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at base ; pectus yellowish white ; legs and ventral surface of abdomen rufous. 

 Forewing fiery chestnut-red, some brown at base and the costal edge brown ; 

 antemedial line purplish fuscous, rather diffused and very oblique ; a blackish 

 discoidal point : postmedial Une purplish fuscous, rather diffused, oblique from 

 costa beyond middle to tornus ; the termen tinged with brown, the ciUa brown 

 with a fine pale Une at base. Hindwing pale crimson-red, the basal costal area 

 whitish. Underside pale crimson-red, the inner areas whitish ; forewing with 

 blackish discoidal point. 



Hab. Penang (Ridley), I <S type ; Perak, Larut Hills (Flower), 1 ?. Exp. 

 44 mill. 



69486. Carea lentilineata n. sp. 



o. Head and thorax yellowish suffused with rufous ; abdomen yellow 

 tinged with red-brown ; antennae brown ; palpi red-brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen yellowish, the forelegs and tarsi tinged with red- 

 brown. Forewng yellow tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with dark 

 brown ; a very faint obhque brown antemedial line ; a minute red-brown 

 discoidal point ; postmedial line very faint, brown, slightly excurved below costa 

 and incurved below vein 4 ; cilia reddish brown. Hindwing bright yellow \vith 

 a very faint reddish tinge. Underside yellow tinged with rufous, the inner areas 

 whitish, the apical area of forewing and terminal area of hindwing to vein 3 

 irrorated with brown. 



Hab. Selaugor (Holman-Hunt), 1 S type. Exp. 46 mill. 



6948c. Carea flavidirubra n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous ; 

 antennae brown, rufous towards base ; palpi brown, yellowish tinged with rufous 

 in front ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, 

 the tarsi red-brown. Forewing rufous with a yellowish tinge and irrorated with 

 dark brown ; antemedial hne fine, dark brown, obhque ; a black discoidal point ; 

 postmedial Hne fine, dark brown, excurved to vein 4, then obhque; ciUa 

 red-brown, silvery white at tips towards tornus. Hindwing yellow tinged with 

 rufous ; ciUa whitish towards tornus. Underside yellow tinged with rufous, 

 the inner areas whitish ; hindwing with the terminal area sUghtly irrorated with 

 brown to vein 3. 



Hab. Selangor, The Gap (Holman-Hunt), 1 <? type. Exp. 36 mill. 



Genus Hypocarea nov. 



Tyjie : Remigia conspiciia Leech. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 middle of frons, moderately scaled in front and shghtly fringed with hair behind 

 towards extremity, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge 

 of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate ciha ; 

 thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with 

 hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Forewing rather narrow, the 

 apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 

 to form the areole ; II from cell. Hindwing with the cell half the length of 



