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6. Carea unipunctata fulvida subsp. nov. 

 $ , 40 - 46 mm. 



Differs from typical unipunctata Beth.-Bak. (Nov. Zool., xiii, p. 242 

 [1906] [Brit. New Guinea]) in the rather larger average size and the 

 paler coloration, the red tones being replaced, on body, legs and fore 

 wing, by pale reddish-ochraceous (tawny). Fore wing with the lines 

 even more indistinct than in typical unipunctata, sometimes practically 

 obsolete, but the black cell-spot and dark fringe almost as strong as 

 in the typical form. Hind wing rather paler above and beneath, in 

 unipunctata fulvida, especially so on underside of costa. 



Central West Buru : Gamoe 'Mrapat, 5,000 feet, March- April, 1922, 

 nine S S . 



A single ? (45 mm.) from Central Ceram may possibly belong to this 

 subspecies, but it is coloured much more as in typical unipunctata, with 

 the lines distinct (extra widely separated) and the hind w T ing even 

 redder, more broadly darkened, than in the type form. Possibly yet 

 another subspecies or even a distinct species. 



7. Carea longicornis sp. nov. (pi. XXII, fig. 8). 

 Belongs to Section IV — A of Hampson. 

 $ , $ , 40 — 42 mm. 



Head, thorax, pectus, abdomen and legs somewhat as in C. dione 

 Swinh. (A.M.N.H. [7] xv. 159 [1905] [Khasias]), of which this species 

 may be a local race, but all shades rather deeper in tone, especially the 

 thorax, which is reddish-purple mingled with greenish-brown ; the anal 

 segments of abdomen in $ distinctly tinged with red. 



Fore wing coloured like the thorax but with the purple shades not 

 so deep and showing in some lights a silvery sheen on the paler areas ; 

 marked nearly as in dione but the two lines scarcely as oblique and 

 rather wider apart, the outer slightly more curved than in that species ; 

 costal edge paler than the rest of wing but hardly white. 



Hind wing above and underside of both wings much as in dione. 



S.W. Sumatra : Slopes of Mount Korintji, 7,300 feet, August- 

 September, 1921, twelve $ $ , four ? ? . 



Distinguished from C. dione chiefly by the much darker colour of 

 thorax and fore wing and the greater distance between the lines on fore 

 wing. Antennal ciliation appears slightly longer in longicornis, but 

 this may be due to more perfect condition. The antenna itself appears 



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