454 ARCXIAD^. 



medial diffused and irregularly dentate band, oblique and usuallj- 

 connected with the medial band below the cell, then bent outwards 

 to inner mar-i^in, with longer teeth on veins G and 4 ; a terminal 

 Beries of points. Hind wing pale reddish. 



Ab. 1. ochracea. Ground-colour orango-yellow. 



Hah. Kasqmiu, 2 $ ; Kangka (Ifocl-inrf), 1 5 ; SiKnisi ; Bombat 

 (Swinhoe), 3 $ type, Khandalla ; Nilgieis (Hampson), 1 d , 3 $ , 

 types airiifascia and ochracea ; Ceylon. Ea:2). 22-26 miliim. 



959. Asiira congerens. 



Cymflla covgerens, Feld. Rels. Nov. pi. lOG. f. 14 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p.' 114 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. ]). 305. 

 Lyclenc ariocarpi, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 30 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 114; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 304. 



(5. Orange-yellow; tegulae, shoulders, and patagia with fuscous 

 spots. Fore wing slightly tinged with red ; a fuscous siibbasal spot ; 

 an irregular diffused fuscous antemedial band ; a slightly sinuous 

 oblique medial band, its outer edge almost or quite contluent with a 

 discoidal spot ; an irregular oblique postmedial band, its outer edge 

 angled outwards at veins 6 and 4, and below the cell becoming con- 

 fluent with the medial band. 



2 much yellower. 



Hah. JS'.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim, 1 S , 1 $ , type artocarpi ; 

 Calcutta. Exp. 20-26 miliim. 



*960. Asura creatina. 



Paidia creatina, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 85, pi. 7. f. 8 (1879) ; Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 364. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; vertex of head 

 with a black point ; shoulders, patagia, and mesothorax with paired 

 black points. Fore wing yellow, strongly suffused with crimson ; a 

 subbasal black point ; the costa streaked with black to the ante- 

 medial curved series of small spots, the spot below the cell displaced 

 inwards ; a slightly oblique medial black line slightly bent inwards 

 above inner margin ; a prominent discoidal spot ; a strongly curved 

 postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, the streaks on veins 

 4 and 1 displaced towards termeu ; a terminal black line. Hind 

 wing yellow suffused with ci'imson, deeper in colour towards apex. 



Hah. Celebes. Exp). 20 miliim. 



961. Asura floccosa. (Plate XXXI. fig. 13.) 



Ntidaria floccosa, Wlk. xxxi. 274 (1864) ; Hmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 114 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 360. 

 Nudaria suhccrvina, Wlk. xxxi. 274 (1864); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 114; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. 



Palo greyish ochreous ; tegula), shoulders, patagia, and meso- 

 thorax with fuscous spots ; tibia) marked with fuscous ; wings 

 semihyaline. Fore wing with fuscous subbasal spot ; the costal 



