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ABCTIAD^. 



352. Ilema punctifera. 



Katha fimctifera, Hinpsii. 111. Het. B, M. ix. p. SO, pi. 158. f. 21 (1893) ; 

 id. Mothslnd.ii. p. 83. 



S . Head, thorax, and fore wing red-brown, the last with black 

 discoidal point ; abdomen and hind wing dull yellow, the former 

 grey towards base. 



$ without the black discoidal spot. 



Pore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 

 11 free. 



Bab. Ceylon, IN'awalapittia (Green), 1 ^ type, {Mrs. Lindesay) 

 1 $ . Ex_p. 20 millim. 



353. Ilema fraterna. (Plate XXIII. fig. 5.) 



Katha fraterna,B\xl\. A. M..^. H. (6) xix. p. 220 (1887); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het." p. 329. 



Head, tegulae, and outer side of patagia orange ; antennae, greater 

 part of patagia, and streaks on legs fuscous ; abdomen orange, greyish 

 towards base. Pore wing orange, suffused with purplish grey except 

 on costal area. Hind wing orange. 



Pore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell ; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole. 



Hah. Solomons, Guadalcanar ( Woodford), 1 (^ , 1 $ type. E.vp. 

 30 millim. 



354. Ilema brevipennis. 



Lithosia brevipennis, Wlk. ii. 509 (1854) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 5fi, pi. 102. 



f. 4 ; Hrapsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. pi. 139. f. 11 ; Moths lad. ii. p. 82, $ ; 



Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 329. 

 Lithosia intermixta, Wik. xxxi. 229 (1864) ; Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. pi. 158. 



f. 1 ; Moths Ind. ii. p. 84 : Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 3-9. 

 Katha punctifera, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 80, pi. 158. f. 22, $ (1893). 

 Systropha fuscipes, Hmp.sn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 80, pi. 158. f. 23 (1893) ; 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 83. 



S • Head fuscous; tegulaj dull orange; thorax grey; tibiae and 

 tarsi mostly fuscous ; abdomen dull oraiige, grey towards base. 

 Pore wing brownish grey with a yellow tinge. Hind wing 

 yellow. 



5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing uniform ochreous. 



Pore wing of male with vein 6 from angle of cell, 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, the cell narrow towards 

 base; female with vein 6 from below angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 

 free. 



Ah. 1. Pore wing of male with streak of fulvous scales below vein 

 1 on underside, vein 10 free. — Sandakan, 1 S . 



Hah. E. Afeica, Dar-es-Salaam ; S. India, Belgaum {E. Y. 

 Watson), 1 S ; NiLGiRis {Hampson), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Coimbatore 

 (Walhouse), type intermixta; Ceylon (Templeton), type, (Green) 

 1 2 type fusci_[)es ; Boenbo, Sandakan (Fryer), 2 S ; Sambawa 

 (Hoherty), i 2 . Exp., d 26, $ 30 millim. 



