ASURA. — IONTHAS. 777 



brown; hind tibiae and tarsi yellowish. Fore wing pale red-brown, 

 the costa and inner margin reddish yellow. Hind wing pale semi- 

 hyaline red-brown. 



Hub. Madras, Horsleykonda {Campbell), 1 $ type. Exp. 2(5 

 millim. 



*991 a. Asura unicolora. 



Asura unicolora, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 425, pi. v. f. 25 (1904). 



6 ■ Head and thorax yellow ; fore femora, tibiae, and tarsi at 

 extremities fuscous ; abdomen greyish, the anal tuft oehreous. 

 Fore wing very pale yellow, the costa brown, darker towards base. 

 Hind wing yellowish white. 



Hal. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000' (Pratt), type f J in 

 Coll. Bethune-Baker. Exp. 22 millim. 



992. Asura uniformeola, insert (syn.) : — 



Tiijrioides flavescens, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 218 (1912). 



Br. N. Guinea, Kumusi R. (Meek), type t $ in Coll. Rothschild. 



Larva. Piepers, Tijd. v. Ent. xlvii. p. 161. 



Entirely clothed with thick tufts of black hair. Food-plant, 

 Muscus. 



Cocoon covered with black hair. 



993. Asura frigida, insert (syn.) : — 

 Asv/ra griseotmcta, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 206 (1913). 



S.W. Borneo, Pontianak, type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. 



Genus I0NTHAS. 



Type. 



Ivntltas, Turner, ined ataracta. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi short, porrect ; antenna? of male with long 

 branches ; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with rough hair ; tibiaj with the 

 spurs well developed. Fore wing- with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 

 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8 stalked, 9 absent; 10, 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell, 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



In key differs from Miltochrista in the proboscis being absent and the fore 

 wing having vein 9 absent. 



*1001 a. Ionthas ataracta. 



Ionthas ataracta, Turner, ined. 



cJ . Head and tegulse orange-yellow ; palpi and antennae brown ; 

 thorax and legs brown ; abdomen orange, the ventral surface 

 clothed with brown and orange hair. Fore wing grey-brown. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow with terminal brown band, its inner edge 

 angled outwards at vein 4 almost to termen. Underside of fore 



