752 AKCTTAD^. 



fore legs except part of tibiae, extremities of mid and hind femora, 

 hind coxa?, and anal tuft orange. Fore wing with broad orange 

 medial band from subcostal nervure to inner margin, its inner 

 edge extending to costa and sinuous, its outer angled outwards at 

 vein 4. Hind wing with orange medial patch on costal area. 



§ . Fore wing with the orange band very broad from costa to 

 inner margin, its outer edge angled at veins 6 and 4 ; hind wing 

 with very broad orange-} r ellow band from medial part of costa to 

 torn us. 



Hob. Solomon Is., Choiseul I. (Meek), 1 J, 1 $ type. Exp. 

 6 30, $ 36 millim. 



*915 b. Asura reducta. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 15.) 

 Asura chrysomela, reducta, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 206 (1913). 



6 ■ Head orange, the antennae black ; thorax and abdomen black- 

 brown with orange patches on shoulders ; fore legs orange, the 

 tibiae above and the tarsi at extremities black ; mid and hind legs 

 black-brown, the femora at extremities, tibia? at base, and tarsi 

 except at extremities orange ; anal tuft orange. Fore wing black- 

 brown with orange band from end of cell to inner margin where it 

 narrows to a point, its outer edge slightly angled outwards at veins 

 4 and 2 ; the extremities of the veins slightly streaked with white 

 except towards tornus. Hind wing black-brown with a wedge- 

 shaped yellow patch from middle of costa extending into end of 

 cell. 



5 . Fore wing with the orange band extending to costa and much 

 broader, its inner edge curved, its outer excurved from below costa 

 to inner margin, no white streaks on the veins of terminal area ; 

 hind wing with broad yellow band from middle of costa to just 

 above tornus, its inner edge incurved, its oiiter excurved. 



Hub. Solomon Is.. New Georgia I. (Meek), type f S in Coll. 

 Rothschild, Vella Lavella I. (Meek). Exp. 6 28-32, £ 36 millim. 



915 c. Asura pyraula, trans, from no. 931. 

 Fore wing of male with fringe of long hair on medial part of 



Fig. 253. — Asura pyraula, rf . \. 



inner margin on underside ; hind wing with elongate patch of 

 androconia below costa on upperside. 



