ASTJEA. - 457 



crimson, especially towards costa and termen ; a subbasal black 

 point ; the costal edge black towards base ; an antemedial series of 

 five short streaks, those in cell and above vein 1 displaced outwards ; 

 a medial oblique and slightly sinuous line ; a discoidal spot ; a post- 

 medial series of short streaks, bent inwards and reduced to spots 

 below costa, the streaks on veins 5, 3, and 2 displaced inwards ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing tinged with crimson 

 towards apex in male, more uniformly in female ; an obscure black 

 subapical spot sometimes present. 



Hah. China, Nankow Pass, 1 S , Shanghai {Fortune), 2 S, 

 2 2 type sinica, Chekiang (Pryer), 2 c? ; Formosa (Robson), 1 S ', 

 SrEHiM {Dudgeon), 1 c? , 1 5 type discistriga ; Assam, Khasis, 1 S , 

 type terminata ; Sumatra (Forbes), 1 5 ; Borneo, Sandakan (Fryer), 

 1 S , Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 2 , type circumdata ; Ptjlo Laut (Doherty) 

 1 (5 ; Java, type t 2 fruhstorferi in Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 16- 

 34 millim. 



968. Asura arcuata. 



Lyclene arcuata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 62, pi. 103. f. 5 (1882) ; Hmpsr, 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 112; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 3U5. 

 Lyclene rosea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 50, pi. 139. f. 19 (1891) ; 



Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 305. 

 Lr/cle7ic aurora, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 50, pi. 139. f. 20 (1891) ; 



Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 305. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow tinged with pink ; vertex of head, 

 shoulders, meso- and metathorax with fuscous points ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore wing rosy pink or orange-yellow tinged with pink ; 

 a subbasal black point ; the costal edge black towards base ; an 

 antemedial series of four or five points, the one below the cell nearer 

 the base ; a medial broad line nearly straight or irregular, slightly 

 curved and angled on vein 1 ; a discoidal point ; a postmedial series 

 of short streaks or points on the veins, incurved to costa, then 

 oblique, the spots on veins 6, 4, and 1 nearer termen ; a terminal 

 series of points. Hind wing pinkish or yellow. 



The type has the postmedial streaks of fore wing almost conjoined 

 into a band. 



Ab. 1. aurora. Fore wing with all the markings reduced and 

 slight. 



Ab. 2. rosea. Hind wing with indistinct oblique medial line. 



Eab. NiLGiRis (Hampson), 1 c? , 2 § , types rosea and aurora ; 

 Ceyion, Pundaloya (Oreen), 1 i^, 2 5 type, Pattalam (Pole), 1 $ . 

 Exp. 20-26 millim. 



*969. Asnra nnbilalis. (Plate XXXI. fig. 17.) 



Miltochrista nubilalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 115 (1894). 



S . YeUow ; patagia, thorax, and abdomen tinged with fuscous. 

 Fore wing with the basal area fuscous except the base of inner 

 margin ; a broad postmedial fuscous band joining the basal fuscous 

 area on inner area, its outer edge angled at veins 6 and 4 and on 



