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from beyond end of cell in Anticyra and from angle of cell in Antheua, that vein 
9 is anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, while in Antheua 9 and 10 are 
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole. The figures given for both genera 
show a number of mistakes. Fig. 87 for Anticyra is supposed to be a <$, but 
according to the frenulum it is a vein 10 is anastomosing with stalk of 7, 8, 9 
to form the areole, just as is given for Antheua. Fig. 88 has vein 6 from the 
areole and not from the angle of the cell as it should be in Antheua, while one 
of the veins 8-10 is missing; in both figures a bar is given between vein 8 and 
upper median. As illustrated before, the position of veins 6-10 in the fore wing 
is extremely variable in species evidently belonging to Antheua, and can hardly 
be used alone as a distinction between genera. My specimens of encausta, 
however, have a venation as given in my figure of A . tricolor, in fact the only 
difference I can find is in the hind wing, which has 3 and 4 from a point and a 
slight bar at |rd between the upper median and vein 8. The antennae of the 
£ are bipectinate for ^rd of shaft, as in A. tricolor, and the wing colouration 
and pattern indicate close relationship to consanquinea. 
I have several specimens of this species, including a $, from Umtali and 
.Salisbury (S. Rhodesia), in Dec., and Jan. 
Antheua Consanguinea. 
Antheua consanguinea Dist. Ins. Transv. iv. p. 92, PI. VIII, fig. 12 (1903). 
Apparently only one specimen, a has been discovered so far, caught at 
Lydenburg; I have not met with this species yet, nor have I seen it in any of 
the South African collections. 
Antheua Bicolor. 
(PI. I, fig. 20; PI. Ill, figs. 24, 25.) 
Chadisra bicolor Dist. A.M.N.H. 7. iv. p. 360 (1899). 
Dist. Ins. Transv. iv. p. 93, PI. IV, fig. 10. 
Osica verulama Beth. -Baker. A.M.N.H. 8. 11. p. 257 (1908). 
Why this species has been placed in Chadisra is a puzzle to me. The general 
heavy build, the rather broad fore wing and erect outer margin, the absence 
of the scale-like ridge of hairs on the mid and hind tibiae, the short second 
joint of the palpi, all this points to Antheua, in fact the only point of resem- 
blance to Chadisra I can find is the dark scaling at tornus of hind wing, which, 
however, is never as pronounced as in Chadisra, in some cases even, it is just 
represented by a dark edging along the outer margin and this is never the case 
in Chadisra. 
Larva feeds on Rhus villosa L.f. ; autumn larva hibernates in the caterpillar 
stage in its cocoon (E. E. Platt). 
This species seems to have a wide range in South Africa. I have it from 
Pretoria, Three Sisters, Waterval onder, White river, Bultfontein (Transvaal) ; 
New Hanover, Karkloof, Umkomaas (Natal) ; Nkwaleni (Zululand) ; Emangeni 
(S. Rhodesia), in Oct., Jan., March. 
Antheua Dimorpha. 
(PI. XIII, fig. 10; PI. XIV, fig. 2; PI. I, fig. 25; PI. IV, figs. 14-17.) 
Hairs on head, thorax on upper and under side and palpi on front 
Pinard -yellow (iv) ; palpi at sides with black hairs ; abdomen above and branches 
of antennae yellow ochre (xv); abdomen on under side naples-yellow (xvi); 
