A.SCRA. 701 



929 a. Asura coccineoflammea. (Plate XXXIX. fig-. 32.) 



Asura coccineoflammeus, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 210 (1913). 



Head and thorax yellow suffused with crimson ; fore tibiae with 

 fuscous band near extremities, the tarsi fuscous at extremities ; 

 pectus yellow; abdomen yellow, ventrally tinged with crimson. 

 Fore wing yellow suffused with crimson ; a subbasal black point 

 in cell ; antemedial line slight, blackish and somewhat dentate, 

 excurved below costa ; medial line indistinct, diffused, blackish, 

 excurved and somewhat dentate ; postmedial line diffused, blackish, 

 excurved and somewhat dentate ; subterminal line formed of short 

 blackish streaks, more produced towards termen on veins and 4 ; 

 cilia blackish with minute streaks before them on the extremities 

 of the veins. Hind wing ochreous yellow ; the underside with the 

 costal area tinged with crimson. 



Rah. Dutch N. Guinea, Mt. Goliath (Meek), type t J $ in 

 Coll. Rothschild; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 J. Exp. 

 6 30, $ 32 millim. 



*929 b. Asura fasciolata. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 33.) 



Asura fasciolata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 212 (1913). 



S ■ Head and thorax crimson ; palpi black at tips ; antennae 

 fuscous except basal joint ; metathorax with fuscous spot ; femora 

 at extremities, the tibiae, and tarsi suffused with brown ; abdomen 

 whitish, tinged with crimson except at base of dorsum. Fore wing 

 yellow with crimson streaks in the interspaces ; black points at base 

 of costa and vein 1 and a small subbasal spot in the cell ; a dentate 

 blackish antemedial line, oblique to median nervure and angled 

 inwards in submedian fold ; a curved medial blackish band with 

 slightly waved edges ; a dentate blackish postmedial line, oblique 

 to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ; a diffused fuscous subterminal 

 shade, its outer edge angled outwards to near termen at veins 

 and 4; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia chequered 

 black and yellow at base, fuscous at tips. Hind wing pale flesh- 

 pink. Underside of fore wing pale crimson with diffused fuscous 

 subterminal line from costa to vein 4. 



Rah. Br. N. Guinea, Mambare P., Biagi (Meek), type f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. 



929 c. Asura biagi. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 34.) 

 MUtochrista biagi, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 196 (1908). 



Head and thorax scarlet; antennae brownish except at base; 

 fore and mid tibiae with fuscous bands at extremities, the tarsi 

 fuscous at extremities ; abdomen pale crimson. Fore wing scarlet 



