744 ARCTIADJ3. 



*899 a. Asura truncata. 



Zygsenosia truncata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 204 (1913). 



Fore wing of male very narrow, the costa lobed near base, the 

 termen very oblique, excised below apex and excurved at middle ; 

 bind wing with the termen excised towards tornus. 



S . Head and thorax dark reddish brown ; shoulders with orange 

 patches ; tarsi whitish except at extremities ; abdomen orange, the 

 extremity and ventral surface dark reddish brown. Fore wing 



Fig. 251. — Asura truncata, <$ , \. 



orange ; some dark reddish brown suffusion on basal costal area 

 and at base of inner margin ; an antemedial striga from costa ; a 

 patch at middle of costa ; a small oblique black-brown discoidal 

 lunule ; the terminal area dark reddish brown, its inner edge arising 

 from costa above end of cell, touching the discoidal lunule, then 

 oblique to vein 4 and inwardly oblique to inner margin. Hind 

 wing orange ; the terminal area dark reddish brown, rather broad 

 at costa, narrowing to a point at tornus. 



Hab. German N. Guinea, Astrolabe Bay (Wahies), type f d 

 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. 



*899 b. Asuia variabilis. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 33.) 

 Zygwnosia variabilis, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 205 (1913). 



r? . Head and thorax fulvous orange, the metathorax with 

 black-brown patchy antennse black-brown ; palpi and legs dark 

 reddish brown ; abdomen black-brown, the ventral surface orange 

 except the anal tuft. Fore wing fulvous orange ; the costal edge 

 black towards base, a subbasal black point in cell and short streak 

 on base of inner margin ; the terminal area black-brown, its inner 

 edge arising on costa just beyond middle, then excurved and 

 slightly sinuous to inner margin. Hind wing fulvous orange ; 

 the terminal area black-brown, rather broad at costa, narrowing to 

 a point at tornus. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with antemedial black-brown line, excurved 

 to median nervure, then incurved and slightly excurved below 

 submedian fold. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with round black discoidal spot, a black-brown 

 postmedial line oblique from costa above end of cell to beyond 



