ILEMA. 143 



d. Fore wing of male without fringe of scales in cell. 

 a^. Fore wing with postmedial line and subterminal 



dark streaks on the veins nebulosa. 



b^. Fore wing without markings 



ct^. Hind wing thickly clothed with orange-yellow 



scales repleia. 



b-. Hind wing pale, thinly scaled aurifltia. 



279. Ilema nebulosa. 



Lithosia nehdosa, "Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 106 (1862) ; Swinh. 

 Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 127, pi. iv. f. 18 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 



S . Orange-yellow ; abdomen greyish towards base. Pore wing 

 with difFased postmedial dark line acutely angled outwards between 

 veins 2 and 3 ; the veins on subterminal area streaked with fuscous 

 and with some diffused fuscous between them. Hind wing pale 

 yellow. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 free; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. BoKNEO, Sarawak {Wallace), 1 S type f in Mus. Oxon. 

 Eocp. 24 millim. 



280. Ilema repleta. (Plate XXI. fig. 28.) 



Brunia repleta, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1070 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 333. 



S . Orange-yellow, antennge brownish ; abdomen paler towards 

 base. Fore wing thickly clothed with glistening scales. Hind 

 wing thickly clothed with orange-yellow scales, the costal area 

 paler. 



Sab. Queensland, Brisbane (Turner), 1 c? . Exjj. 30 millim. 



281. Ilema auriflua. 



Systropfia dorsalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 18, 5 ("ec Wlk.) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 79 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 330. 

 Systropha auriflua, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 18, pi. ii. f. 7 (c?) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 81 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 331. 

 Lithosia sthenoptera, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 495 (1896). 



Uniform pale straw- 

 yellow ; antennae fuscous 

 except towards base. 

 Fore wing long and 

 ^X — ""'""^ ^ _ 7 ^ narrow, with vein 6 from 



d.^^.jfii C — -^=1^ £^ ^gll below angle of cell; 



'^ 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free ; 



11 anastomosing with 12 ; 

 the cell widening at ex- 

 Fig. 90. — Ilema auriflua, S ■ t- tremity. 



Hah. Bengal, Mynpuri, 

 1 c? ,type auriflua, Moore Coll. ; Assam, Khasis, 1 c? , 1 $ , type f 

 stiienoptera ; Sikhim, type f $ in Coll. Staudiuger. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



