new Species of Noctiiidm. 597 



fuscous brown. Fore wing bright rufous, the costal edge 

 pure white ; a very indistinct antemedial line oblique from 

 costa to submedian fold ; a very faint postmedial line 

 excurved below costa and at middle ; traces of a sinuous 

 subterminal line. Hind wing fiery red, the inner area pale 

 fuscous brown ; the underside fiery red, with the basal and 

 inner areas whitish. 



IJab. Borneo, Sandakan {Pryer), 1 ^^ type. Exp. 

 42 mm. 



Carea rubrifusa, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax bright rufous ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen whitish brown. Fore wing whitish brown tinged 

 with rufous, the basal area (except at base of inner margin) 

 suffused with bright rufous to the antemedial line, which is 

 oblique, angled outwards below costa and at median nervure 

 and inwards in cell and submedian fold ; a minute discoidal 

 point ; postmedial line rufous, obliquely incurved from 

 costa to vein 6, where it is acutely angled outwards, then 

 incurved, some rufous suffusion beyond it ; an indistinct, 

 somewhat diffused, subterminal line, incurved at discal fold ; 

 some rufous suffusion on termen from apex to vein 2. Hind 

 wing whitish suffused with pale red. Underside whitish 

 tinged with red. 



Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Pryer), 1 c? ^ype. Uxp. 

 40 mm. 



Carea auritincta, sp. n. 



(^ . Palpi with the third joint tufted with hair on inner 

 side ; hind tibise not dilated, without groove and tuft of 

 hair ; fore wing short and broad, the termen erect, curved. 



Head and thorax rufous with a silky gloss ; palpi in front, 

 pectus, and legs white ; fore and mid tibiae partly rufous, 

 the tarsi rufous ringed with white ; abdomen pale rufous, 

 the ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous with a greenish- 

 golden gloss, especially towards costa ; the costa with ante- 

 medial and medial black and white points, towards apex with 

 dark brown streaks interrupted by three white points. Hind 

 Aving fiery orange-red ; cilia white at tips. Underside of 

 fore wing orange-red, the inner area and costal area to 

 beyond middle suft\ised with white; hind wing white tinged 

 with red. 



Hab. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompdon), 1 (^ type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



