. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. ILEilA. 165 2 . Head orange-brown ; thorax imd abdomen brown, the latter with last three segments orange ; legs orange. Fore wing grey- brown, with narrow orange costal fascia of even width throughout; a fine yellow streak on inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow. Underside of fore wing with the inner and terminal areas whitish. Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Bab. Asia Minok, 1 $ , Zell. Coll, Exjj. 40 millim, 333, Ilema vica
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. ILEilA. 165 2 . Head orange-brown ; thorax imd abdomen brown, the latter with last three segments orange ; legs orange. Fore wing grey- brown, with narrow orange costal fascia of even width throughout; a fine yellow streak on inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow. Underside of fore wing with the inner and terminal areas whitish. Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Bab. Asia Minok, 1 $ , Zell. Coll, Exjj. 40 millim, 333, Ilema vicaria. Litkosia vicaria, Wlk. ii. 505 (1854); Kirby, Cat. Hef. p. 223. Lithosia antica, Wlk. ii. 505 (ISoi); Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 15, pi. 1. f. 9 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 56, pi. 102. f. 3; Hmpsii. Muths Ind. ii. p. 79; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 325. Lithosia natara, Moore, Oat. Lep. E. I. 0. p. 30-± (1859); Kirby, Cat, Het. p. 325. Lithosia sarawaka, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1877, p. 350; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 325. Lithosia imitans, Mab. Bull. See. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 87 (1878). Head, tegulae, and base of patagia orange; palpi at tips and antenna black; thorax and legs leaden grey ; abdo- men grey, the extremity and ventral surface orange. Fore Fig. « vicaria, S- \- ^"^S leaden grey, with orange- (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) yellow costal tascia, tapering slightly to apex or of even width throughout; cilia yellow. Hind wing pale yellow. Fore wing with vein 6 from angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 stalked, or 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole; 11 anasto- mosing with 12, Hab. W. Africa, Old Calabar {Miss Kingsleij), 1 2 > Congo (Curror), 1 § type; Natal, Durban (BoivJcer), 1 §; Amur, 1 5; China, Hongkong (J. J. Walker), 1 5 ; Sikhim ; Assam, Khasis ; Calcutta, Moore Coll., 1 $ ; Ceylon {Temjileton), type antica, (E. E. Green); Andamans ; Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type sara- ivaka ; Java (Hors/ield), type natara. Exp. 26-34 millim. Type f imitans in Coll. Mabille.
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