758 AKCTIAD.E. 



fuscous, diffused and slightly waved, excurved to vein 4 and 

 angled inwards in submedian fold to the medial line, a series 

 of diffused fuscous streaks beyond it on the veins, the streaks on 

 veins 6 and 4 extending to termen ; the costa towards apex and 

 cilia fuscous. Hind wing yellow suffused with scarlet; the costa 

 towards apex and cilia except at tornus fuscous. Underside 

 yellow tinged with scarlet ; fore wing with postmedial black spot 

 on costa, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; hind wing with 

 the terminal area tinged with fuscous towards apex. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath {Meek), type t 6 in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. 



*92G b. Asura coccineotermen. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 27.) 



Miltochrista coccineotermen, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 225 (1913). 



2 • Head and thorax yellow, the patagia, pro- and metathorax 

 with paired brownish spots ; abdomen yellowish white, the ventral 

 surface yellow. Fore wing yellow, the terminal area scarlet ; basal 

 fuscous points on costa and in cell and a subbasal point in cell ; 

 a minutely dentate antemedial fuscous line angled outwards in 

 the cell ; a dentate medial fuscous line strongly bent outwards at 

 middle ; a small discoidal spot ; a strongly excurved and minutely 

 dentate fuscous postmedial line with the blackish subterminal 

 line just beyond it, incurved below costa and angled outwards to 

 termen at veins 6 and 4; the costa towards apex and a terminal 

 line black ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen 

 and cilia tinged with brown from apex to vein 2. Underside 

 yellowish white ; fore wing Avith the terminal area fuscous with a 

 scarlet tinge before it and pale scarlet marks on it in the inter- 

 spaces. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath (Meek), type t $ in Coll. 

 Rothschild. Exp. 22-20 millim. 



*920 e. Asura Meroglyphica. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 28.) 



Asura hieroglrphica, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 207 (1913). 



cS ■ Head and thorax yellow, the antenna? brownish except 

 towards base, the patagia, pro- and metathorax with paired black 

 spots ; fore tibiae with black band, the tarsi black at extremities ; 

 abdomen yellow, dorsally whitish towards base. Fore wing yellow ; 

 the costal edge black towards base ; a subbasal black spot in the 

 cell ; antemedial line black, curved ; medial line black, excurved 

 below costa and angled inwards to the antemedial line in cell and 

 at vein 1 ; the medial area crimson towards inner margin ; post- 

 medial line black, angled inwards to upper angle of cell and 

 below the cell to near origin of vein 2. excurved beyond the cell 

 and above inner margin, a series of crimson marks beyond it 



