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Subfamily STElUiHINAE. 

 39. Chrysocraspeda inundata sp. nov. 



Forewings : blood-red, towards apex ]i;i1lt with blood-red strigalatious ; fringe 

 and margin pnre yellow, the edge of the red colour irregularly crenate, angled to 

 margin at veins 3 and 6 ; an obliqnely placed somewhat hourglass-shaped yellow 

 fascia from below middle of costa to anal angle. 



Hindwings : the same, without the yellow fascia. 



Underside paler. Head, thorax, aud abdomen red ; lower half of face yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One ? from Mailu, British New Guinea, July 1895 (Anthony). 



40. Chrysocraspeda rosina sp. nov. 



Forewings : dtdl rosy, freckled with dee[)er rosy ; the hindmargiu below apex 

 narrowly aud above anal angle more broadly yellow, before which the rosy tint is 

 deeper ; fringe yellow, with dark purjilish mottling beyond veins 3 and 4. 



Hindwings : wholly rosy, with a deeper marginal line ; fringe yellow, with a 

 purplish mark beyond vein 4 ; cell-spot oval, white. 



Underside jiale pink. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen rosy. 



Exi)anse of wings : 18 mm. 



One t? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, June 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



41. Chrysolene rubripennis sp. nov. 



Forewings: pale yellow, thickly covered with transverse confluent rosy striae, 

 so as to appear wholly rosy; the lines alone remaining of the ground-colour ; first 

 from below one-third of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, nearly straight ; second 

 from below two-thirds of costa to inner margin close before anal angle, straight to 

 vein 3, then inbeut on the submedian fold ; submarginal line macular, the yellow 

 blotches irregularly connected by yellow dashes with the hiudmargin, which is 

 raggedly yellow ; a row of rosy marginal spots at base of the yellow fringe, which 

 is also itself chequered with rosy. 



Hindwings : the same, but the costal area yellow. 



Underside pale yellow, with the rosy tints and markings showing through. 

 Forelegs, palpi, vertex, antennae, and thorax rosy ; face aud abdomen yellowish, the 

 latter reddish at base and along dorsum. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



One ? from south of the Congo, West Africa (Bentley). 



42. Clirysolene sangninolenta sp. nov. 



Forewings ; yellow, mottled all over with deep rosy red, the lines alone remain- 

 ing yellow with deeper red edge; first from lielow oue-fifth of costa, oblique to one- 

 third of inner margin ; second from below three-fifths of costa to near anal angle, 

 slightly outcurved ; submarginal line formed of contiguous yellow luuules, inter- 

 rupted before the elbow ; cell-spot and hiudmargin deeper red ; fringe yellow, red 

 at the elbow. 



Hindwings : the same. 



Underside pinkish, with the lines showing through. Vertex, thorax, and 

 abdomen deep red ; face aud palpi yellow and red. 



Expanse of wings : 25 mm. 



One ? from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, June 1897 (Dr. iloth). 



