ILEMA. 103 



pinkish orange ; cilia orange. Hind wing pinkish orange, the 

 costal area fascous, widening towards apex and diffiased on termen 

 down to vein 1 ; cilia orange. 



Fore wing with vein 6 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 11 

 anastomosing with 12. 



Hub. Cape Colojjt (Mathew), 1 ,S type. Exp. 26 millim. 



327. Ilema arculifera. 



Eucreagra arcidifera, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 33 (1874) ; Kirby, Gat. 

 Het. p. 342. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulee and patagia edg'cd 

 with orange ; abdomen with the extremity, lateral t'ascias, and 

 ventral bands orange. Pore wing orange, with diffused fuscous 

 black fascia from base below costa expanding towards termen, on 

 which it extends down to vein 2 ; a fascia on vein L narrowing to 

 termen. Hind wing with the base fuscous black, emitting streaks 

 below costa, on median nervure, and inner area. 



Fore wing with vein t5 stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; 10 free; 11 anas- 

 tomosing with 1 2. 



Hub. Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 2 c? • Exjj. 

 26 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the subcostal black fascia almost 

 obsolete on upperside, the fascia on inner area reduced to a short 

 basal streak ; hind Aving with the black much reduced. 



Hab. jSTaxal, Karkloof {Marshall), 1 c? • 



328. Ilema chrysopMeps. 



Lithosia chrysophleps, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 29i ; id. Moths 

 Ind. iv. p. 495 ; JJudgeoa, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1899, pi. ii. f. 10. 



$ . Head black, the back of vertex orange ; thorax fuscous, the 

 tegulse and base of patagia tinged with orange ; pectus and legs 

 black ; abdomen fuscous, tinged with orange towards base, the 

 anal tuft orange ; the ventral surface black. Fore wing fuscous, 

 the veins streaked with orange ; the costal area tinged with orange. 

 Hind wing orange. Underside of fore wiug fuscous, with the veins 

 and broad marginal areas orange. 



Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free, the latter curved. 



Hab. Ehutajst {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim. 



329. Ilema prabana. 



Lithosia prabana, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 304 (1859) ; Swinh. Cat 



Het. Mus. 0x011. p. 124 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 325. 

 Lithosia nigricans, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc.,Zool. vi. p. 103 (1862); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 327. 

 Lithosia lurida, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 84, pi. 7. f. 7 (1879) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 316. 



Dark fuscous brown ; vertex of head yellowish white ; ventral 



M 2 



