. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 412 AECTIAUiE. Genus ASURIDIA, nov. Type, A. carnipicta. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia; tibire with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked, IT anastomosing with 12. Hind wing ^\^th vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 412 AECTIAUiE. Genus ASURIDIA, nov. Type, A. carnipicta. Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia; tibire with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa arched ; vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked, IT anastomosing with 12. Hind wing ^\^th vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards angle of cell. A. Fore wing with the cilia black carnipicta. B. Fore wing with the cilia yellowish. a. Hind wing pale crimson nigriradiata. b. Hind wing fuscous black metaplKBH. 875. Asuridia carnipicta. Ammatho , Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 342; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 308. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish tinged with crimson, the tegular and patagia brighter crimson. Fore wing crimson; the costal edge black to the antemedial line, which is excurved from costa to sub- median fold, where it is slightly angled inwards ; the medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, Fig. 2,2\.-Asuridi^carnipicta, S- \. ^^^^ sinuous, the costal edge black from it to apex; a discoidal black spot; the postmedial line arising from nearly the same point on costa as the medial line, strongly angled beyond the cell, then retracted to lower angle and excurved again above inner margin, a series of black streaks on veins 2-7 from it to near tertnen, the uppermost forking on veins 7, 8, 9 ; cilia black. Hind wing pale crimson ; the cilia ochreons, fuscous at base towards apex. Hah. CHiifA, Nankow Pass, 1 S type. Exp. 26 millim. 876. Asuridia nigriradiata. Miltochrista nigriradiata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 501 (1896); Dudgeon, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1899, pi. ii. f. 15. 5 . Head and thorax pink ; palpi and fore legs blackish ; me
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