; Kirbv, Cat. 



Het. p. 325. 

 Lithosia mrawaka, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 350 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 325. 

 Lithosia imitans, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 87 (1878). 



Head, tegulse, and base of 

 patagia orange ; palpi at tips 

 and antennae black ; thorax 

 and legs leaden grey ; abdo- 

 men grey, the extremity and 

 ventral surface orange. Fore 

 Y\g.^?,.-IIema vicaria, S- I- wing leaden grey, with orange- 



(From Moihs Ind. vol. ii.) yellow costal tascia, tapering 



slightly to apex or of even 

 width throughout; cilia yellow. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Fore wing with vein from angh; of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, or 9 

 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole; 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12. 



Hub. W. Africa, Old Calabar {Miss Kingsley), 1 5; Congo 

 (Curror), 1 $ type; Natal, Durban (Bowker), 1 $; Amur, 1 5; 

 China, Hongkong (J. J. Walker), 1 2 > Sikhim; ; Assam, Ivhasis ; 

 Calcutta, Moore Coll., 1 § ; Ceylon (Temj^deton), ty])e antica, 

 (E. E. Green); Andamans ; lioRNEO, Sarawak ( Wallace), type sai'ci- 

 ivaha ; Java {Horsfield), type natara. Exp. 20-34 millim. Type t 

 imitans in Coll. Mabille. 



334. Ilema sericea. 



Lithosia sericea, Greg.son, Ent. Weekly Int. ix. p. 31 (1860) ; Barrett, Lep. 

 Brit. ii. p. 222, pi. 67. f. 5 a ; Stand. Cat. p. 54 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 324. 

 Lithosia molyhdeola, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 50 (1861). 



Head, tegula3, and base of patagia orange ; thorax and abdomen 

 dark grey, the latter with lateral streaks towards extremity and 

 the anal tuft orange ; legs orange and grey. Fore wing dark grey, 

 with rather narrow orange costal fascia of even width throughout ; 

 the costa black towards base; cilia orange at tips. Hind wing 

 pale yellow, with diffused grey patch on costal area extending lo 

 near apex. 



