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Expanse : (? 50 mm. ; ? 45 ram. 



Bab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the insect 

 occurs in Marcli and April, and also in -January and February ; I have other 

 specimens I'rom Ekeikei captured in the same month. 



168. Careades obliqua spec. nov. 



i. Head and thorax pale reddisli, abdomen dark grey. Primary pale yellowish 

 red, with the antemedial line irregular and curved outwardly ; the medial line 

 oblique from the costa before the middle straight into the tornus, beyond which the 

 ground colour is paler ; a snbterminal erect interrupted line of dark grey shading 

 from the costa into the tornus ; a dark point in the cell. Secondary orange 

 reddish with the marginal fold dark grey, in which beneath lies a long tuft of bright 

 red hairs. 



? . Like the male but darker, with the second line, and the postmedial one not 

 oblique but gently waved. 



Expanse : c? 41 mm., ? 38 mm. 



Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species 

 flies from March to June. 



Kif). Careades subrubra spec. nov. 



6. Head and thorax dark red, abdomen lilac-grey. Primary lilac-grey, with 

 the base dark to beyond the antemedial line, which is slightly angled at the 

 lower margin of the cell; postmedial line oblique, beat at the upper margin of 

 the cell ; two dark points in the cell ; au irregular band of pale snbterminal 

 shading ; termen dark bronzy brown. Secondary dull brick-red, with a dark grey 

 fold in which beneath lies a long tuft of deep crimson hairs. 



? . Similar to the male but redder, and both the lines are double, the post- 

 medial one being less oblique with its inner costal angles filled in with orange 

 reddish. 



Expanse : c? and ? , 40 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection, from Mount Kebea, where it was taken in 

 July ; I have other specimens from Dinawa captured in September. 



170. Careades rubricosa spec. nov. 



¥. Head and collar deep crimson, abdomen dark grey. Primary dark crimson, 

 with the antemedial line slightly curved and waved ; the postmedial line double, 

 slightly receding as in the previous species, but also somewhat hollowed internally ; 

 this line has a broad internal patch of darker dull red, the rest of the ground 

 colour being slightly shining ; termen dark red. Secondary uniform dark grey 

 with red fringes. 



Expanse : 42 — 44 mm. 



Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in 

 March and April. 



Paracarea gen. miv. 



Differs from Careades B-B. in that the third segment of the palpi is very 

 long, nearly us long as the first and second together, and that it gradually 

 thickens to the tip, forming a slight club. The neuration of the primary is 

 similar to Carmdc.^, but in the secondary veins :5 and 4 are stalked. 



Type : Paracarea rttbiyinea B-B. 



