o 



ASURA. 447 



939. Asura distributa. (Plabe XXX. fig. 21.) 



Lyclene diatributa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 113 (1862) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 914. 



Pale ochreous ; vertex of head, shoulders, patagia, fore and mid 

 tibise, and tarsi with black spots. Fore wing -with black spot at 

 base ; short fuscous streaks below base of costa, median nervure, 

 and vein 1 ; an antemedial line angled outwards in cell to meet the 

 medial line, which is angled inwards ; the postmedial line excurved 

 at middle and joining the medial line above inner margin, a forked 

 streak from it to costa just before apex and termen below apex, 

 a streak on vein 4 and two spots below that point, or these streaks 

 more broken up into spots. Hind wing with obscure fuscous medial 

 band from cell to inner margin ; a subterminal band, becomins: 

 terminal at apex and below vein 2. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak {Wallace), 3 J, type. Exp. 18 millim 



940. Asura numida. (Plate XXX. fig. 22.) 

 Miltochrista numida, HoU. Psyche, vi. p. 400 (1893). 



Pale ochreous ; the extremities of tibiie clothed with long black 

 hair. Fore wing irrorated with a few black scales ; a black point 

 at base of costa ; a double rather ill-defined waved black line just 

 before middle, the area from it to near termen suftused with pale 

 ])ink ; an indistinct waved medial line conjoined in cell to the ante- 

 medial line ; a discoidal black spot; the postmedial line arising from 

 the same point as the medial line, obscurely waved and strongly bent 

 outwards from below costa to vein 2, a series of obscure spots beyond 

 it, three towards apex, one at middle, and one on inner margin more 

 prominent. Hind wing with the apical area slightly tinged with 

 pink ; a terminal black spot below apex and slight marks between 

 veins 4 and 2. 



Hah. W. Africa, II. Niger, Sapele {F. W. Samjysoyi), 1 c^ , 1 5, 

 Ogove R., 1 d cotype. Mv£. 18 millim. Type f in Coll. Holland. 



941. Asura obliterata. (Plate XXXI. fig. 2.) 



Nudaria ohlitcmta, Wlk. xxxi. 273 (18H4) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. 

 Bardne indecisa, Wlk. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 325 (1869)- Kirbv 



Cat. Het. p. 310. ' ^' 



Faidia rufoUria, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. xli. p. 81 (1880); Kirby Cat Het 



p. 364. 

 Barsine gabunica , Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 399 (1893). 



Orange-yellow; vertex of head and tegula? with fuscous spots; 

 extremities of fore and mid tibiae and tarsi black. Fore winfj- with 

 pale purplish-fuscous markings edged with scarlet; a subbasal 

 spot ; a double waved antemedial line ; a medial line angled inwards 

 in cell and submedian fold and outwards on median nervure • a 

 discoidal point ; a strongly dentate postmedial line arising from close 

 to the medial line, strongly bent outwards from below costa to 



