ILEKA. 



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Fig. 78. — Ilema bifasciata, c? . 



5 absent ; 6 from well below upper angle or stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 7 rarely from 

 cell in male ; 10 from cell, or 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 anastomosing with 12 or free. Hind wing with vein 2 from long 

 before angle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked, rarely coin- 

 cident J 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antenna of male bipectinate, with short stiff branches. 



253. Ilema bifasciata, n. sp. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black ; palpi, fringes of 

 tegiilse, and streaks on legs ochreous ; abdomen with orange bands 



on last four segments. Fore 

 wing fuscous, with orange 

 costal fascia narrowing to a 

 point just before apex ; a 

 broader fascia in submedian 

 interspace extending to just 

 beyond middle ; a slight 

 streak on basal part of inner 

 margin. Hind wing orange, 

 with broad diffused fuscous 

 band on terminal area ; some fuscous on inner area. 

 Fore wing with veins 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. 

 Hah. Cape Colony, 1 J type. Exp. 22 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennaj of male serrate, with fascicles of long cilia and bristles. 



254. Ilema phseopera, n, sp. 



Orange; frons, antennae, thorax, and legs tinged with fuscous. 



Fore wing tinged with 

 fuscous ; the costal area 

 yellowish white, narrow- 

 ing to a point beyond 

 middle. Hind wing with 

 large diffused fuscous 

 patch on apical area ex- 

 tending down to vein 2, 



Fore wing with veins 

 6,7,8, 9 stalked; 10 free: 

 11 anastomosing with 12. 

 Hah. Delagoa Bat {H. Jtinod), 1 J ; Teansvaal, Johannesburg 



{Eose) ; Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 (^ type. Exp. 



30 millim. 



Sect. III. Antennae of male ciliated. 



A. Antennffi of male thickened by a ridge of scales above towards base ; 

 fore wing with thick fringe of scales in and below cell on underside, 

 a tuft in submedian interspace ; hind wing with the costa lobed at 

 middle, the apical part truncate, the inner area clothed with thick 

 fringes of orange hair. 



*255. Ilema fasciculosa. 



JAthosia fasciculosa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 105 (1862) ; 

 Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 123 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 321. 



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Fig. 79. — Ilema 'plicBopcra, cJ. 



