22 Mr. ]iiitler'.s Reolsioii of tlic (jcims SpllosuiiKi 



A rai- IS II I el a n oj[ isis. 



Ardla melaiiopsis, Walker, Lep. Hot. supp. 1, p. 280, (1864). 

 Ceylon. B.M. 



Areas (leJiiicnfK. 



Aloa (h/iiicata, Walker, Lep. Het., p. 700, n. 3, (1855). 

 ^atal, tS. Africa. ]5.M. 



Are((S Jiitesrcns. 



(^,$. Sjii/osoiini ///Msv('//.s-, AValker, Lej). Hot. 3, p. 672, u. 

 16, (1855). 



^. Hdles'uhitd iinniihdd. Walker, Lep. Het. sup}). 1, p. 30'J, 

 (1864). 



Sierra Leone, Natal, >S. Africa. J5.i\I. 



Areas lacilnea. 



PhdheiKi /'irfiiiea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. If, pi. 131. fig. I), 

 (in<J). 



Boriihiix saiuiniiuileiita, laLricius, l*A\i. Syst. Ill, 1, p. 473, n. 

 206, (1793). 



X. India, Moulniein, Ceylon, Java. L.M. 



Areax cardlitalix, v. xp. 



^ . tSnow-wliite ; crest, margin of collar, alxlomen and costa of 

 primaries scarlet ; antenna.' black ; pterygodes with a central 

 Llack spot ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black spots ; 

 primaries with two black sjDots at end of cell, one at the upper 

 and the other (smaller) at the lower extremity ; secondaries with 

 end of cell, a large trifid marginal anal patch, and a subtpiadrate 

 smaller patch at centre of outer margin, all black ; palpi scarlet 

 with black tips, coxje and upper surface of femora scarlet, tarsi 

 blackish ; venter sordid Avhite with lateral black spots ; prima- 

 ries with only one black s})ot at end of cell, otherwise as above ; 

 secondaries with the base red, a sub-basal costal black spot, other- 

 wise as above : expanse of wings 3 inches, 1 line. 



Phillipine Islands, (Guiniiir/). B.M. 



Easily distinguished from A. ladl.iiea by its scarlet abdomen, 

 ami the large black marginal ])atches uf secondaries. 



