BY G. TALBOT. 136 



22. Utbicdlifera fuscapbx Hmps. 

 ID. Het., ix, p. 82, pi. 158, figs. 7, 17, 1893, Ceylon. 

 Mt. Poi, 4300 feet— 1 cf . 



2;^ Chionaema cruentata pp. nov. 



This species heloncjs to section Bb of Hampson (Tjep. Phal. 

 ii.). 



cT- Fore wdng with outer part of lobe laroe and rounded, 

 inner part smaller and triangular. No fringe of hair on the 

 underside. Costal fringe moderately long. Vein 4 obsolete 

 for a short distance from the margin. Fore wing white. A 

 sub-basal crimson band broadening on the costa ; a crimson 

 discal band edged with black on the inside and inwardly curved ; 

 a crimson post-discal band edged with black on the outside, 

 inside ed^e rounded below vein 4 and fairly straight on the 

 outside. Outer margin broadly washed with pale orange- 

 yellow. A black dash in the end of cell and two black 

 discocellular dots. 



Hind wing white, tinged with yellow at the termen and 

 inner margin. Underside white, tinged with yellow on the 

 costal and apical areas. Fore wingf wdth lobe crimson and 

 some crimson scaling in the cell. 



Head and thorax white marked with crimson; neck crimson, 

 tegulae and patagia edged with crimson ; antennae brown ; 

 palpi crimson. Legs orange-yellow marked with crimson and 

 white ; pectus and abdomen white, and tuft pale buff. 



9 . Similar to the cf but fore wdng with one discocellular 

 spot besides the dash. Outer margin with a broad and strongly 

 marked orange-yellow band, shading into crimson on its inner 

 edge. Hind wing more strongly tinged with orange-yellow 

 than in the cf. Underside of both wings strongly tinged with 

 dull crimson. Antennae crimson. Abdomen with the three 

 end segments below yellow. 



Length of fore wing cT 15—18 mm.. 9 l^-^ mm. 



Mt. Poi. 5900 feet— 1 cf (Type): 5200 feet— 2 cf. 19 

 (allotype) . 



24. Chtonaema rhadota Swinh. horneensis subsp. nov. 



9 . Fore wing with a broader red marginal band. The 

 post-discal red band is broader and almost touches the black 

 discocellular dot. The black post-discal line straighter and 

 very slightly curved out below^ vein 5. 



Mt. Poi,"2000feet— 29, 



