ASTJKA. 455 



area fuscous towards base ; a waved diflPused antemedial line 

 excurved in cell and on vein 1 ; a slightly curved and irregular 

 diffused medial line ; a discoidal point ; a postmedial series of points 

 bent inwards to costa, then oblique, on veins 6 and 4 developed 

 into short streaks ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing paler. 



Hah. SiKHiM, 1 S; Calcutta, 2 §; Ganjam ; Madras {Watson), 

 1 $; CoiuskTOKE {Walhouse), 1 $ tvpe ; Ceyion {Yerhury)^ 1 $, 

 Puttalam {Pole), 1 J , 2 $ . E.vp., d 20, $ 22 miUim. 



962. Asura ruptifascia. 



Lyckne ruptifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 85, pi. 158. f. 12 (1893) ; id. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 114. 



S . Pale yellow ; shoulders, patagia, meso- and metathorax with 

 dark points ; palpi and fore and mid tibite and tarsi banded with 

 black. Fore wing with subbasal black point ; the costal edge black 

 towards base ; an antemedial maculate band, somewhat angled 

 inwards below the cell and ending in a point above inner margin ; 

 a medial band angled outwards to discoidal point, then oblique, 

 irregular, and confluent with antemedial band in submedian fold ; 

 a postmedial series of points retracted to costa, the point on vein 5 

 nearer the cell, below vein 4 incurved and developed into a band. 

 Hind wing paler, with indistinct oblique medial line. 



5 . Fore wing with the medial band much broader and confluent 

 with the postmedial series of points except towards costa and inner 

 margin. 



Hah. (jK'LCVTT^ {Atkinson) 'y Ceylon, Newalapittia {Green), 1 cf, 

 1 $ type, £l^p. 18 millim. 



963. Asura ila. 



Lyclene ila, Moove, Lep. E. I. C. p. 300 (1859) ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 63, 

 pi. 103. f. 6 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 112; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 304. 



Pale yellow ; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides ; vertex of head, 

 shoulders, patagia, and mesothorax with fuscous points ; tibiae 

 banded with fuscous. Fore wing with small blackish spots at base 

 of costa and cell ; an antemedial series of spots, below costa, in cell, 

 one nearer the base below the cell, and two obliquely placed on inner 

 area ; a slightly curved more or less broad medial band, attenuate 

 towards costa, its edges more or less irregular ; a discoidal point ; 

 a postmedial series of points bent inwards to costa, the one on vein 

 5 nearer the cell, incurved below vein 4 and sometimes confluent 

 with the medial band ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing 

 paler, with indistinct diffused fuscous medial line. 



Hah. Kanaka {S. N. Ward), 1 5 type ; Ceylon, Pundaloya 

 {Green), 2 d, 1 $, Puttalam {Pole), 1 c?, 1 $. Exp- 22-24 

 millim. 



*964. Asura parallelina. (Plate XXXI. fig. 14.) 



Miltochrista parallelina, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 110 (1894). 

 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous. Fore wing orange- 



