Asiii.v. 763 



angled inwards in submedian fold to near the medial line ; a diffused 

 somewhat dentate curved suhterminal line, angled outwards at 

 veins 6 and 4 to near termen ; the costa towards apex, termen, and 

 cilia blackish. Hind wing pale crimson, the cilia blackish from 

 apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing pale scarlet, the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous ; hind wing yellow tinged with scarlet. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea. Setekwa R., Snow Mts. (Meek), 

 type f d . $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. J 24, $ 30 millim. 



929/. Asura metascota. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) 

 Asura metascota, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 438 (1905). 



Head and thorax orange-scarlet with slight fuscous spots on 

 vertex of head, tegulie, patagia, thorax, and extremities of tibiae 

 and tarsi ; abdomen fuscous with the extremity scarlet. Fore wing 

 scarlet with three black points at base and fuscous subbasal 

 patches below costa and cell ; an incomplete antemedial line 

 angled strongly outwards in cell, then ohlique and slightly angled 

 inwards in submedian fold, more or less connected by fuscous 

 suffusion with the similar somewhat waved and diffused medial 

 line; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 3, then inwardly 

 oblique and angled inwards in submedian fold and more or less con- 

 nected by fuscous streaks with the diffused subterminal line, which 

 is angled outwards on veins 6 and 4 and inwards in submedian 

 fold; cilia fuscous. Hind wing uniform fuscous; the underside 

 with some red suffusion on basal half of costal area. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing suffused with fuscous leaving some red at base, 

 some ante- and postmedial points, three medial spots, and some 

 irregular terminal marks. — Bougainville I. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Choiseul I. (Meek). 1 $ , 1 § type, 

 Bougainville 1. (Meek), 1 J. Exp. J 30, $ 36 millim. 



*929y. Asura ferninina. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) 

 Asura metascota, ferninvna, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 213 (1913). 



c? . Head and thorax orange-scarlet; abdomen fuscous, the 

 extremity orange-scarlet. Fore wing scarlet; black points at 

 base of costa and cell ; subbasal black points on costa and in cell 

 and a w r edge-shaped mark below the cell ; an antemedial blackish 

 line, oblique towards costa and angled inwards in submedian fold, 

 conjoined in cell and at vein 1 to a medial band with waved edges, 

 which again is conjoined by a streak at upper angle of cell to tin- 

 diffused postmedial line, which is oblique to vein 4, then somewhat 

 dentate ; the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the cilia fuscous. 

 Hind wiag fuscous. Underside of fore wing pale scarlet, the 

 terminal half of costa and terminal area suffused with fuscous; 

 hind winy with sonic scarlet on basal costal area. 



