iOO AECXIADJE. 



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

 areole ; 7 from the areole ; 11 free. 



Hab. C. China, Chang-yang, 1 S , type t in Coll. Leech. Exj). 

 40 millim. 



310. Ilema basigera. 



Cossa basigera, Wlk. xxxi 233 (1864) ; Hmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 83 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 332. 

 Cossa ruma, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 403 (1890) ; Hmpsn. 111. Het. yiii. p. 4, 



pi. 143. f. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 333. 



cJ , Greyish fuscous ; palpi except at tips, and lower part of frons 

 orange-red ; legs orange-red and fuscous ; abdomen j-ellow, grey 

 towards base, the terminal segments fuscous, the anal tuft and 

 ventral surface orange-red. Fore wing with the basal half of 

 costal area pure white, with a black fascia on costa to its middle ; a 

 diffused medial blackish band oblique from costa to submedian fold, 

 where it is acutely angled ; traces of an irregularly sinuous sub- 

 terminal band. Hind wing orange-yellow, the cilia reddish. 

 Underside of fore wing fuscous, with the costa except towards base 

 and the terminal area orange-red ; hind wing with broad fuscous 

 fascia below the costa which is orange-red. 



$ . Fore wing with the angle of medial band conjoined to the 

 basal dark patch on costa, the area between it and subterminal band 

 fuscous ; underside with orange-yellow replacing the red. 



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

 with 12. 



Hab. NxLGiRis ( Wcdliouse), 1 S type, {Hampson) 1 o' ? 5 5 , type 

 ruma. Exp. 32-40 millim. 



311. Ilema elegans. (Plate XXII. fig. 7.) 



LypMehm elegans, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 347 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 313. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; lower part of frons and 

 antenngo black ; legs black, fore and mid legs striped with orange ; 

 hind tibiae and tarsi orange. Fore wing orange ; a black patch on 

 terminal area from inner margin near base to apex, its inner edge 

 dentate. Hind wing orange, the terminal third black, its inner 

 edge diffused, the orange on costa almost extending to apex. 



Fore wiug with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole; 6 from the areole, 7 from beyond it ; 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. 



Hah. Abyssinia, Atbara, 1 S type. Exp. 26 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the black on inner area not commencing 

 till beyond middle ; hind wing with the black on terminal area 

 narrow except towards apex. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 c? • 



