552 NOCIUIDE, 
6939. Carea tarica. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 11.) 
Carea tarika, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1901). 
¢. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown and 
dark brown; abdomen fiery red, dorsally suffused with brown. 
Fore wing greyish suffused with purple and with slight dark irro- 
ration, the terminal area pale ; antemedial line dark brown, diffused 
ou outer side, oblique and slightly incurved ; a small dark spot in 
end of cell and small discoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark, very 
oblique to vein 6, then oblique to tornus, a patch of dark brown 
suffusion beyond it on costal area, extending to the slight dark 
subterminal line which is angled inwards at discal fold and outwards 
at veins 4,3; cilia dark brown. Hind wing yellow tinged with red. 
Underside of both wings yellow suffused with red; fore wing with 
some whitish suffusion on costa towards apex; hind wing with 
some purplish irroration on terminal area from apex to vein 3, 
Ab. 1. Hind wing and underside redder.—N. Guinea. 
Hab. Gitoto, 1 ¢ type; Doren N, Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 
1¢. xp. 36 millim. 
6940. Carea dione. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 12.) 
Carea dione, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 159 (1905). 
Vertex of head, tegule, and patagia olive-brown; palpi, frons, 
and dorsum of thorax pale purplish brown ; pectus and legs white, 
the latter suffused with brown. Fore wing pale purplish brown 
with some olive suffusion on basal area, obliquely from costa beyond 
middle to tornus, and on apical area, the costal edge whitish ; ante- 
medial line dark, oblique, straight ; postmedial line very indistinct 
except on inner area, oblique and almost straight ; traces of a 
diffused subterminal line, angled outwards below vein 7 and 
excurved at middle; cilia red-brown, towards tornus with a white 
line at base and white tips. Hind wing white tinged with brick- 
red, the inner area with brown; the underside white, the costal 
area slightly irrorated with rufous. 
Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Exp. ¢ 38, 2 40 millim, 
6941. Carea nitida. (Plate CLXX XVIII. fig. 13.) 
Carea nitida, Hmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 423 (1894), 
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown; antenne 
with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus and legs white 
mixed with purplish red, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen 
grey-brown, the anal tuft red, the ventral surface white mixed 
with red. Fore wing purple-grey largely suffused with olive-brown, 
the costal edge white with some red-brown below it, some red at 
base of inner margin ; antemedial line dark brown slightly defined 
on inner side by whitish, oblique, from costa to middle of inner 
