CERYNEA. By W. Warren. 
Subsect. A. Porewing of $ with costa lobed at base and slightly indented beyond. 
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C. trogobasis Hmps. (23 a). Forewing bone colour with a rufous grey tinge; the costal area slightly trogobasis. 
darker to beyond middle; a black dot in base of cell; inner line double with a pale centre and black dot at 
costa; median line rufous below middle; outer line whitish, from a black costal dot, bent outwards below costa, 
then lunulate dentate, the teeth marked by black and white points, incurved below 4; a crenulate whitish 
subterminal line; subterminal black dots with white points before them; a terminal series of dark 
striae, with white dots beyond them at base of fringe; a black dot in cell at middle; reniform stigma 
with pale annulus constricted at middle, with a black dot in upper and lower paid; hindwing similar; a 
dark cellspot edged with whitish; in ab. sobria ab. nov. (24 f) the wings are ochreous and grey with no red sobria. 
whatever; in subsp. kuhni subsp. nov. (24f) from the Kei Ids., both sexes are suffused with reddish throughout; kuhni. 
in ab. vivida ab. nov. (24f) both wings are vivid red, these last from Queensland only. Occurs in India, Hai- vivida. 
nan, Dammer Id., Bali, St. Aignan, Kei Ids., and Queensland. 
Subsect. B. Costa of $ without lobe at base. 
C. contentaria Walk. (= punctilinealis Walk.) (23 a, b). Fore wing like that of trogobasis, but the costal contentaria. 
edge blackish towards base; subterminal line followed by brownish suffusion; a fine dark terminal line; 
hindwing similar. The type was from Sarawak, Borneo; that of punctilinealis from Ceylon; the species 
occurs in the Punjab in the Northwest of India and in the Nilgiri Hills, Madras, in the South; 
also in the Nicobar Islands. 
Sect. II. (J w i t h f r o n s smooth; the antennae nor m a 1. 
Subsect. A. Forewings of d rough haired below towards base. 
C. igniaria Hmps. (23 a). Forewing yellow; the costal and terminal areas greyish brown; basal area, igniaria. 
except towards costa, suffused with fiery red; median area irrorated with red; veins streaked with red towards 
termen; a yellow patch suffused with red on termen below apex; inner line whitish, sinuous; median line 
oblique and sinuous below cell; outer line whitish, edged on both sides with fiery red, excurved below costa, 
crenulate and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line waved, reddish, between fuscous shades; a black dot 
in cell at middle and two at the end; hindwing with basal area yellow irrorated with fiery red; the terminal 
area grey brown, tinged in places with red; cellspot black; lines as in forewing. The type from the Khasia 
Hills, Assam; recorded also from Johore, in the Malay peninsula. 
C. sepiata spec. nov. (24 f). Forewing yellowish ochreous, speckled and suffused with brown; the sepiata. 
lines dark brown; costa marked with double brown strigae at the rise of inner, median, and outer lines; the sub- 
basal oblique inwards to a large blotch above vein 1; inner line apparently bent outwards along median vein, 
then vertical; cell filled in with brown, with a diffuse darker cell blotch; outer line crenulate dentate, bent 
on vein 4; subterminal line pale between dark shades, the dark termen with a paler patch below vein 4; 
a row of black dots inwardly edged with ochreous touching the fine festooned terminal line; fringe mottled 
dull brown and ochreous; hindwing with the costal and terminal area beyond outer line dark brown; an inner 
and outer black line and fine black cell spot; under side dull greyish ochreous, the shadings all darker, olive 
fuscous; head and thorax greyish ochreous and brown; abdomen wanting. 1 $ from Mt. Marapok, British 
North Borneo. Type in Tring Museum. Resembles igniaria , but without any fiery red scaling. 
C. rubra Swinh. Forewing yellow suffused with fiery red, the costal area chocolate brown; rubra. 
inner line dark, oblique from cell to inner margin; cellspot double, black; outer line yellowish white, bent out¬ 
wards below costa, incurved below 4, followed on inner margin by a dark patch; subterminal pale, dentate, 
ill defined; a fine waved black terminal line; fringe mottled red and brown; hindwing yellow suffused with fiery 
red, the basal area tinged with purplish red; cellspot black; outer line yellow defined on each side by fiery 
red, oblique from costa to vein 3, followed by an oblique black bar and a small spot in submedian fold; 
a dark subterminal shade from apex to vein 6, and brown suffusion towards tornus. Malang, Borneo. 
C. perrubra Hmps. (= rubra Beth.-Baker nec Swinh.) (23 a). Forewing yellow mostly tinged and irrorated perrubra. 
with fiery red, the antemedian and median areas remaining more yellow; the costal edge blackish; lines red; 
subbasal line waved across wing; inner line oblique outwards from costa to submedian fold, then erect; a black 
dot in middle of cell and faint dark cellspot; outer line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 
to lower angle of cell; subterminal line diffuse, maculate, with some slight blackish marks on it and a large 
