AS UK A. 773 



*9b7 b. Asura aureata. (Plate XL. fig. 18.) 



Asura lacteofiava, aureata, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 208 (1913). 



d . Head and thorax orange-yellow, the vertex of head and 

 patagia with black spots ; palpi black above ; fore femora above 

 and tibiae and tarsi on inner side black ; abdomen whitish, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface yellow. Fore wing orange-yellow; a black 

 point at base of costa and the costal edge black to middle ; a short 

 subbasal black streak on subcostal nervure ; minute oblique ante- 

 medial black streaks above and below submedian fold ; a medial 

 black point above the cell and oblique striga on upper discocellular ; 

 traces of an oblique incurved medial line; an oblique postmedial 

 series of short tine black streaks on the veins, the streak on vein 5 

 nearer the cell ; a terminal series of blacks points. Hind wing 

 pale yellow. 



Hub. Assam, Khasis, type f J in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 

 millim. 



•968 a. Asura rosalia, n. n. (Plate XL. fig. 19.) 



Miltochrista rosacea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 215 (1913), nee Beth. -Bakei, 

 1904. 



(5 . Head whitish ; thorax pale pink ; palpi black at tips ; pectus 

 and legs yellowish ; abdomen whitish, the ventral surface yellowish. 

 Fore wing rose-pink ; the costal edge black towards base; a small 

 subbasal black spot in cell ; antemedial black points below the cell 

 and above inner margin and a point further from base above vein 1 ; 

 medial line black, very oblique, from costa above end of cell to 

 inner margin before middle ; an oblique black striga on upper 

 discocellular; a series of short black streaks on the veins, arising 

 below costa beyond the medial line bent outwards below costa to 

 towards termen, the streaks on veins 5. 3, 2, 1 further from the 

 tennen ; a terminal series of black points; cilia yellowish. Hind 

 wing semihyaline yellowish white. Underside of fore wing whitish 

 tinged with pink, the costal area suffused with fuscous to beyond 

 middle ; hind wing with the costal area tinged with pink. 



Hab. W. Java, type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 22 millim. 



*96S b. Asura mediofascia. (Plate XL. fig. 20.) 



Asura mediofascia, Roths. Nov. Zool. \\. p. 210 (1913). 



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



Head and thorax yellow, the patagia with black points ; fore 

 tibiae brown except towards base ; abdomen yellow, dorsally whitish 

 towards base. Fore wing yellow tinged with pink ; the costal edge 

 black towards base ; a subbasal black point below costa ; ante- 

 medial line formed of blackish spots, excurved below costa and 

 above inner margin and incurved at middle ; a slightly excurved 



