500 ARCTIADJ5. 



324 b. Ilema heterogyna. 



Ilema heterogyna, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 392, pi. xxxvi. f. (3. 



6 ■ Head and teguhe orange-yellow; thorax fuscous brown with 

 a greyish tinge ; pectus and legs yellow, the fore and mid tibiae and 

 tarsi, the hind tibiae at extremity and tarsi towards extremity black 

 above ; abdomen orange-yellow, dorsally blackish on basal half. 

 Fore wing fuscous grey, the costal area yellow, narrowing to a point 

 at apex. Hind wing fuscous brown with some orange suffusion on 

 disc and inner area ; cilia yellow ; the underside orange-yellow, the 

 termen suffused with fuscous except at apex and towards tornus, 

 some fuscous irroration in cell and below costa. 



2 • Fore wing paler, the cilia yellow ; hind wing yellow. 



Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji Distr. (JSfeave), 1 6 , 1 $ type. 

 Exjp. <f 30, $ 32 millim. 



325. Ilema flavibasis, insert (syn.) : — ■ 



Ilema nitens, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 221 (1912). 



5 . Metathorax with orange patch ; hind wing with the orange 

 extending to beyond the cell. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Wasin, type f § in Coll. Rothschild. 



*330 a. Ilema eceicei. 



Ilema ekeikei, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 419, pi. v. f. 16 (1904). 

 Ilema perplexa, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 219 (1912). 

 Ilema germana, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 219 (1912). 



Head, tegulae, and base of patagia orange-yellow, the rest of 

 thorax black-brown with a leaden gloss ; antennas black ; palpi 

 black above at tips ; tibiae and tarsi black above ; abdomen 

 brownish white, the extremity and ventral surface orange-yellow. 

 Fore wing brown with a leaden-grey gloss ; the base yellow ; a 

 rather broad yellow costal fascia of even width throughout ; the 

 termen and cilia yellow. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. (Meek), 

 type f $ germana in Coll. Rothschild ; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei 

 (Pratt), type f 6 in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; German N. Guinea, 

 Astrolabe Bay (Wahnes), type f 2 perplexa in Coll. Rothschild. 

 JExp. 38 millim. 



333. Ilema vicaria. 



Larva. Piepers, Tijd. v. Ent. xlvii. p. 145. 



Clothed with blackish or grey-brown hair and a few long black 

 hairs ; dorsal line black defined on each side by reddish or 3 r ellowish 

 marblings ; thoracic somites with transverse dorsal black lines. 

 Food-plant, Citrus. 



