ILEMA. - 145 



Lithosia angulifera, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 12 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p. 82; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 331. 

 Lithosia tmdidata, Hejl. C.R. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. ccccx (1891)- Kirby, 



Oat. Het. p. 915. 

 Katha brevipennis, S , Hmpsa. 111. Het. viii. pi. 139. f. 2 (nee Wlk.). 



(S . Yellow-brown ; abdomen greyish, the extremity yellow. 



Fig. 92. —Ilema obUtterans, d" • !■ 



Pore wing with a diffused dark postmedial line, angled inwards at 

 vein 6, outwards at vein 4, and incurved towards inner margin. 

 Hind wing pale yellow. 



5 . Similar to male in the Indian form ; the head, thorax, and 

 fore wing purplish grey in the typical Ce3lon form. 



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

 stalked ; 10 free. 



The Kilima'njaro female is grey with the hind wing browner. 



Hah. E. Afeica, Kilima'njaro (Jackson), 1 $ ; Sxehiai (Pilcher), 

 3 cJ , Belgaum (Watson),! $ ; jSTilgiris (Hampson), 1 J , 3$; 

 Ceylon (Green), 2 S ■, 55 ; Java, Preanger, type f undulata in 

 CoU. Heylaerts. Exp., 6 2Q, $ 30 millim. 



284. Ilema depressa. 



Noctua compJana, Esp. Sehmett. iv. (1) p. 95, pi. 92. f. 8 (1786), nee Liuii. 

 Noctua deplana, Esp. Sehmett. iv. (1) p. 97, pi. 93. ff. i, 2 (1786), nee 



Linn. ; Stand. Cat. p. 53. 

 Noctua depressa, Esp. Sehmett. iv. (1) p. 97, pi. 93. f. 3 (1786) ; Steph. 111. 



Brit. Ent., Haust. p. 96 ; Dup. Lt§p. Er. iii. p. 18, pi. i. f. 6 ; Boisd. 



Icones, Lep. ii. p. 101, pi. 67. f. 7 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 328. 

 Lithosia hilveola, Ochs. Sehmett. Eur. ii. p. 133 (1810) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. 



iii. p. 24, pi. i. f. 2 ; Boisd. Icones, Lep. ii. p. 102, pi. 57. f. 8. 

 Noctua luteola, Hiibn. Beitr. Sehmett. iii. (1) p. 11, pi. i. E. (1827). 

 Bomhyx helvola, Hlibn. Eur. Sehmett. ii. f. 95 (1827). 

 Bombyx ochreola, Hiibn. Eur. Sehmett. ii. f. 96 (1827). 

 Lithosia pavescens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 398 (1877); id. 111. Het. 



B. M. ii. p. 7, pi. 23. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 328. 



J . Head, tegulse, patagia, and thorax orange ; palpi and antennae 

 blackish ; tibiae and tarsi mostly blackish ; abdomen with the basal 

 half grey, the terminal half orange. Fore wing grey, with a slight 

 yellow tinge ; an orange streak below basal third of costa ; the 

 costa towards apex and cilia yellow. Hind wing yellowish grey, 

 the costal and terminal areas broadly darker grey ; cilia yellow, 



5 . Fore wing with complete costal fascia narrowing to apex. 



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