ASURA. 



441 



highly anrl irregularly dentate ; siibterminal and terminal series of 

 black points, the former strongly bent inwards to costa. Hind 

 Aving yellowish white. 



The type form is an aberration with the fore wing whitish ; hind 

 Ming with fuscous points on termen below apex and on veins 3 

 and 4. — Sikhim, Bhutan, Moulmein. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial line absent. — Kangra. 



Hab. jSr. W. Himalayas, ^\m\B.{ Harford), 1 S , Kangra ( ffocJciiuf), 

 3 <S,3 2; Sikhim {Atkinson, Dii'hjeon), 4 cJ , 6 $ , type excurrcns ; 

 Bhutan {Dudgeon), 1 S ; Burma, Rangoon {Scott), 1 $ , Moulmein 

 {Cleric), 1 J ' type. Exp., 6 20-26, $ 26-30 miUim. Type t 

 straminea in Mus. Oxon. 



924. Asura obsoleta. 



Lvclene obsoleta, Moove, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 32, pi. 3. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths 



"incl. ii. p. 109; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 310. 

 Lyclene assamica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 33, pi. 3. f. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. 



'p. 310. 

 J . Yellow ; patagia and metathorax with black points ; fore 

 tibiae and tarsi banded with black. Fore wing with subbasal black 

 ])oint; a small wedge-shaped subbasal spot below costa and two 

 below the cell followed by the curved antemediul series of spots ; 

 a medial point below costa and line from subcostal nervure to inner 

 margin excurvcd below cell, and angled inwards in submedian fold; 

 a dit-coidal point ; a highly and irregularly dentate postraedial lino 

 strongly bent outwards bcloAv costa and to inner margin, and with 

 longer teeth on veins 7, 6, and 4 ; a series of spots beyond it with 

 the spot on vein 4 displaced towards termen. 



Jlah. i^mnm {Dudr/eon), 1 J ; Pulo Laut (ZJoZ^^-f//). 1 c? • 1^^^'P- 

 22 millim Type t and tj'pof assamica in Coll. Staudinger. 



925. Asura avernalis. (Plate XXX. fig. 13.) 



Miltochrista avernalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. p. 219 (1887) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 309. 

 5 . Head and thorax scarlet ; teguhe, patagia, mesothorax, and 

 tibiie Avith fuscous spots ; abdomen fuscous with slight crimson 

 dorsal marks, the terminal segments and ventral surface scarlet. 

 Pore wing scarlet; a curved fuscous antemedial band bent round 

 on costa to base, where it encloses a scarlet point; an irregular 

 medial oblique band, its outer edge produced below the cell to the 

 postmedial band, which is excurved at middle ; an irregular sub- 

 terminal line expanding at costa and connected with termen by 

 streaks below apex and at middle. Hind wing crimson with the 

 iinier margin narrowly pale crimson; veins 4, 5 stalked. 



JJab. Solomon Is., Alu ( Woodford), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 



926. Asura suavis. (Plate XXX. fig. 28.) 



Calligenia suavis, Pag. Jalirb. Nass. Ver. xxxi.K. p. 12G (188(i); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 307. 



J . Pale yellow ; meso- and metathorax with patches of scarlet ; 

 abdomen with ventral black patch towards extremity. Fore wing 



