414 ARCTIAD.E. 



Shct. II. Antennfle of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour scarlet saiiguinea. 



B. Fore wiug witli the grouud-colour yellow ni. 



879. Melanaema sangiiinea, n. sp. 



cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright scarlet; frons, vertex of 



head, tegul?e, patagia, meso- 

 and metathorax with black 

 spots. Fore wing scarlet 

 suffused with fuscous black, 

 the ground-colour appearing 

 as streaks on the veins of 

 basal area; an antemedial 

 ¥\g.S2^.—Melan(Ema sanguinea, (^ . \. band bent inwards at costa 



and constricted in cell ; more 

 or less prominent, traces of a posLmedial band, and slight streaks on 

 the veins of terminal area. Hind wing bright scarlet, with more 

 or less prominent fuscous suffusion in terminal intersjiaces ; the cilia 

 black from apex to towards tornus. 



$ duller scarlet ; head, thorax, and fore wing irrorated with 

 fuscous ; fore wing with the costa and cilia black ; antemedial, 

 medial, and postmedial fuscous lines, the two former slightly 

 sinuous, the last retracted to costa ; some obscure subterniinal 

 patches. 



Hah. ^N". Guinea, Kapaur (Dohertij), 1 2, Fergusson I. (Mi^eJc), 



2 c?,type. £^'Vp., d 24, 2 28 miliim. 



*880. Melanaema ni. (Plate XXIX. fig. 15.) 



Lychne ni. Heyl. C. R. Soc. Eut. Beige, xxxv. p. 415 (1891) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. yi4. 



$ . Yellow : shoulders and patagia with black points. Fore 

 wing with subbasal black spot ; the costal edge black towards 

 base, with slight crimson streak below it ; a crimson fascia below 

 the cell to the obliiiue antemedial line, which is fuscous edged with 

 crimson, and giving off an obli([ue line in cell to join the post medial 

 line above inner margin ; a discoidal point conjoined to the post- 

 medial line, where it is bent outwards below costa, then oblique, 

 minutely waved and edged with crimson ; a subterminal series of 

 fuscous spots on crimson patches, the spots on veins 6 and 4 

 nearer the tcrmon. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Hah. Java, Euitenzorg, type f § in Coll. Heylaerts. Exp. 

 20 miliim. 



Genus XANTHETIS, nov. 



Typp, X. luzonica. 



J'r<jbuscis fully developed ; pnlpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head ; 

 anteuiue of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; tibias with the spurs moderate. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell, oblique ; 



3 from before angle; 5 from just above angle; from below upper angle; 7, 



