ASUEA. 717 



near base, subbasal point in cell, and band just beyond it from cell 

 to inner margin ; a fuscous antemedial band somewhat bent 

 inwards to costa and outwards to inner margin, its outer edge 

 angled outwards on median nervure to the medial fuscous band 

 which is somewhat bent inwards to costa; a small fuscous discoidal 

 spot connected by a streak on median nervure with the medial 

 hand; postmedial band fuscous, excurved beyond upper angle of 

 cell, its inner edge angled inwards at lower angle of cell to the 

 discoidal spot, its outer edge connected with a quadrate subterminal 

 patch from costa to discal fold ; the termen fuscous with waved 

 inner edge, connected above discal fold with the subterminal patch, 

 expanding into a small quadrate patch between veins 5 and 4 and 

 emitting an oblique spur from tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown. 

 Underside of fore wing with the fuscous markings more diffused 

 anil confluent; hind wing with scarlet postmedial spot on costa. 



Hob. Solomon Is., Tugela I. {Woodford), type f <S in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. 



904 b. Asura pectin ata. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.) 



Aswra pectinata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 537 (1911). 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with scarlet ; 

 antennae with the branches black; fore and mid tibiae black at 

 extremities. Fore wing yellow suffused with scarlet; the costal 

 area fuscous towards base ; two antemedial series of small fuscous 

 spots, the outer conjoined by a patch in cell to the medial line 

 which is incurved in cell ; a discoidal lunule ; postmedial line 

 formed by a series of fuscous spots conjoined in parts, oblique to 

 vein 6, then somewhat dentate and incurved below vein 4; a sub- 

 terminal series of small fuscous spots, slightly incurved at discal 

 fold. Hind wing yellow tinged with scarlet. 



2 • Fore wing with the spots of the lines somewhat more con- 

 joined ; cilia fuscous. 



Hob. Cameroon, Ja R., Bitje, 2 c? ; Angola, N'Dalla Tando 

 (Ansorge), type f 6, $ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Exp. d 18, 

 § 24 millim. 



904 c. Asura amabilis. (Plate XXXIX. tig. 5.) 



Asura amabilis, Boths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 424 (1901). 



6- Head and thorax orange; palpi scarlet; antenna' scarlet 

 with the branches black; upper part of frons, vertex of head, 

 mesothorax, shoulders, and patagia with black points ; fore legs 

 and streaks on mid tibia- scarlet, the fore tibia' with black spot 

 and the extremity of tarsi black ; abdomen orange dorsally suffused 

 with fuscous except at base and extremity, the sides and base of 

 ventral surface deep black. Fore wing bright yellow, three black 

 points at base ; eight irregularly waved scarlet lines, a diffused 

 subbasal, two curved antemedial. two medial excurved in cell, the 



