326 ARCTIAD^. 



U^. Abdomen orange. 



a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour white... lact'mea. 

 P. Fore wing with the ground-colour black ... negrita. 

 IB. Tegulge not edged with scarlet or orange. 

 a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white. 



a^. Fore wing with the veins not defined with 

 brown. 



a^. Patagia with black points moorei. 



U^. Patagia without black points marginata. 



h^. Fore wing with the veins broadly defined by 



olive-brown moloneyi. 



h. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale brown albistriga. 



1834. Amsacta costalis. 



Aloa costalis, Wlk. xxxi. 301 (18B4) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 224. 



Aha corsima, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 171, pi. iv. f. 1 (1892). 



5 . Pure white ; palpi crimson at base, black at tips ; antennae 

 black ; back of head, edges of teguloe, stripes on shoulders, fore 

 coxse, and femora above scarlet ; patagia with black spots ; legs 

 striped with black ; abdomen scarlet, the anal tuft and ventral 

 surface white ; dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. 

 Fore wing with scarlet costal fascia ; a small black spot at base of 

 cell ; a curved series of three antemedial spots ; spots at the two 

 angles of cell ; a postmedial scries excurved below eosta, then oblique; 

 subterminal spots on costa and veins 5 and 2 and a terminal series. 

 Hind wing with discoidal lunule ; a terminal series of spots, those 

 at veins 5, 2 and towards tornus larger and quadrate or elongate, 

 forming an interrupted band. 



Ab. 1. corsima. Wings strongly tinged with ochreous. 



Ilab, N. Australia (Elsey), 3 $ type, Port Essington, type J 

 corsima in Mus. Oxon. Exjj. 50 millim. 



1835. Amsacta gangara. 



Aloa gangara, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 171, pi. iv. f. 2 (1892). 



^ . White ; palpi black, scarlet at base ; antennae black, the 

 basal joint, back of head, and edges of tegulae scarlet ; patagia 

 and vertex of thorax striped with black ; legs striped with black, 

 the fore coxae and femora above scarlet ; abdomen scarlet above, 

 white below, a dorsal series of short black bands, and lateral and 

 snblateral series of black spots. Pore wing with the costal edge 

 black, with scarlet fascia below it ; the veins broadly striped with 

 black-brown, two conjoined discoidal spots; a fine terminal line. 

 Hind wing with discoidal black spot ; a fascia in submedian fold 

 not reaching base ; a terminal band with slightly waved inner edge 

 and slight white spots below apex and in submedian fold ; cilia 

 white. 



Ab. 1. All the scarlet markings replaced by orange. — W. Aus- 

 tralia. 



ffab. N. Atjstealia, King George's Sound, type f in Mus. Oxon. ; 

 W. Australia, 1 c? . Krjp. 50 millim. 



