ASURA. 439 



slightly banded with black. Fore wing with black spot at base ; 

 the costal edge black towards base ; two obliquely placed subbasal 

 spots below the ceU ; the antemedial line bent outwards in cell, 

 interrupted and retracted at median nervure, then slightly curved ; 

 the medial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 angled inwards in submedian fold and outwardly oblique to inner 

 margin ; a prominent discoidal spot ; the postmedial line arising 

 close to the medial line, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique, very irregularly dentate and bent outwards above inner 

 margin, a curved series of spots beyond it, the spot on vein 5 minute 

 and nearer the line ; the costa beyond the postmedial line, termeu 

 and cilia black. Hind wing with terminal black band. 

 Hah. Sakgir (Dcherty), 1 $ type. E.cjj. 22 millim. 



919. Asura vivida. (flate XXX. fig. 26.) 



Barsine vivida, Wlk. xxxi. 2.54 (1864); Swinb. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxou. 

 p. 108 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 306. 



cS . Orange ; vertex of head, tegulte, shoulders, patagia, and 

 raesothorax spotted Avith black ; palpi and fore legs tinged with 

 crimson ; end of tibiae and tarsi marked with black. Fore wing 

 w ith black point and three dentate marks at base ; antemedial and 

 medial irregularly dentate lines very oblique towards costa ; streaks 

 on the veins beyond the cell connected with the dentate postmedial 

 line, which is strongly bent outwards from below costa to vein 2 ; 

 a curved subterminal series of rather elongate spots, those at veins 

 4 and 6 larger ; cilia black. Kind wing yellow, with the terminal 

 area fuscous. 



Hah. Celebes, Menado (Wallace), 1 d" fcype t in ^us. Oxon. ; 

 Batchian {Doherty), 1 c^ • Exp. 24 millim. 



920. Asura fulvia, n. sp. (Plate XXX. fig. 25.) 



S . Deep orange-yellow. Fore wing with the costal edge black 

 towards base ; a subbasal black spot ; two curved and somewhat 

 sinuous antemedial series of points ; an irregularly dentate medial 

 line, angled inwards in cell to the antemedial points ; a discoidal 

 point; the postmedial line arising close to the medial line, strongly 

 bent outwiirds below costa, then highly and irregularly dentate, 

 incurved below vein 3 ; a subterminal series of points, slightly 

 incurved at vein 5. Underside of fore wing tinged with crimson. 

 Hah. Natal, V'erulam (Sjjiller), 1 c5' type. E.vj). 20 millim. 



*921. Asura craigi. (Plate XXX. fig. 29.) 



Miltochrista craigii, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 411 (1893). 



S . Oranije-yellow ; vertex of head, teguhe, patagia, a-i 1 meta- 

 thorax with black spots; extremity of tibia) and tarsi black. Fore 

 wing with the costa black towards base; a subbasal black spnt in 

 cell ; a series of five black points before the antemedial line wliirh 

 is excurvcd in cell, angled inwards below it and outwards on vein 1 ; 

 a medial line angled inwards in cell to the antemedial line, then 



