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AFRIDA. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
tortricifa- 
cics. 
mesomelae- 
na. 
asipuncta- 
1a. 
flavifera. 
viridifera. 
pa rv ula. 
basiposis. 
interdicta. 
mi nut a. 
eharientis- 
ma. 
pnixis. 
phasma. 
sceletozona. 
gy nines. 
cosmio- 
gramma. 
blackish-grey band is bordered by undulate black lines; at the cell-end a black spot; marginal area clouded 
blackish-grey with a black, marginal row of dots, hiudwings tinged brownish-grey; the anal angle somewhat 
produced and thickly covered with black scales; fringes black. Expanse of wings: 12 mm. Jamaica. 
A. tortricifacles Dyar (35 b) is very similar, dusted more greyish-green, with purple black markings; 
opposite the black cell-spot, at the proximal margin, there is a triangular one with a tooth inwards on the inner- 
marginal vein; before the purple blackish marginal dusting in the middle a small, round, red spot. Hindwings 
whitish, with a blackish-brown marginal band and discal spot. The anal angle is scaled white. Expanse of 
wings: 11 to 13 mm. San Domingo. 
A. mesomelaena Hmps. (35 a) from Jamaica is considerably larger and distinguished by a complete 
blackish-brown median band, being bordered by black lines and strangulated in the cell and on the submedian 
fold, whilst at the proximal margin it is much broader. Expanse of wings: 22 mm. 
A. basipunctata Rothsch. (35 a) shows the broadest median band, the whole median area being 
suffused with a coppery brown. In the basal area there are small black spots at the costal margin and on the 
submedian fold; the marginal area bordered by a curved black line is also brown; before the apex there is an 
oblique black spot, on the discal fold another one. Hindwing silvery white with a brownish marginal line. Ex¬ 
panse of wings: 24 mm. Peru. 
A. flavifera Dogn. (35 a) is very similarly coloured and marked; the black line bordering on the 
brown median area towards the base, makes a strong bend towards the base at the proximal margin; behind 
the upper cell-angle there is yellow colouring interspersed. The white hindwings show a brown discal spot and 
antemarginal shades. Expanse of wings: 22 mm. Colombia. 
A. viridifera Hmps. (= melicerta Hmp>s. part.) (35 a) is marked by a yellowish-green spot in the 
basal part before the curved, black, additional basal line, another spot like it is situate above the cell-end; 
there is yellowish-green dusting also behind the middle below the costal margin. The marginal area is extensively 
purple brown, proximally bordered with black. Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Bolivia. 
A. parvula Schs. Head and thorax violet-reddish, abdomen more brownish. Forewings reddish-grey, 
intermixed with an olive-ochreous colour, with a broad, curved, black antemedian shade not reaching the 
proximal margin; the other markings like in the preceding, but rather blurred; the dusting of the marginal 
area lighter brownish with a purple brown spot in the middle before it; hindwings brownish-grey, towards 
the margin darker, with a dark discal spot. Expanse of wings: 14 mm. Costa Rica. 
A. basiposis Dyar (35 b) is much smaller than the preceding, otherwise very similarly marked; 
it is distinguishable by almost entirely white hindwings; on the forewing, near the base, a broad, obliquely 
quadrangular, black spot. Expanse of wings: 10 mm. San Domingo. 
A. interdicta Dyar (35 b) is most easily distinguishable from the two preceding species by the red, 
not blackish, spot before the middle of the margin of the forewing. They are dirty white, densely dusted olive; 
markings otherwise similar; the discal band is dissolved into disperse dark dusting, the border-lines indistinct, 
the most distinct at the costal margin; behind there are 3 costal-marginal spots. Hindwings whitish, with a 
dark discal spot and marginal dusting. Expanse of wings: 10 mm. Cuba (Baracoa). 
A. minuta Drc. (35 b) is distinguishable from the preceding by only scanty olive dusting from which 
the transverse bands are distinctly prominent, not so hazy. A somewhat larger species with the hindwings dusted 
brownish-grey. Expanse of wings: 18 mm. Texas, Mexico, Costa Rica. 
A. charientisma Dyar (35 b) greatly resembles minuta , being smaller, with almost white hindwings. 
Forewings white, only faintly tinged olive; a purple brown dentate basal spot, the base itself light; the broad, 
brown discal band is bordered by black lines, dentate, on the submedian strangulated. Expanse of wings: 
10 mm. Cuba. 
A. pnixis Dyar (35 b) is without any olive on the forewing; the discal band grows much broader 
towards the apex and is not in the middle, like in the other species, crossed by an oblique line. Panama. 
A. phasma Dyar (35 b). In this species and the following the dark shading of the marginal area is 
absent. The forewing is pointed, the discal band partly dusted dark. The white ground-colour is faintly yellowish. 
Hindwings whitish, unspotted. Expanse of wings: 15 mm. Brazil (Castro Parana). 
A. sceletozona Schs. (35 b) resembles phasma, the forewings being more broadly quadrangular, not 
so pointed; the discal band is only denoted by the dark border-lines, without any dark dusting in the middle, 
Costa Rica. 
A. gymnes Dyar (35 b) is very well distinguished by the discal band being broadly interrupted 
in the middle, by which the small animal assumes a characteristic exterior. 
A. cosmiogramma Dyar (35 b). Forewings white, in the basal area brownish, bordered by a dark 
demi-line; the discal band is broad, filled up with brown and bordered by straight black lines: the proximal 
