424 noctuid^. 



d . Differs from purpurea in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being pale reddish chestnut ; the last without the dark speck at 

 end of cell ; cilia tipped with white. Abdomen and hind wing 

 ochreous, the latter with a reddish tinge towards outer margin. 



The Bhutan specimen has an indistinct fascia from apex of 

 fore wing. 



Hah. Bhutan; Mahableshwar ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. i£r_p. 43 millim . 



2337. Carea fasciata, Moore, 'Lep. Atk. p. 121, pi. iv, fig. 18 j C. $ S. 



no. 1922. 



3 . Head and collar chestnut ; thorax and abdomen reddish 

 fuscous. Fore wing red-brown, suffused with purplish grey ; the 

 basal area and a broad postmedial band deep green ; oblique ante- 

 and postmedial and dentate submarginal green lines. Hind wing 

 red, the inner area fuscous. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 40 millim. 



2338. Carea costiplaga, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii, p. 262. 



2 • Pale reddish grey. Fore wing with a small red-brown 

 antemedial spot on the costa ; a large subtriangular patch before 

 the apex ; indistinct ante- and postmedial oblique lines ; a black 

 speck at end of cell ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing reddish orange. 

 Underside reddish orange, with a whitish patch on costa of fore 

 wing before apex ; the inner area of hind wing pale. 



Hah. Sibsagar. Exp. 36 millim. 



2339. Carea fuscomarginata, n. sp. 



c? . Bright chestnut-red. "Fore wing with a dark speck at end 

 of cell ; antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal indistinct waved 

 lines. Hind wing red ; the inner area fuscous. 



Hah. Mergui (Doherty). Exp. 30 millim. Type in coll. Druce. 



2340. Carea albopurpurea, Swinh. MS. 



Head and collar ferruginous ; thorax whitish ; abdomen whitish, 

 suffused with fuscous. Eore wing white, suffused with purple 

 except the apical area ; an obliquely waved rufous antemedial line 

 and similar double postmedial line filled in with white, and with a 

 large rufous patch inside it ; a submarginal series of rufous specks ; 

 cilia rufous from apex to vein 4. Hind wing white ; the inner 

 area fuscous. 



Hah. Sikhim (Knyvett) ; Khasis {Hamilton). Exp. 32 millim. 

 Type in B. M. 



Genus PTY0N0TA, nov. 



Type, P. formosa, Hmpsn. 



Range. Tenasserim. 



Palpi reaching vertex of head ; abdomen with a dorsal fan of 

 scales at base. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the 

 outer margin excised below it. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to 



