sullia. 
se.r.pu ncia. 
dharma. 
calamaria. 
mcdiopunc- 
1a. 
anomala. 
r!‘brimarr/o. 
esmia. 
uni for mis. 
limbafa. 
picta. 
air if usa. 
/ ulvimargi- 
nata. 
rosacea. 
154 ASURA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
A. sullia Swinh. somewhat resembles A sura chypsilon Semp. and has an orange-yellow body and fore¬ 
wings; thorax spotted red like the base of the costal margin; on the forewing a purple-brown transverse line 
bordered with carmine on both sides extends from the middle of the costal margin to the first third of the 
proximal margin, another from near the apex to the distal third, both are connected in the middle, behind 
them at the border there are red vein-streaks; on the middle of the proximal margin there is a red angular streak. 
Hindwings pale yellow. — Borneo (Sarawak). 
A. sexpuncta Hmps. is a little larger than sullia, ochreous yellow, with a black dot near the base, 
one above the middle of the cell, a discal dot and below it one at the proximal margin; at the border there are 
only 2 dots. — Burma. 
A. dharma Moore (= butleri Leech) (Vol. II, 11 g) belongs more into the palearctic region, but to 
the south it extends as far as Simla. Larger, pale ochreous-yellow with two rather complete rows of black dots 
and a discal dot; it differs from the preceding by the absence of marginal dots. 
A. calamaria Moore (= punctata Elwes, celidopa Meyr .) has no antemarginal row of dots and only 
one dot near the base and a black discal dot, may belong to dharma. -— Distributed from the Himalaya, Sikkim, 
Burma to Borneo, Sumatra and Java. — subsp. mediopuncta Rothsch. $ antennae light brown, head orange-buff, 
thorax orange-yellow with small black dots; abdomen dirty grey, mostly hidden in long hair, the anal tuft 
orange-buff. Forewings the same; a small black basal spot at the costa and subcostal, and a round black spot 
at the cell-end. Hindwings lighter. $ much lighter, forewings lemon-coloured, hindwings cream-coloured, 
abdomen silvery grey. Length of forewings: <$ 14, $ 13 mm. Kliasia Hills, April. It is distinguished by the 
much darker yellow colour and the larger spots. Allied to dharma. 
A. anomala Elwes is easily recognizable by quite carmine forewings; a black longitudinal stripe 
extends from the base through the cell on the middle radial to the border, in the middle below it a pale stripe; 
the upper radial and lowest subcostal are striped black; fringes yellowish. Hindwings brownish-black. -— Sikkim. 
A. rubrimargo Hnvps. (17 i) has greyish-brown forewings which are carmine at the base, costal margin 
and proximal margin. Before the middle are two black transverse lines bordered with grey; a black discal 
dot. Fringes red, at the tips yellow. Hindwings greyish-brown, tinged carmine. -—- Sikkim. 
A. esmia Swinh. (= callinoma Meyr.) (18 a) has white forewings with black veins and the borders 
of the cell striped red. Hindwings pink. — Burma. 
A. uniformis Hmps. (18 a) is unicolorously dull brownish, the last 4 abdominal segments are thickly 
covered with woolly, yellowish white hair. — Ceylon. 
A. limbata Wil. Antennae above whitish, beneath reddish, head and thorax white, the latter spotted 
brownish; forewings brownish with a black dot at the cell-end, from which a black streak runs to the base of 
the wing; a subbasal line as far as the white streak at the pioximal margin, from there it turns upwards 
and forms a white hook, the margin with a white band enclosing 3 brownish spots in its upper part. Hindwings 
lighter, with an interrupted white band at the distal margin. $ lighter, but perhaps much flown. 22, 9 24 mm. 
Formosa, captured in April and May. 
A. picta Wil. 9 forewing blackish, with a white hook as in limbata, of which it might be a seasonal 
form, but the streak is more oblique to the proximal margin and near the costa twice interrupted, the white 
border of limbata is here indicated by 4 small white spots, one at the costal margin before the apex, one at the 
apex, one in the middle, and one at the proximal angle; all 4 connected by a thin, submarginal, white, 
undulate line. Hindwings blackish. 18 mm. Formosa, taken in September. 
A. atrifusa Trnr. (18 a). The orange-yellow forewing tinged blackish in the disc exhibits an ante- 
marginal row of black dots. The hindwings are dusted blackish in the cell-spaces. The 9 is without the blackish 
dusting and the row of black dots. — Queensland. 
A. fulvimarginata Hmps. is larger than atrifusa. Forewing unicolorously reddish-brown, at the 
costal and proximal margins orange-yellow. Hindwing diaphanous reddish-brown. Head, collar, and shoulder-, 
covers orange-yellow, the rest of the body reddish-brown. — Madras. 
A. rosacea Beth.-Bak. is smaller than the preceding, unicolorously rosy-red, hindwings somewhat 
paler pink; in the marginal area of the forewing some indistinct, grey shading. •— Dinawa and Aroa River in 
New Guinea. 
