170 AECTIAD.T". 



grey, with narrow orange costal fascia, the basal half of costal edge 

 blackish. Hind wing white, the costa) area tinged with grey ; cilia 

 of both wings yellowish. Underside of fore wing with the terminal 

 area suffused with yellowish white. 



Ab. ]. albeola. Paler and whitish, the orange markings yel- 

 lowish. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 stalked, in one 

 specimen 7 from beyond 9 on right side ; 10 free. 



Hah. S.Britain; France; Attsteia, Frey Coll.; Spain; Italy; 

 Sicily, Zell. Coll. ; .IIussia. Exp. 32 millim. 



Rambur describes his uniola as having an areola and the S with 

 claspers different from caniola. 



Larva, Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 28 ; Earrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 219. pi. 67. f. 4. 



Grey or brown ; hairs brown ; dorsal line black ; subdorsal line 

 orange-red, black-edged, sometimes marked with white dots; head 

 dark brown. Food-plants, Lichens and flowers of Lotus; 8-6. 



346. Ilema basinota. 



Lifhosia baswofa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 798, 1878, p. 14, pi. 1. f. 16; 

 Hmpsn. Moths IncT. ii. p. 90 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 322. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with ochreous ; abdomen 

 grey, yellowish toA^ards extremity. Fore wing dark brown itrorated 



Fig. 94. — Ilema basinota, (^ . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



with grey ; a grey spot at base of inner margin. Hiud wing whitish 

 tinged with brown, especially towards costa, the basal costal area 

 slightly reddish in male. 



Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from cell or very shortly stalked ; 6 

 from angle or areole ; 7 from or from beyond areole. 



Hah. SiKHiM, Moore Coll. {Pilcher), 3^,2?. Ea^j. 52-54 

 millim. 



Subsp. 1. lurida, Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 34, pi. 122. f. 10 ; Kirby, Cat. Het 

 p. 322. 



Smaller ; hind wing paler, the basal half of costal area in male 

 prominently rufous. 



Hah. N.W.Himalayas, Dalhousie (/7ar/orcZ), Kangra {Hoclciny), 

 type. Exi^. 44-48 millim. 



347. Ilema pulvereola, n. sp. (Plate XXII. fig. 29.) 

 J . Grey-brown ; frons blackish. Fore wing irrorated with 



