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*2. A. nigrivitta, Haraps. Nilgiris. 

 3. A. divisa,) Moore. Dharmsala. 





 Section JOCHEJERA, Hiibn. 



1. A. alm'j Linn. Ausbach, Livonia, &c. 

 *2. A. connecta, Grote. New York. 



We also have a pretty species from Madagascar. It has 

 probably been named by Herr Saalmiiller or M. Mabille ; 

 but at present I cannot spare the time to look it up. Grote's 

 A. faneralis is unknown to me, but (if confounded with 

 A. americana) can hardly belong to the section Jochecera. 



Section MASTIPHANES, Grote. 



*1. A. denticulate/,, Moore. Dharmsala and Sabathu. 

 *2. A. edolatctj Grote. Arizona. 



Section MEROLONCHE, Grote. 

 *1. A. spineaj Grote. California. 



2. A. Lupinij Behr. Mendocino. 



It is possible that one or two of the Japanese and Chinese 

 forms enumerated above may be synonymous with species 

 described from East Siberia ; but the illustrations to the 

 ' Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens ' and l Reisen und Forschungen 

 im Amur-Lande 7 are so poor that, without seeing examples 

 from the Amur, it would not be possible to be certain of the 

 identity of the species, in a genus containing so many closely 

 related forms. 





