764 AHCTIAD-E. 



5 . Fore wing with the postmedial line narrower and more den- 

 tate below vein 4, the fuscous on terminal area forming a diffused 

 band with rather dentate inner edge and emitting streaks to termen 

 on veins 6 and 4. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Yella Lavella I. (Meek), type t d , 2 hi 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. d 30, ? 32 millim. 



*929//. Asura miltochristiua. (Plate XL. fig. 3.) 



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



Head and tliorax crimson ; antennae fuscous except towards base ; 

 tibia? with fuscous black bands near extremities and the tarsi fusions 

 black at extremities ; abdomen pale crimson, greyish at base. Fore 

 wing crimson ; the costal edge fuscous towards base ; a fuscous 

 point at base of costa and subbasal point in the cell ; antemedial 

 and medial fuscous lines, the former excurved in cell and confluent 

 with the latter, angled inwards at submedian fold and outwards on 

 vein 1 to the latter, which is angled inwards to meet it ; a diffused 

 fuscous postmedial line, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 3, 

 then incurved and connected by a streak in submedian fold with 

 the medial line ; a diffused curved fuscous subterminal shade, 

 emitting streaks on the veins to termen ; cilia fuscous black. 

 Hind wing pale crimson, the cilia fuscous towards apex. Under- 

 side of fore wing pale crimson, the costa with fuscous medial and 

 postmedial marks, and the terminal area tinged with fuscous to 

 vein 4. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi (Meek), type f c? , 

 $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 6 28, $ 30 millim. 



930. Asura agraphia, insert :— 



Hypocrita septemmacidata, Heyl. C. R. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. ccccxiii 



'(1891), 



which has priority. 



930 a. Asura ansemica. (Plate XL. fig. 4.) 



Asura ansemica, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 405 (1911). 



d> . Head and thorax jmle yellow mixed with pale red-brown ; 

 abdomen yellowish white. Pore wing very pale red-brown ; some 

 pale yellowish at base of inner margin ; slight antemedial yellowish 

 marks on costa and below the cell ; an irregular yellowish patch on 

 inner medial area and an irregular mark beyond and below lower 

 angle of cell ; traces of some small subterminal yellowish spots and 

 of slight spots on termen above and below vein 2. Hind wing 

 yellowish white, the apex faintly tinged with brown. 



Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Pak-fak (Pratt), 2 6 type. Exp. 

 20-26 millim. 



