767 



9-10 a. Asura neivi. n. sp. (Piute XL. fig. 9.) 



S • Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi black above towards 

 tips ; fore legs banded with black, the mid and hind tibiae and tarsi 

 at extremities black ; abdomen yellow. Fore wing yellow with 

 blackish markings edged with scarlet; the costal edge black 

 towards base; a subbasal black point in cell; two dentate ante- 

 medial lines ; medial line oblique to middle of cell where it is 

 angled inwards, oblique and waved below the cell; a black dis- 

 coidal striga ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below the 

 costa, then oblique ; a subterminal series of small spots, curved 

 inwards below the costa, the spot at vein 4 almost terminal. 

 Hind wing pale yellow with small brown spots just before ter- 

 men from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with curved postmedial 

 brown line from costa to vein 2 and the subterminal spots more 

 distinct. 



Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (Neave), 1 tf type. Exp. IS millim. 



941. Asura obliterata. insert fsyns.) : — 



Asura crenulata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 537 (1911). 

 Asura xantha, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 537 (1911). 

 Miltochrista hieroglyphica, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 537 

 (1911). 



Angola, N'Dalla Tando (Ansoiye), type f S crenulata, xantJia, 

 and hieror/h/phica in Coll. Bethune-Baker. The type of 31. liin-n- 

 ylyphiea has vein 11 of fore wing curved and approximated to 12 

 but separate. 



941 a. Asura obsolescens, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 10.) 



Head and thorax yellow ; the shoulders with black spots ; fore 

 legs banded with black, the mid and hind tarsi black at extremities ; 

 abdomen greyish ochreous. Fore wing yellow with a slight pink 

 tinge, thinly scaled ; subbasal black points on costa and in cell ; 

 two oblique waved pale brownish antemedial lines ; an oblique 

 waved pale brownish medial line ; a small brownish discoidal spot ; 

 postmedial line pale brownish, dentate, angled outwards at veins 

 and 4, then strongly incurved ; a subterminal series of small pale 

 brownish spots, curved inwards below the costa, and the spot at 

 vein 4 almost terminal. Hind wing pale yellow, thinly scaled. 



Hab. Uganda, Ketoma (Doqaetf), 1 d , Mulema (Doggelt), 

 1 $ type. Eccp. 6 22, $ 26 millim. 



912 a. Asura chypsilon, insert (syn.) : — ■ 

 Asura subcruciata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 209 (1913). 



X. Bobneo, Mt. Muki ( ITnsr). type + J in Coll. Rothschild. 



