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Genus CEA. „ 



Type. 



Cea, Grofe, Papilio, iii. p. 78 (1S83) immaeula. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond frons, 

 the 2nd joint moderately fringed with hair below ; frons with rounded pro- 

 minciice bare of scales and with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round ; 

 «nionii;i' of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the 

 pro- and nielathorax with spreading crests; tibise moderately fringed with 

 hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base, but without crests. Fore wing 

 with the apex somewhat produced and acute ; the termen evenly curved and 

 hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and .") from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins .3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from just below middle of 

 discoeellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 

 only. 



A. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins and dark streaks in 



the interspaces of terminal area. 



a. Fore wing with black points in and beyond lower angle of 



cell; hind wing suffused with brown cirpkidia. 



b. Fore wing without black points in and beyond lower angle 



of cell ; hind wing oclireous white leiwavidio. 



B. Fore wing nearly uniform pale yellow immaculu. 



4677. Cea cirpliidia, n. sp. (Plate CXLIII. fig. 13.) 



5 . Head and thorax pale rufous ; pectus and legs whitish 

 tiiiired with rufous ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown 

 and slightly irrurated with black. Fore wing pale rufous sparsely 

 irrorated with black, the veins with slight pale streaks ; a black 

 l)oint in lower angle of cell and two just beyond the angle and one 

 beyond upper angle. Hind wing ochreous white suft'used with 

 reddish brown especially on terminal area, the veins of terminal 

 area with slight pale streaks ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside 

 white irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with rufous. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Sta Barbara {D' Urban), 2 $ type. 

 E.vj'- "^^ millim. 



4678. Cea leucanidia, n. sp. 



Head and thorax white slightly tinged with rufous ; abdomen 

 white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white slightly 

 tinged with rufous, the veins with slight pale streaks ; a slight 



dark streak on medial area in submedian fold curved upwards at 

 extremity to vein 2 ; slight dark streaks in the interspaces above 



