ARICHALCA. 



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This is the commonest and most widely-distributed Burnet 

 in the British Isles, and it is likewise one of the commonest 

 species on the Continent. There is a large southern furm 

 named .-/. iransalpina (Esper). 



GENUS ARICIIALCA. 



Arkhaica, Wallengren, CEfv. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh. xv. 

 p. 137 (185S) ; id. K. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. (2) v. (4) 

 p. 15 (1865). 



The South African Anthrocerijtcp.^ though not numerous in 

 species, have been divided into several genera, differing slightly 

 from Ajithroccra. In Arichalta the fore-wings are marked with 

 red transverse bands bordered by black lines, instead of bein^ 

 spotted, or longitudinally streaked. Three species from South- 

 eastern Africa have been referred to the genus Arichalca. 

 Except the Mediterranean species of true Anihrocera, all the 

 African Anihrocen'mc and Adscitincc appear to be found in 

 Southern or Eastern Africa, and of the latter, only one or two 

 species have been recorded from tropical regions. In \Vcsl 

 Africa these Sub families do not appear to be found at all, 



ARICIIALCA EKVTHROPVGA. 

 ^Plate LXXXI. Fig. 2.) 

 Arichalca eryfhropyga, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. ^ron. iv. p. 38, 

 no. 23(1860); id. K.\'et. Akad. I landl. Stockh. (j) v. (4) 

 p. 15, no. 2 (1865). 

 Zy::^icna nc-aniica, Walker, List I.ep. Hct. P.rit. ^^us. \\\i p 61 

 (1864). 



This species was brou-ht from "Eastern Caffraria"* by Wahl- 

 l)erg, and from Lake N'Cami by Andersson. Iloth Wahlbcrg 

 and Andersson were well known explorers and hunters in their 

 This probably means the Transvaal of the present «lay. 



