432 AECTIAD.T.. 



B. Fore wing of male with tlie cell very narrow ; vein 5 from 

 iilijier aiii,'lo of cell ; t» stalked with 7, S, 9, and often also 

 ill female. 



(I. Fore wins^ wiili suhtorminal series of spots mefxmelas. 



b. Fore wing witiiout subtermiual series of spots dasara. 



912. Asnra metamelas. 



Liiclene semifascia, var. metamelas, llinpsn. 111. Ilet. ix. p. 84, pi. \b\ 

 ■ f. 11 (18'J3). 



J . Yellow ; shoulders with black points ; tips of patagia fuscous ; 

 fore tibiiu and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen with the terminal 

 half clothed with black hair. Fore wing with black point at base : 

 the costa black towards base ; an oblique subbasal line interrupted 

 in cell ; the antemedial line slightly angled below costa, then 

 oblique and interrupted in submedian fold ; a medial spot below 

 costa, and line from cell to inner margin, incurved below vein 3 and 

 anastomosing with the antemedial line ; a postmedial point below 

 costa representing the displaced discoidal spot ; the postmedial line 

 highly and irregularly dentate, bent up to the subcostal nervure at 

 vein 4 ; a series of spots beyond it from costa to vein 3, the spot at 

 vein 4 displaced iuwards. llind wing with some fuscous marks on 

 termen towards apex. 



2 . Abdomen without black ; f )re wing with the markings 

 finer ; the subbasal line broken up into spots, the medial line not 

 connected with the antemedi il line; the discal point prominent ; 

 the postmedial line less irregular. 



Hah. Ckvlox, Pundaloya {Green), 1 J type, $ in Coll. Green. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial line obscured by a large 

 area of fuscous suffusion. 



Ifnh. S. India, Bolgaum (Watson), ti S , Nilgiris (Hampson), 

 Id, 2$. 



913. Asura dasara. 



Setina dasara, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 303 (1859); Butl. 111. Het. vii. 



p. 32. pi. 122. ff. 7, 8; Hmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii. p. 115 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 



p. 3.")7. 

 Barsine chromatica, Swinh. Trans. Enfc. Soc. 1891, p. 135 (2). 



cf . Yellow ; shoulders and mesothorax with black points ; abdomen 



tinged with fuscous towards 

 extremity or wholly fuscous. 

 Fore wing with subbasal 

 black point ; the costal edge 

 black towards base ; an ante- 

 medial curved fuscous band ; 

 an obscure discoidal spot ; a 

 postmedial band formed by 

 Fig. 343. — Asura dasara, (^ . }. elongate fuscous patches in 



the interspaces from below 

 the costa, very obliijuely curved so as to nearly or quite join the 

 antemedial band below the cell, then excurvcd again. Hind wing 

 pale yellow. 



