ASUEA. 441 



highlj- and irregularly dentate ; subterminal and terminal series of 

 black paints, the former strongly bent iawards to costa. Hind 

 wing yellowish white. 



The type form is an aberration with the fore wing whitish ; hind 

 wing with fuscous points on termen below apex and on veins 3 

 and 4. — Sikhim, Bhutan, Moulmein. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial line absent. — Kangra. 



Hah. N. W. Himalayas, Simla {Harford), 1 <S , Kangra ( HocMmj), 

 3 d' 5 3 $ ; Sikhim {Atkinson, Dudgeon), 4 c? , 6 5 , type excurrens ; 

 Bhutan {Dudgeon), 1 S ; Bukma, Rangoon {Scott), 1 $ , Moulmein 

 ( Glerk), 1 c? type. Exp., S 20-26, $ 26-30 miUim. Type t 

 straminea in Mus. Oxon. 



924. Asura obsoleta. 



Li/de7ie obsoleta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 32, pi. 3. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p. 109; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 310. 

 Lyclene assamica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878. p. 33, pi. 3. f. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 V 310. 



c? . Yellow ; patagia and metathnrax with black points ; fore 

 tibiae and tarsi banded with black. Fore wing with subbasal black 

 point ; a small wedge-shaped subbasal spot below costa and two 

 below the cell followed by the curved antemedial series of spots ; 

 a medial point below costa and line from subcostal nervure to inner 

 margin excurved below cell, and angled inwards in submedian fold; 

 a discoidal point ; a highly and irregularly dentate postmedial line 

 strongly bent outwards below costa and to inner margin, and with 

 longer teeth on veins 7, 6, and 4 ; a series of spots beyond it with 

 the spot on vein 4 displaced towards termen. 



Hah. Sikhim (AtfZr/fon), 1 c? ; Pulo Laut (Do/ier^?/), 1 S . Exp. 

 22 millim Type f and type t assamica in Coll. Staudinger. 



925. Asura avernalis. (Plate XXX. fig. 13.) 



MiUochrista avernalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. p. 219 (1887); Kirby. 

 Cat. Het. p. 309. 



$ . Head and thorax scarlet ; tegnhe, patagia, mesothorax, and 

 tibiae with fuscous spots : abdomen fuscous with slight crimson 

 d'lrsal marks, the terminal segments and ventral surface scarlet. 

 Fore wing scarlet ; a curved fuscous antemedial band bent round 

 on costa to base, where it encloses a scarlet point ; an irregular 

 medial oblique band, its outer edge produced below the cell to the 

 postmedial band, which is excurved at middle ; an irregular sub- 

 terminal line expanding at costa and connected with termen by 

 streaks below apex and at middle. Hind wing crimson with the 

 inner margin narrowly pale crimson ; veins 4, 5 stalked. 



Hah. Solomon Is., Alu ( Woodford), 1 5 type. Exp. 36 millim. 



926. Asura suavis. (Plate XXX. fig. 28.) 



CaUigenia suavis, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxix. p. 126 (1886); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 307. 



S . Pale yellow ; meso- and metathorax with patches of scarlet ; 

 abdomen with ventral black patch towards extremity. Fore wing 



