53G inocttjid-.t;. 



crimson. Fore wii>g bright green, the castftl edge whitish ; a black 

 or reddish discoidal point ;. a slight obliquely curved whitish post- 

 medial line from costa towards apex to inner margin, defined on 

 outer side by a faint dark shade ;, traces of a dark subterminal line 

 excurved at middle; cilia greyish broun. Hiiid wing fiery red, the 

 cilia pale brown. Underside- of both wnMgs pale red, the apical 

 area of fore wing suffused with black, of hind wing irrorated 

 with black, 



i/(«5. Japan, Yokohama (/V?/^r), 3 cf , 3 5 type ; Uoeea, Gcnsan 

 {Leech), 1 6 ', ^ikhim {jSJoUer), 1 S ; Assam, Khasis, 1 c? ; Straits 

 Seitidjiekts, Perak, Larut Hills (i'Vcwer), 1 ^ ; Jaya. iiu'p, 44- 

 60 millim. 



Genus CAEEADES, 



Tvpe. 



Careadcs^ ]3eth,-Baker. Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 243 (1906)... ,..,. scoiguinea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; p.alpi upturned, the 2iul joint reacliing about 

 to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; 

 frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; aiitennie of male minutely ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with liair only and without crests; fore tibiae typically ii:Ouerately 

 fringed with hair, the mid tibia of male and spurs fringed with very long hair 

 on both sides, the 1st joint of tarsus fringed with long hair on outer side, the 

 liind tibia; very short and M'ithout spurs, the Ist joint of tarsus immensely long 

 and fi'inged with long hair on both sides, the other joints very sho¥t ; abdomen 

 long, clothed with rough hair and with slight crests on basal segments. Fore 

 wing with the costa arched near base and towards apex and excised at middle, 

 the apex produced and acute, the termen typically slightly excised below apex 

 and strongly excurved at middle, the inner margin lobed near lase; veins 3 and 

 fi from near angle of cell ; 6 from the areole which is long, formed by vein 9 

 from 10 anastomosing with 8; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen 

 strongly excised below vein 2 and lobed at tornus, the inner area with tuft of 

 lung hair on underside; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell and approximated for 

 some distance ; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle and approxi- 

 mated for some distance; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with the termen strongly excised below apex ; fore tibiti; of 

 niaie fringed with long hair. 



*6917. Careades falcataria, 



Careades falcataria, Beth .-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 244 (1906), 



(S . Head and thorax deep crimson-red mixed Avith black-brown ; 

 palpi crimson at sides, yellow in front ; frons with lateral white 

 lines ; tegulse with slight white line at base ; pectus and lega 

 orange suffused with crimson-red, the fore tibiae blackish in front, 

 the tarsi with brown mixed ; abdomen brownish grey with some 

 chocolate-red on penultimate segments and dorsal line of silvery 

 scales on terminal segments, the ventral surface orange-red at base, 

 dark grey at extremity with crimson lateral stripes, the anal tuft 

 yellowish white at tip. Fore wing with the basal half very dark 

 chocolate-brown with silvery suffusion on costal area, the costal 

 edge red, the inner margin whitish at base then crimson-red. Ante- 

 medial line indistinct, dark brown, curved and slightly waved ; a 

 double dark brown line filled in with silver from middle of costa to 

 tornus, obliquely excurved below costa and towards tornus, closely 



