ILE3IA. 15f 



306. Ilema bipnncta. 



Bomhyx hvpuncta, Hiibn. Eur. Sclimeit. ii. ff. 286, 287 (1827) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 321. 

 Lithosia colon, Moscbl. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1872, p. 353 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 



ii. p. 82 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 318. 



Head, tegulae, and abdomen orange-yellow ; thorax j-ellow- 

 bro-wn. Fore wing brownish yellow suffused with fuscous, leaving 

 the base of inner margin and the costal area yellow ; two black 

 spots just beyond middle, one on. costa, the other in submedian 

 fold. Hind wing pale orange-yellow. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from just below angle of cell or very 

 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Andalusia, Chiclana, 1 5 in Coll, Staudinger ; Natal, 

 Estcourt (HiitcMnson), 1 d" , 1 $ ; Cape Colony, Annshaw (2Iiss 

 Barrett), Id, 12- ^^p- 36 millim. Type t colon in Coll. 

 Staudinger from Katal (not Silhet). 



307. Ilema insignis. (Plate XXII. fig. 6.) 



Prabhasa insignis, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 8 (1882) ; Eirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 320. 



S . Pale yellow ; palpi, frons, and legs blackish ; extremity of 

 abdomea and fore wing deeper yellow. Pore wing irrorated with a 

 very few black scales ; the costal edge black towards base ; the 

 inner and terminal areas very slightly tinged with rufous ; a large 

 black spot ou costa beyond middle, and a subterminal point below 

 vein 6. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from the areole which is formed by 9 

 arising from 10 and anastomosing with 8 ; 11 free. 



Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cow;(X?i), Is type. Exp. 28 millim. 



*308. Ilema quadrisignata. 



Cossa quadrisignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21, pi. 2. f. 10 (1878) ; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 83 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. 



c? . Head and thorax brown with a purplish tinge ; abdomen 

 grey-brown. Fore wing pale, very thickly irrorated and suffused 

 with purplish fuscous ; the basal two-thirds of costal area pale, with 

 prominent black spots before and just after middle. Hind wing- 

 pale brownish. 



Hah. SiKHiJi (Atlinson), type t c? in Coll. Staudinger. Avp. 

 32 millim. 



*309. Ilema costipuncta. (Plate XXII. fig. 19.) 



Lithosia costijmncta, Leech, Entom. xsiii. p. 82 (1890); Kirby, Cat Het 

 . p. 326. 



J . Deep orange ; palpi at tips, antennae, and the greater part of 

 legs black. Fore wing with small round black spot just below costa 

 immediately beyond middle. 



