438 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



termen. Hind wing fulvous orange, the costa, termen, and 

 cilia (except towards toriuis) reddish brown. 



Ilab. Cape Colony, Triangle, 2 S type. E.vp. 22-24 mm. 



915a. Asura chrysomela, sp. n. 



(J. Fore wing with the costa highly arched just beyond 

 middle, the upper angle of cell much produced. 



Black ; head, greater part of tegulae, shoulders, front of 

 pectus, fore legs (except part of tibiae), extremity of mid and 

 hind femora, hind coxa3, and anal tuft orange. Fore wing 

 with broad orange medial band from subcostal nervure to 

 inner margin, its inner side extending to costa and sinuous, 

 its outer angled outwards at vein 4. Hind wing with orange 

 medial patch on costal area. 



? . Fore wing with the orange band very broad from 

 costa to inner margin, its outer edge angled at veins 6 and 4. 

 Hind wing with very broad orange-yellow band from medial 

 part of costa to tornus. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Choiseul {Meek), 1 (J, 1 ? type. 

 Exp., S 30, ? 36 mm. 



928 a. Asura licemachroa, sp. n. 



(J . Head, thorax, and abdomen crimson ; vertex of head, 

 tegulae, patagia, metathorax, and extremity of fore tibiae with 

 fuscous points. Fore wing crimson ; three black points at 

 base, followed by a slight streak in submedian fold ; the lines 

 rather broad, fuscous slightly defined on each side by 

 ochreous ; the antemedial line acutely angled outwards in cell, 

 then oblique and sinuous ; the medial line strongly angled 

 outwards on median nervure, then incurved ; the postmedial 

 line very oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is angled 

 outwards, then strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ; 

 a subterminal series of fuscous spots on an ochreous ground, 

 slightly angled outwards at veins 6 and 4. Hind wing paler 

 crimson. 



Hah. Solomon Is., Bougainville (Meek), 2 J type. Exp. 

 18 mm. 



929 a. Asura metascota, sp. n. 



Head and thorax orange-scarlet, with sliglit fuscous spots 

 on vertex of head, tegulic, patagia, thorax, and extremity of 

 tibise and tarsi ; abdomen fuscous, with the extremity scarlet. 

 Fore wing scarlet, with three black points at base and fuscous 



