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ARCTIADJE. 



650 a. Chionaema malayensis, n. sp. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 9.) 



S . Head and thorax white ; palpi, antennae, edges of tegulae and 

 patagia, and bands on meso- and metathorax scarlet ; pectus with 

 scarlet patches ; fore femora above orange, the tibiae and all the 

 tarsi orange ringed with white, the mid tibiae orange at base and 

 with broad black band at middle, the hind tibiae with some orange 

 above at middle ; abdomen yellowish dorsally tinged with scarlet 

 towards extremity ; the ventral surface white. Fore wing white ; 

 the costa scarlet towards base ; a sinuous scarlet subbasal band, 

 excurved above inner margin ; antemedial line black, obliquely 

 excurved towards costa and slightly angled inwards at vein 1, defined 

 on outer side by a scarlet band emitting a short fascia in the cell ; 

 a black discoidal bar, angled inwards at median nervure ; a post- 

 medial scarlet patch enclosing a white mark on the costa, then a 

 black line defined on inner side by a scarlet band, the line bent 

 outwards below the scarlet patch, then obliquely excurved to vein 3 

 and erect to inner margin ; a scarlet band before termen with some- 

 what dentate inner edge. Hind wing buff-yellow. 



Hab. Selangor, Buket Kutu (Hoi man-Hunt), 2 J type. 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



650 5. Chionaema rhadota. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 10.) 



Chionsema rhadota, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xx. p. 76 (1907). 



5 . Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae crimson ; patagia 

 edged with scarlet above and at tips ; terminal half of tibiae and 

 the tarsi crimson ringed with white ; abdomen white suffused with 

 crimson towards extremity. Fore wing white, the costal edge 

 scarlet at base ; a subbasal scarlet band from costa to vein 1 ; a 

 broad antemedial scarlet band with black line on its inner edge, 

 excurved from costa to below the cell, then erect, a minute black 

 streak beyond it in cell ; a lunulate black discoidal spot ; a broad 

 scarlet postmedial band with black line on its outer edge, incurved 

 from costa to vein 3, then erect ; a scarlet terminal band ; cilia 

 yellow. Hind wing yellow, the termen tinged with crimson. 

 Hab. Nias I., Sitoli (Schreiber), 2 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 



651 re. Chionaema afiinis. 



Chionsema affinis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xlvii. p. 152, pi. xi. f. 1 (1904). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi black, slightly reddish 

 at tips ; antennae brown ; the tips of tegulae and a band on patagia 

 scarlet ; legs with black points. Fore wing white ; a scarlet sub- 

 basal striga from costa which is black beyond it to the black ante- 

 medial line, which is angled outwards below costa, then bent 

 inwards and excurved to inner margin ; a small black discoidal 

 spot ; postmedial line black, oblique and slightly irregular from 



