CAREA. 565 



wing grey sparsely irrorated with black, the medial area strongly 

 sufFased with red-brown with some large black-pencilled scales 

 below the cell ; an oblique antemedial line, excurved in cell and 

 incurved in submedian interspace ; an oblique black discoidal bar 

 defined by grey on outer side; an oblii[ue postmedial line ending 

 at tornus, excurved below costa and at middle ; a subterminal 

 punctiform fuscous line ending on termen above tornus, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of 

 black points ; cilia white intersected by pale brownish. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown ; the underside whitish suffused with fuscous. 

 Hah. Borneo, Sandakan (Pri/er), 1 c? type. E.vj). 28 millim. 



6969. Carea vexilla. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 13.) 



Dinumma vexilla, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 263 (1893). 



Head and thorax red-brown, the vertex of head and tegula? 

 except at tips pale grey mixed with fuscous; pectus white; legs 

 white mixed Avith rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdo- 

 men white dorsally suffused with red-brown. Fore wing red- 

 brown ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, rather diffused, with a pale 

 grey patch irrorated with fuscous before it, from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line dark, rather diffused, somewhat 

 oblique and sinuous, with a white point at costa ; a medial pale 

 grey band with waved edges from costa to above vein 1, 

 irrorated with brown scales and with the slight dark discoidal 

 lunule on it ; postmedial line rather diffused, dark, with a white 

 point at costa and some whitish scales on it, angled outwards below 

 costa and excurved at middle, incurved at discal fold and below 

 vein 3, subterminal line rather diffused, dark, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, 

 a whitish bar on it at costa and three white spots on its 

 outer edge above inner margin, a series of small dark spots beyond 

 it defined on outer side by white except towards costa and 

 connected with the black terminal line by dark streaks in the 

 interspaces ; cilia with series of small white spots at base and 

 white tips towards tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia 

 red except towards tornus ; the underside white, the costal half 

 irrorated with red and the terminal area suffused with red from 

 apex to vein 3. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing without the grey medial band. 



Hab. Singapore (Ridleij), 15 (5,5 5 type ; Borneo, Limbang, 

 1 (T. Ea^. 30-32 millim. 



6970. Carea nexilla, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 14.) 



Binmmm vexilla, var., Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 263 (1893\ 



5 . Head and thorax bright red-brown ; antennae Avith the basal 

 joint white on outer side ; pectus brownish white ; abdomen grej'-- 

 brown, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing bright red-brown 

 slightly irrorated with blackish ; antemedial line dark, oblique and 



