4;i0 AUCTIAD^. 



at extromitics : abdomen wliitc, the anal tuft pale yellow. Fore 

 wing with the costal edge black towards base; a subbasal black 

 poiirt; the antemeditil line oblicjue from costa to median iiervure, 

 wliere' it i.s angled and connected by a streak in submedian fold with 

 the sinuous n'i^edial line which is conjoined to the small discoidal 

 Innule; thepostmedial line minutely waved and excurved from below 

 costa to submedian fold ; a diffused minutely dentate subterminal 

 line emitting short streaks on veins (> and 4. 



Ilah. S.W. N. Guinea, Kapaur {Doheriij), 2 d , type ; Queexs- 

 LVND, Cooktown. Ecp. 18 millim. 



908. Asura nubifascia. 



Barsinc vuhifasda, Wlk. sxxi. 'iol (18(i4) ; Eutl. 111. Het. v. p. 38, pi. 86. 



f. 11 ; Hmpsn. Mollis Tnd. ii. p. 119 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 305. 

 BarMnc piincfifaxcia, Wlk. Cliar. Lcp. Het. p. 9 (1869). 

 Li/cle»e simplicifascia, Elwes, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 389, pi. 32. f. 19; Kirby, 

 'Cat. Het. p. 305. 

 Pale yellow ; fore legs marked with fuscous ; abdomen whitish. 



Fore wing with subbasal 

 black point ; the costal 

 edge black towards base ; 

 an antemedial series of 

 black points curved below 

 costa and slightly angled 

 inwards in submedian fold ; 

 a double medial scries of 

 Fig. oil.— Asura nitbijascia, (S . \. points excurved below 



costa; a postmedial diffused 

 fuscous band, with darker streaks on the veins, its inner edge 

 angled outwards at middle, its outer edge below costa, at vein 4, 

 and on inner margin. Hind wing yellowish white. 



Ah. 1. simplicifascia. Fore wing with the two medial series of 

 points further apart ; the postmcdial line with hardly a trace of 

 markings beyond it. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete. 

 Ilah. X.W, Himalayas, Dalhousie, 9 $ , Murree (Harford)^ 1 cJ ; 

 TiLET, Yatung (JJohson), 9 5 ; 8ikhim, type, {Atkinson, lAdderdale, 

 Elwes) 4 (^ , 4 2 . Exji. 34-42 millim. Type f simj)lici/ascia in Coll. 

 Elwes. 



909. Asura melanoleuca. (Plate XXX. fig. 8.) 



Milfochri.y/a melanoleticu, Ilmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii. p. 120 (1894). 

 S- Yellowish white; palpi towards tips, and antennae brown; 

 patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax spotted with black; tarsi 

 ringed witli fuscous ; abdomen with blackish band towards ex- 

 tremity and with some yellowish on sides. Fore wing with diffused 

 blackish patch on basal part of costal area ; a curved antemedial 

 series of four spots; a streak above medial part of inner margin; 

 two medial series of spots excurved below costa and somewhat 

 coalescing in cell ; a broad postmcdial black band with sinuous 

 inner edge and very irregular outer edge running out to apex and 

 tornus, and emitting teeth to near termen on veins G and 4. 



