330 AECTIAD^, 



1842. Amsacta marginata. 



Thalmxa marginata, Don. Ins. N. Holl. pi. 34. f. 2 (1805); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 224. 

 Areas roseicostis, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 23 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat, Het. 



p. 224. 

 Areas punctipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xviii. p. 126 (1876) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 224. 



Silvery white ; palpi scarlet, black at tips ; antennae black ; back 

 of head with scarlet patches ; fore coxae and femora above scarlet ; 

 tibiae striped with black, tarsi banded with black ; abdomen scarlet 

 above except 1st segment and anal tuft, dorsal, lateral, and sub- 

 lateral series of black spots. Hind wiog with scarlet costal fascia 

 with black streak on costa ; a black stripe on median nervure and 

 base of veins 2, 3, 4 ; a slight streak above medial part of vein 1, 

 and sliort subterminal streaks on veins 1, 2, 5. Hind wing usually 

 with discoidal spot and usually three or four subterminal spots. 



Ab. ] . punctipennis. Tegulae edged with scarlet ; fore wing with 

 the black streak on median nervure reduced to a slight streak at 

 its extremity. 



Ab. 2. roseicostis. Fore wing without the black costal streak ; 

 hind wing with some scarlet suffusion on costal area towards apex. 



Ab. 3. Wings without black markings. 



Ab. 4. The scarlet areas replaced by orange. 



Hab. N. Guinea (MacFarlane), 2 c? , 1 $ ,. type pimctipennis : 

 Feegusson Is. {Meelc), 1 J ; Louisiades, St. Aignan {Meeli), ] S ; 

 N. Australia, Port Darwin, 1 c? ; W. Australia, Sherlock E. 

 (Clements), 2 c3',2 § ; Queensland, Eockingham Bay (i^ic&'^7Z^l'>•a^/), 

 1 d type roseicostis; N, S. Wales, Paramatta {Raynor)^ 5 S , 

 3 $ ; Tasmania, 1 S . Exp., S 48, 5 46-60 millim'. 



*1843. Amsacta moloneyi. 



Areas moloneyi, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 670, pi. 55. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 253. 



J . Head and thorax white tinged with pale olive-brown : palpi 

 at tips, antennae, and spots on patagia black ; a slight crimson ring 

 round neck ; fore coxae with black spots ; femora crimson in front ; 

 abdomen crimson above, the 1st and terminal segments and ventral 

 surface whitish ; dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 

 points. Fore wing whitish ; the costa streaked with crimson ; the 

 veins broadly outlined with olive-brown ; black points at upper and 

 lower angles of cell, and obscure ante- and postmedial points above 

 vein 1. Hind wing white, with black discoidal spot and four spots 

 on termen. 



JTah. Gambia {Moloney), type f c? in Coll. Druce. E.rp. 50 

 millim. 



1844. Amsacta alhistriga. (Plate XLVI. fig. 19.) 



Aha albistriga, Wlk. xxxi. 303 (1864) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 28 ; 

 Indian Museum Notes, v. p. 50, pi. 6. ff. 3, 4 (larva); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 pp. 224, 243. 



6 . Head and thorax white ; palpi yellow, the 3rd joint black ; 



