ILEMA. 505 



white Blightly tinged with yellow. Underside of fore wing suffused 

 with brown except at apex ; hind wing with the eosta tinged with 

 brown. 



Fore wing with a broad areole, vein 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Persia., Aschabad, Kopet Dagh, Ganden, type t ? in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 36 millim. 



*36S a. Ilema sordidula. (Plate XXVII. fig. 32.) 



Lithosia sordidula, Rmbr. Cat. Lcp. S. And. p. 210 (1858); Seitz, Gr. 

 Schin. pal. ii. p. 68, pi. 13 a ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 378. 



Head orange-yellow ; antennae grey ; thorax white tinged with 

 fuscous, the tegulae yellow at sides ; legs yellow ; abdomen white 

 tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft yellow in male. Fore wing 

 silvery white, the inner half faintly tinged with fuscous, the costal 

 edge black towards base. Hind wing silvery white, the costal an 'a 

 tinged with fuscous except at apex. Underside of fore wing suf- 

 fused with fuscous, the costa yellow in male except towards base, 

 white in female. 



Hah. Spain, Andalusia, S. de Alfacar, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 

 d 30, 2 22 millim. 



*370«. Ilema niveata. (Plate XXVII. fig. 33.) 



Ilema niveata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 222 (1912). 



5 . Head and thorax wdiite, the head, tegulae, and prothorax 

 tinged with red-brown ; pectus and legs suffused with rufous ; 

 abdomen white, the ventral surface suffused with rufous. Fore 

 wing silvery white slightly irrorated with red-brown. Hind wing 

 white. Underside white, the costa of fore wing tinged with 

 rufous. 



Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Bk. N. Guinea, Angabunga K. (Meek), type f § in Coll. 

 Rothschild, Exp. 38 millim. 



*370 h. Ilema minutissima. (Plate XXVII. fig. 31.) 

 Ilema minutissima, Beth.-Baker, A.M.N.H. (8) vii. p. 536 (1911). 



<5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a faint reddish 

 brown tinge ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen more 

 strongly tinged with brown. Fore wing glossy white, the terminal 

 area very faintly tinged with brown. Hind wing white. Under- 

 side of fore wing tinged with brown. 



Hah. Portuguese W. Africa, Gunnal, type f 6 in Coll. 

 Bethune-Baker. Exp. 16 millim. 



