358 NocTtTiD.ii:, 



scarlet. Fore wing black-brown, the termiual area tinged with 

 grey ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to 

 median nervure, then oblique; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal 

 mark, defined by black-brown and by white scales on outer side of 

 tail and inner side of head, the head filled in with dark brown ; 

 medial line very indistinct, excurved from costa round the discoidal 

 mark, then incurved ; an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line, 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a rather diifused sub- 

 terminal line from vein 7 to inner margin ; a faint waved line 

 before termen with a series of dark points on it. Hind wing dark 

 brown, the terminal area greyish brown ; faint dark antemedial, 

 medial and postmedial lines. Underside of both wings brown with 

 curved medial, slightly waved postmedial, and faint diffused sub- 

 terminal lines. 



2 . Thorax ochreous with brown bars near extremity of patagia ; 

 abdomen with the 1st three segments banded ochreous and black- 

 brown dorsally, followed by spots on the two next segments ; fore 

 wing ochreous, the costal area tinged with grey-brown, some brown 

 suffusion at middle of terminal area, antemedial line defined on 

 inner side by whitish except towards costa, with black-brown patch 

 on its outer side in submedian interspace and forking at inner 

 margin, the head of discoidal mark larger, the medial and post- 

 medial lines distinct, the latter with brown spot on its inner side 

 a,bove inner margin, the postmedial area crossed by a red-brown 

 fascia with black streak below it from above the head of discoidal 

 mark to beyond the postmedial line, a double subterminal line filled 

 in with ochreous from vein 7 to inner margin, two slight white 

 subapical streaks, two waved black lines before termen ; hind wing 

 ochreous, the medial, postmedial, and greater part of terminal 

 area suffused with dark brown, a small dark discoidal spot, two 

 diffused antemedial lines, a minutely waved medial line defined on 

 outer side by a white band, a double subterminal line filled in with 

 whitish, and two waved lines before termen ; underside of both 

 wings scarlet, fore wing with dark marks in middle of cell and on 

 discocellulars, hind wing with dark discoidal spot ; both wings 

 with curved medial line, minutely waved postmedial line, diffused 

 subterminal line, and series of points before termen. 



Hab. Amboina (If. 0. Forbes), Challenger Coll., 1^,1$ type 

 funestis. Exp. 68 millim. 



7470. Speiredonia calaoensis. (Plate CCX. figs. 8 d , 9 $ .) 



Spirama kalaueiisis, Swinli. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 423 (1904). 



c? . Head and thorax dark brown ; basal joint of palpi, coxae, and 

 the fringe of hair on femora scarlet ; abdomen black-brown, the 

 two terminal segments and ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing 

 dark brown, the terminal area tinged with greyish; antemedial 

 line very indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to median nervure, 

 then oblique ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, defined 



