ILEMA. 155 



abdomen wliite, the segments fringed with yellow. This may 

 possibly be the female of sordida. 



Hah. Madagascae (Shaw), 3 $ ,type, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 $ , type 

 albicans. Exj). 52-64 millim. 



*299, Ilema erythropleura. (Plate XXII. fig. 14.) 



Lithosia erytliropleura, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. 302 (1879) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. ol9. 



5 . Head and thorax orange suffused with crimson ; 3rd joint of 

 palpi, antennae except at base, tibias and tarsi blue-black; abdomen 

 orange. Fore wing deep orange, with broad costal crimson fascia 

 attenuated to a point before apex ; an antemedial black spot in sub- 

 median fold ; medial spots on costa and inner margin and a discoidal 

 spot ; cilia black. Hind wing deep orange ; the cilia black from 

 apex to vein 2. 



Pore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 free. 



Hah. Madagascae, type t $ in Coll. Mabille. Exp. 38 millim. 



300. Ilema marginata. (Plate XXII. fig. 15.) 



Lithosia marginata, Guer. Icon. R. Anim., Ins. p. 519 (1844) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 318. 



Head and thorax crimson ; 3rd joint of palpi and antennae black ; 

 legs crimson, the extremities of femora, tibiae and tarsi, except middle 

 part of hind tibiae, deep metallic green ; abdomen orange, tinged 

 with crimson at base ; wings orange. Pore wing with the costal 

 area crimson, narrowing to apex ; an antemedial black point in 

 submedian fold; medial spots just below costa and above inner 

 margin, and a spot in discal fold beyond the cell. 



Pore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole; 11 free; in one specimen vein 6 arises from angle of cell. 



Hab. Madagascae, Antananarivo {Joy), 1 (S , 2 $. Exp. 42- 

 44 millim. 



301. Ilema maMlei. (Plate XXII. fig. 18.) 



Sozusa mabillei, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 5 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 318. 



1^ . Orange-yellow ; head and tegulae orange-fulvous ; 3rd joint 

 of palpi and antennae black ; fore legs, except coxae and base of 

 femora, end of raid femora, tibiae and tarsi, end of hind femora, 

 base and extremity of tibite and tarsi except basal joint, deep 

 metallic green. Pore wing with small obliquely-placed antemedial 

 deep metallic green spots in submedian fold and on inner margin ; 

 a spot on costa just beyond middle and one in discal fold beyond 

 cell. 



2 . Pore wing with the spots larger. 



Pore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 free. 



Hab. Madagascar (Coivan), 1 cT, 2 $ , type. Exp. 42 millim. 



