458 ARCTIAD^. 



inner margin. Hind wing with ill-defined broad fuscous post- 

 medial band. 



Hab. Ganjam (Mincliin), 1 c? tj-pe t in Coll. Druce. Ewj^. 20 

 millim. 



970. Asura humilis. (Plate XXXI. fig. 18.) 



CylUne humilis, Wlk. ii. 544 (1859) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 115 ; Kirby, 



Oat. Het. p. 304. 

 Lyclene semicirculata, Heyl. 0. E. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. 415 (1891). 



Yellow ; shoulders and mesothorax with black spots ; abdomen 

 tinged with fuscous. Fore wing with black subbasal point ; the 

 costal edge black towards base; the fuscous antemedial band 

 formed of elongate spots in the interspaces from cell to inner margin, 

 the spot below the cell displaced inwards ; a broad postmedial band 

 with sinuous inner edge, its outer edge dentate on veins 6 and 4. 

 Hind wing with traces of fuscous diffused subtermiual band from 

 costa to vein 2. 



Ab. 1. semicirculata. Pore wing with the inner edge of the post- 

 medial band produced inwards at middle towards or to meet the ante- 

 medial band. 



Hah. SiKHiM {Dudgeon), 1 S; Btjkma, Moulmein (OlerJc), 1 $ 

 type, Rangoon, 1 $ ; Java, Preanger, type f S semicirculata in Coll. 

 Heylaerts. Ex2). 22 millim. 



*971. Asura nigrivena. (Plate XXXI. fig. 12.) 



Mittochrista nigrivena. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 196. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish ; thorax with a 

 slight pink tinge ; palpi at sides and bands on fore tibiae and tarsi 

 fuscous ; terminal half of abdomen deeper ochreous. Fore wing 

 crimson ; the costal edge black towards base 5 a black point at base 

 of cell ; obliquely placed antemedial black points below costa and 

 above vein 1 ; a discoidal point ; fine black streaks on the veins from 

 the cell, in submedian interspace, and on vein 1 not reaching 

 termen. Hind wing paler crimson ; cilia of both wings yellow. 

 Underside of fore wing with large patch of black suff'usion. 



Hah. W. China, Omei Shan, 3500 feet, type f c? in CoU. Leech. 

 Exp. 36 millim. 



972. Asura biseriata, n. sp. (Plate XXXI. fig. 27.) 



S. Ochreous yellow. Fore wing with subbasal black spot ; an 

 oblique antemedial series of five fuscous streaks, the streaks below 

 cell and above inner margin displaced inwards ; a discoidal spot ; a 

 postmedial series of streaks on the veins, some arising from the 

 discoidal spot, forked on veins 6, 7 and on veins 6, 4 and 1 extend- 

 ing more towards termen ; a terminal series of points. 



Hah. BoKNEO, Sandakan {Fryer), 1 (S type. Exp. 16 millim. 



