38o LEPIDOPTERA. 



abdomen long, with small crests ; fore wings rather short 

 and blunt, broad behind ; hind wings with vein 5 very faint, 

 arising from the middle of the cross-bar. 



Larv.e rather short and stout; skin tough and shining, 

 showing the longitudinal lines ; raised dots prominent and 

 glossy. 



PuPiE subterranean. 



Rather a difficult genus to tabulate. 



A. Fore wings shining brown with a black basal streak. 



A. hasilinea. 

 A?. Fore wings with two black basal streaks, one of them 

 on the dorsal margin. 



B. Fore wings grey. A. connexa. 

 W-. Fore wings brown, broad ; first line curved in a wide 



arch. A. gcmina. 



W. Fore wings brown, narrow ; reniform stigma edged 



outside with white. A. unanimis. 



A?. No basal streak ; fore wings short and blunt, any 



shade of brown, to black ; reniform stigma white, 



yellow, or pale brown. A. oculea. 



C. Fore wings silvery grey, reniform stigma yellow, a very 



large purple-brown costal triangle. A. ojjhiogiuinvia. 



1. A. basilinea, Fab.- — Expanse 1| to If inch. Fore 

 wings smooth, pale brown, softly clouded with reddish- 

 brown ; a black line from the middle of the base ; hind 

 wings pale brown. 



Antennae of the male simple, very minutely ciliated, pale 

 brown; palpi short, broadly tufted, pale brown barred with 

 darker, terminal joint minute ; head and thorax pale brown, 

 dusted with red-brown ; back crest obscure, oblique, uni- 

 colorous ; fascicles dark brown ; abdomen rather glossy 

 golden-brown, with three or more cousjucuous dorsal crests 

 tipped with dark brown ; lateral and anal tufts light golden- 

 brown. Fore wings smooth, extremely neat and almost 



