ASUKA. 



457 



crimson, especially towards costa and termen ; a subbasal black 

 point ; the costal edge black towards base ; an antemedial series of 

 five short streaks, those in cell and above vein 1 displaced outwards; 

 a medial oblique and slightly sinuous line ; a discoidal spot ; a post- 

 medial series of short streaks, bent inwards and reduced to spots 

 below costa, the streaks on veins 5, 3, and 2 displaced inwards ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing tinged with crimson 

 towards apex in male, more uniformly in female ; an obscure black 

 subapical spot sometimes present. 



Hah. China, Nankow Pass, 1 d" , Shanghai {Fortune), 2 S, 

 2 $ type sinica, Chekiang (Pryer), 2 c? ; I'ormosa (Eobson), 1 J ; 

 SiKHiM {Dudrjeon), 1 J , 1 5 type discistnga ; Assam, Khtisls, 1 S , 

 type tenninata ; Sumatra {Forhes), 1 $ ; Borneo, Sandakan {Fryer), 

 1 S , Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 $ , type circumdata ; Ptjlo Laut {Doherty) 

 1 (S ; Java, type t $ fruhstorferi in Mus, Stockholm. Ex^-). 16- 

 34 mUlim. 



968. Asura arcuata. 



Lydene arcuata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 02, pi. 103. f. 5 (1882) ; Hmpsr . 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 112; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 3U5. 

 Lydene rosea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 50, pi. 139. f. 19 (1891) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 305. 

 Lydene aurora, Hinpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 50, pi. 139. f. 20 (1891) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 305. 



Head and thorax orangc-yelloAv tinged with pink : vertex of head, 

 shoulders, meso- and metathorax with fuscous points ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore wing rosy pink or orange-yellow tinged with pink ; 

 a subbasal black point ; the costal edge black towards base ; an 

 antemedial series of four or five points, the one below the cell nearer 

 the base ; a medial broad line nearly straight or irregular, slightly 

 curved and angled on vein 1 ; a discoidal point ; a postmedial series 

 of short streaks or points on the veins, incurved to costa, then 

 oblique, the spots on veins 6, 4, and 1 nearer termen ; a terminal 

 series of points. Hind wing pinkish or yellow. 



The type has the postmedial streaks of fore wing almost conjoined 

 into a baud. 



Ab. 1. aurora. Fore wing with all the markings reduced and 

 slight. 



Ab. 2, rosea. Hind wing with indistinct oblique medial line. 



Hah. NiLGiRis {Hampson), 1 d" , 2 § , types rosea and aurora ; 

 Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 J , ^ ? type, Pattalam {Pole), 1 $ . 

 Exp. 20-26 millim. 



*969. Asura nubilalis. (Plate XXXI. fig. 17.) 

 Miltochrista mihilalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 115 (1894). 



c^". Yellow; patagia, thorax, and abdomen tinged with fuscous. 

 Fore wing with the basal area fuscous except the base of inner 

 margin ; a broad postmedial fuscous band joining the basal fuscous 

 area on inner area, its outer edge angled at veins G and 4 and on 



