TOPADESA. 477 
of ventral surface. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute. the termen 
excurved at middle and excised towards apex and tornus, not crenulate ; veins 
3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 
with 8 to form a minute areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 
stalked; 5 fully developed from well above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper 
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only; the retinaculum of male 
formed by a tuft of hair from below median nervure. 
A. Fore wing with the outer edge of the dark area forming 
a hook at middle of terminal area ................sceseeeeee flamnans. 
B. Fore wing with the outer edge of the dark area excurved 
at middle of terminal area .....-..0....cc0c-ce-seeerssscenees sanguinea. 
6826. Topadesa flammans, n. sp. (Plate CLAXXVI. fig. 24.) 
Topadesa sanguinea, 9, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 157 (1905), 
3. Head, tegule, and patagia brown, the tegule and patagia 
slightly edged with crimson ; thorax crimson; palpi scarlet and 
yellow below, the sides of frons with some scarlet; pectus and legs 
white, the tibie and tarsi yellow, the fore tibie and tarsi tinged 
with scarlet on inner side; abdomen white dorsally tinged with 
brown and crimson. Fore wing brilliant scarlet slightly irrorated 
with yellow, the costal area, base and extremity of cell and terminal 
area suffused with purple; the costal edge scarlet with a small 
yellow patch at base defined by scarlet below, and some yellow 
towards apex also defined by scarlet below, the termen yellow 
defined on inner side by scarlet and interrupted by a dark tooth at 
middle; a brown antemedial line excurved below costa, then 
oblique and minutely waved; a small white discoidal spot defined 
on inner side by black; a brown postmedial line bent outwards 
below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous; the inner edge of 
the dark terminal area defined by the slight dark subterminal line 
which is excurved below vein 7, at middle, and to tornus, and 
incurved at discal and submedian folds; cilia yellow intersected 
wiih scarlet at apex. Hind wing yellow, the apex slightly tinged 
with scarlet. 
@. Abdomen dorsally greyish fuscous ; fore wing suffused with 
purplish leaden grey leaving the margins scarlet and yellow, the- 
discal spot small and scarlet. 
Ab. 1. go. Fore wing with the inner margin black. the costal, 
medial and subterminal areas largely suffused with black. 
Hab, Assam, Khisis, 1 ¢,1 9 type. wp. 24 millim. 
6827. Topadesa sanguinea. 
Topadesa sanguinea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 280 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths 
Ind. ii. p. 137. 
g¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with some grey; palpi 
scarlet below with some yellow at base; metathorax with small 
lateral tufts of crimson hair; pectus and femora white, the tibix 
