552 nocxuidjE. 



6939. Carea tarica. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 11.) 



Carea tarika, Svvinb. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1901). 



S . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown and 

 dark brown ; abdomen fiery red, dorsally suffused with brown. 

 I'ore wing greyish suffused with purple and with slight dark irro- 

 ralion, the terminal area pale; antemedial line dark brown, diffused 

 ou outer side, oblique and slightly incurved ; a small dark spot in 

 end of cell and small diseoidal lunule ; postinedial line dark, very 

 oblique to vein 6, then, oblique to tornus, a patch of dark brown 

 suffusion beyond it on costal area, extending to the slight dark 

 subterminal line which is angled inwards at discal fold and outwards 

 at veins 4, 3 ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing yellow tinged with red. 

 Underside of both wings yellow suffused with red ; fore wing with 

 some whitish suffusion on costa towards apex ; hind wing with 

 some purplish irroration on terminal area from apex to vein 3. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing and underside redder.— N. Guinea. 



Hab. GiLOLO, 1 d type ; Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 

 1 S • E.vi>. 36 millim. 



6940. Carea dione. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 12.) 

 Carea dione, Swinb. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 169 (1905). 



Vertex of head, tegulse, and patagia olive-broAvn ; palpi, frons, 

 and dorsum of thorax pale purjjlish brown ; pectus and legs white, 

 the latter suffused with brown. Fore wing pale purplish brown 

 with some olive suffusion on basal area, obliquely from costa beyond 

 middle to tornus, and ou apical area, the costal edge whitish ; ante- 

 medial line dark, oblique, straight; postmedial line very indistinct 

 except on inner area, oblique and almost straight ; traces of a 

 diffused subterminal line, angled outwards below vein 7 and 

 cxcurved at middle ; cilia red-brown, towards tornus with a white 

 line at base and white tips. Hind wing white tinged with brick- 

 red, the inner area ^vith brown ; the underside white, the costal 

 area slightly irrorated with rufous. 



JJab. Assam, Khasis, 1^,1$ type. Ea^o. 6 38, 5 40 millim. 



6941. Carea nitida. (Plate CLXXXVIII, fig. 13.) 



Carea nitida, Hrapsn. Moths Tnd. ii. p. 423 (1894). 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown ; antennoe 

 v/ith the basal joint white on outer side ; pectus and legs white 

 mixed with purplish red, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen 

 grey-brown, the anal tuft red, the ventral surface white mixed 

 with. red. Fore wing purple-grey largely suffused with olive-brown, 

 the costal edge white with some red-brown below it, some red at 

 base of inner margin ; antemedial line dark brown slightly defijaed 

 on inner side by whitish, oblique, from costa to middle of inner 



