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Hind wing pale rufous, paler in interspaces, whitish on proximal 

 third of cell and half of fold, but with the androconial hair rufous and 

 white scarcely intermixed with brown. 



Underside of fore wing dull rufous with the costa olive-brown and 

 a deep red streak through cell (extending to near termen) ; apex violet- 

 white. Hind wing whitish, irrorated with rufous ; the costa and 

 termen pale rufous ; an ochreous shade at middle of costa. 



? , 44 — 46 mm. 



Fore wing above more purplish in tone than in the $ ; postmedial 

 line suffused with rufous and indistinctly double behind SC 4 ; sub- 

 terminal shades stronger than in the S . Pale apical shade of fore wing 

 beneath more extended along termen ; anterior half of w T ing less con- 

 trasted ; hind wing with the terminal rufous shade broader and darker, 

 slightly irrorated with fuscous. 



One ? , ab. carneipennis ab. nov. has the fore wing above inter- 

 mediate in tone between the $ and ? ; the hind wing above and fore 

 wing beneath yellowish. Possibly yet another species, but appears to 

 be merely an aberration of felix. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, two $ $ , four 

 ? ? ; 4,600 feet, January, 1920, one $ , one ? . ■ 



Distinguished from the preceding and following species by the 

 antenna, the much rounded tornus of fore wing and (?) the more acute 

 apex of fore wing. 



34. Carea josephi sp. nov. 



3 ? , 42 — 44 mm. 



dT antenna with rather short fasciculate cilia (once diameter of 

 shaft?). 



Head, thorax, palpus, antenna, pectus and legs much as in last 

 species ; dorsum of abdomen whitish, clothed with ochreous, fuscous 

 and rufous hair (the first two colours predominating) ; ventral surface 

 ochreous-white (slightly tinged with rufous in the $ only). 



Fore wing ochreous-brown, irrorated with purplish-red, especially 

 on proximal and distal thirds, giving the wing a slightly banded aspect 

 (more noticeable in <? than in ? ) ; costa white ; wing rather less glossy 

 than in the last two species, the markings diffused, indistinct. Ante- 

 medial line oblique from one-third costa to two-thirds hind margin ; a 

 very indistinct diffused dark discal streak ; postmedial line oblique or 

 excurved from nearly two-thirds costa to R s , behind which it is 

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