A CIDA LI IDA-: -A CI PAL I A . 3 



H'l .Surface tin^-ed with smoke-colour, lines grey-brown. 



A.famdtii. 

 A**. Winos all creamy-white, glossy. 

 I. Fore wings short and broad, a black spot iu the middle 



of the hind wings. A. iiamvt'ita. 



V. Fore wings long and pointed, dots obscure, transverse 



lines very sinuous. A. /-ini idntn. 



A''. Wings pale drab or reddish-white. 

 J. Texture of wings coarse, two parallel lines or a broad 



band, conspicuously beyond the middle. A. unrsatn. 

 J'-. Texture of the wings smooth and satiny. 

 K. Transverse lines slender and obscure. A. inornata. 

 K-. Wings with a broad purple central band. 



A. der/cncrnriii. 



1. A. rubricata, Srlii/f'.; rubiginata, S/kikI. Cat. — 

 Expanse :J inch. Purple-crimson, or purple-brown, with 

 three slender irregular darker purple-brown transverse lines 

 on the fore wings, and two on the hind. 



Antenna- of the male simple, strongly ciliated, leaden- 

 brown ; palpi short, blunt, purple-brown; face convex, 

 chestnut-red ; eyes deep black ; top of the head dull crim- 

 son ; behind it is a small brown neck-ridge ; thorax narrow, 

 dull crimson or crimson-brown ; abdomen slender, smooth, 

 leaden brown, with a crimson dusting ; lateral tufts distinct ; 

 anal tuft narrow, light-brown. Fore wings rather short and 

 broad ; costa very faintly arched, almost straight ; apex 

 angulated ; hind margin but little oblique, and very slightly 

 rounded ; dorsal margin nearly straight, strongly ciliated ; 

 colour dull crimson, crimson-brown, or purplish-lirown ; first 

 and second lines, and also an exactly intermediate, jiarallel, 

 central line, all slender, undulating, and not very oblique, 

 dark pur|ile-ljrown or dark brown; the space between the 

 central line and the second very often paler than the remain- 

 ing ground colour, and forming then a ]iale band ; hind 

 marginal area faintly clouded with dusky-brown or ]iurpie- 



