ASIJRA. 447 



939. Asura distributa. (Plate XXX. fig. 21.) 



Lijclene distributa., Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. Ho (1862) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 914. 



Pale ochreous ; vertex of head, shoiilde7's, patagia, fore and mid 

 tibise, and tarsi with black spots. Fore wing with black spot at 

 base ; short fuscous streaks below base of costa, median nervure, 

 and vein 1 ; an antemedial line angled outwards in cell to meet the 

 medial line, which is angled inwards ; the postmedial line excurved 

 at middle and joining the medial line above inner margin, a forked 

 streak from it to costa just before apex and termen below apex, 

 a streak on vein 4 and two spots below that point, or these streaks 

 more broken up into spots. Hind wing with obscure fuscous medial 

 band from cell to inner margin; a subterminal band, becoming 

 terminal at apex and below vein 2. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak {Wallace), 3 S , type. Exj). 18 millim. 



940. Asura numida. (Plate XXX. fig. 22.) 



Miltochrista numida, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 400 (1893). 



Pale ochreous ; the extremities of tibije clothed with long black 

 hair. Fore wing irrorated with a few black scales ; a black point 

 at base of costa ; a double rather ill-defined waved black line just 

 before middle, the area from it to near termen suftused with pale 

 pink ; an indistinct waved medial line conjoined in cell to the ante- 

 medial line ; a discoidal black spot ; the postmedial line arising from 

 the same point as the medial line, obscurely waved and strongly bent 

 outwards from below costa to vein 2, a series of obscure spots beyond 

 it, three towards apex, one at middle, and one on inner margin more 

 prominent. Hind wing with the apical area slightly tinged with 

 pink ; a terminal black spot below apex and slight marks between 

 veins 4 and 2. 



Hah. W. Africa, R. Niger, Sapele {F. W. Sampson), 1 c? , 1 $ , 

 Ogove E,., 1 S cotype. Mv£. 18 miUim. Type f in Coll. Holland. 



941. Asura obliterata. (Plate XXXI. fig. 2.) 



Nudaria obliterata, Wlk. xsxi. 273 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. 

 Barsine indecisa, Wlk. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 325 (1869); Kirby, 



Celt. Het. p. 310. 

 Paidia rufostria, Plotz, Stett. ent, Zeit. xli. p. 81 (1880); Kirby, Oat. Het. 



p. 364. 

 Barsine gabunica, Holl. Psyche, m\. p. 399 (1893). 



Orange-yellow ; vertex of head and tegulge with fuscous spots ; 

 extremities of fore and mid tibiae and tarsi black. Fore wing with 

 pale pnrplish-fuscous markings edged with scarlet ; a subbasal 

 spot ; a double waved antemedial line ; a medial line angled inwards 

 in cell and submedian fold and outwards on median nervure ; a 

 discoidal point ; a strongly dentate postmedial line arising from close 

 to the medial line, strongly bent outwards from below costa to 



