216 NOCTUID^. 



interspaces ; the underside with the basal area whitish, the rest of 

 wing fuscous, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line defined on 

 outer side by grey. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 § type. Eivp. 

 22 millim. 



5330. Cerynea igniaria. (Plate CLV. fig. 12.) 



Hypena igniaria, Hnipsu. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 707 (1898). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown, the last with some 

 fiery-red and yellowish on dorsum towards base ; pectus, hind legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore 

 wing yellow, the costal and terminal areas greyish brown, the basal 

 area suffused with fiery red except towards costa, the medial area 

 irrorated with red, the veins of terminal area streaked with red and 

 a yellow patch suffused with red on termen below apex ; traces of 

 a sinuous whitish antemedial line; a blackish point in middle of 

 cell and two discoidal points ; an oblique sinuous line from lower 

 angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, whitish 

 defined on each side by fiery red, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond 

 it on costa ; a waved reddish subterminal line slightly defined on 

 each side by fuscous ; a fine waved black terminal line with points 

 in the interspaces ; cilia brown with a fine whitish line at base. 

 Hind wing with the basal area yellow irrorated with fiery red, the 

 terminal area grey-brown suft'used in parts with red and irrorated 

 with fuscous ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line white defined 

 on each side by fiery red, waved; a diffused curved somewhat 

 dentate blackish subterminal line ; a fine waved black terminal line 

 with points in the interspaces ; cilia brown with a fine white line 

 at base ; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown 

 except the area between the curved medial and jDostmedial lines. 



Ilab. Assam, Khiisis, 1 S type ; Straits Settlements, Johore 

 (Annandale), 1 § . Ea-j). 24 millim. 



5331. Cerynea rubra. (Plate CLV. fig. 13.) 



Cerynea rubra, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 164 (f 90.o). 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep chocolate red-brown, the 

 last dorsally fiery red towards base. Fore wing yellow suffused 

 with fiery red, the costal area chocolate-brown ; an oblique dark ante- 

 medial line from cell to inner magin ; two blackish discoidal points ; 

 postmedial line yellowish white, bent outwards below costa, in- 

 curved below vein 4 and with dark patch beyond it on inner 

 margin ; some white points beyond it on costa ; traces of a pale 

 dentate subterminal line ; a fine waved black terminal line with 

 small spots in the interspaces ; cilia chequered red and brown. 

 Hind wing yellow suffused with fiery red, the basal area tinged 

 with purplish red ; a black discoidal striga ; postmedial line yellow 



