494' AlK'TIADiE. 



of head with black spots, the sides of frons and palpi black ; 

 tegulse and patagia tinged with grey, the pro- and metathorax with 

 black spots ; antennae brownish ; fore legs black on inner side, the 

 tarsi black at extremities; abdomen fuscous brown, the extreme 

 base and ventral surface white ; the anal tuft brownish white. 

 Fore wing white with a faint brownish tinge on inner area ; a short 

 black streak at base of costa, short subbasal streak below the cell, 

 streak in middle of cell and longer streak in end of cell ; a series of 

 ten black spots arising at middle of costa and ending at middle of 

 inner margin, excurved beyond tbe cell to near termen. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with brown ; cilia white. Underside of fore wing 

 white suffused with brown ; hind wing wbite. 



Ilab. Cente. Madagascar, Nalamagaotna, 2500' (Prat/), 

 type t c? in Coll. Kenricb. Exp. 40 millim. 



301 a. Ilema nigrociliata. (Plate XXVII. fig. 4.) 



Eilema nigrociliata, Auriv. Voeltskow, Reis. Ost-Afric. ii. p. 340, pi. 19. 

 f. 13 (1909). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi at tips and antenna' 

 except at base black; fore tibiae and tarsi, the mid and hind tibiae 

 at base and extremities and the tarsi above black. Fore wing 

 orange ; medial black spots below costa, in submedian fold, and 

 above inner margin, and a postmedial spot in discal fold; cilia 

 fuscous. Hind wing orange; the terminal area black from apex to 

 vein 4, then the termen narrowly and cilia black. 



Sab. S.W. Madagascar, Andranohinaly ( Voeltskow), type f ? 

 in Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 28 millim. 



*301 b. Ilema iuornata. 



Ilema iuornata, Kenrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1913, p. 601, pi. 31. f. 4. 



£ . Head and thorax fiery orange; antennae blackish; palpi 

 black at tips ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi blue-black, the hind 

 tibiae at base and extremity and the tarsi except towards base blue- 

 black ; abdomen orange-yellow, the basal half of dorsum grey. 

 Fore wing orange-yellow ; a small blue-black spot below origin of 

 vein 2 with oblique bar beyond it on inner area ; small blue-black 

 spots at middle of costa and in discal fold beyond the cell. Hind 

 wing yellow. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing 

 orange-yellow. 



Hah. Cente. Madagascar, Nalamagaotna, 2-300' (Pratt), 

 type f $ in Coll. Kenrick. Exp>. 36 millim. 



301 c. Ilema pentaspila. (Plate XXVII. fig. 5.) 

 Ilema pentaspila, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 231 (1907). 

 5. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; fore tibia' and tarsi 



