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ANTICTENIA. By L. B. Prout. 
; private . (E. privata Walk. (= hypotaeniaria Guen., subustaria Meyr. nec Walk.) (2 c). Distinguished from the 
following by the foretibial claw, the stronger markings, including a rather broad, clistally dentate brown cen¬ 
tral band beneath, which is indicated above on the hindwing by a variegated but ill-defined central patch. 
Australia, exact locality not known. 
subustaria. (E. subustaria Walk. (= caprina T. P. Luc.) (1 k). Grey, only slightly brownish, the dark lines re¬ 
presented by (sometimes indistinct) vein-dots, the hindwing beneath sometimes with an irregular blackish, 
red-mixed patch near the apex, faintly discernible also on the upper surface. Queensland. Has been bred 
by Dr. Lucas from larvae found feeding on Persoonia cornifolia. 
phyllomor- (E. phylloniorpha Lower (= stillans T. P. Luc., subcarnea Warr.) (1 k). Distinguished by its fleshy 
pba. g roun d-colour, white costal edge of forewing and red, black-mixed fringe of 'forewing except at anal angle 
and of hinclwing from the 3rd radial to the_ fold only, the rest of the fringe remaining white. The two 
lines consist generally of vein-spots only, the spots on the submedian the largest, but in darker, more heavily 
marked aberrations they are partly connected into a macular band. Larva with 3 pairs of prolegs; tapering 
anteriorly; reel-brown, mottled with black; some irregular dorsal spots of the ground-colour, partly bordered 
with black; on Persoonia cornifolia. — Queensland, Port Darwin and Melville Island. Is Lower’s locality 
(Newcastle, New South Wales) correct ? 
infantilis. CE. infantilis Prout (1 1). Smaller than phyllomorpha (1 k) and totally different in the whitish green 
groundcolour and whiter lines. Fringes nearly as in that species. North Australia in March; also from 
Melville Island. 
cycnoptera. CE. cycnoptera Lower. Described form a <$, measuring 40 mm. Forewing with apex acute, termen 
sinuate behind apex; pale slaty grey, with a ferruginous spot on hindmargin at about two-thirds, from which 
proceeds a faint pale-yellowish streak towards the apex. Hindwing rounded, rather prominent at apex; snow 
white. Forewing beneath with a large claret-coloured blotch just behind middle of termen. Lake Mulligan, 
S. Australia. 
simplex. CE. simplex Warr. Perhaps a form of the preceding. Forewing above more brownish, entirely without 
markings; hindwing above less pure white, but I think chiefly through discoloration in the unique type. Under¬ 
side apparently similar to that of cycnoptera. West Australia. 
postcarneata. CE. postcarneata Prout (1 i as postcarnearia). The type $ unique, generic position doubtful. Hind¬ 
wing with 2nd subcostal stalked (though quite shortly) with the 1st radial. Forewing light ochreous brown, un¬ 
marked. Hindwing proximally white, then pink, the pink part with a large irregular dark-grey blotch be¬ 
tween the 1st radial and 2nd median and a small indistinct brownish blotch at anal angle. Perth, West 
Australia. 
cerasiplaga. CE. cerasiplaga Warr. Remarkably distinct in its bright green colour, chrome-yellow costal margin 
and yellow, red-spotted fringe. The single line of the forewing is central yellow slightly oblique and not 
reaching costa. Hindwing paler, the median line fainter and rather more proximal, a large, round ochreous 
blotch (on the underside predominantly deep-red) placed just beyond it. Perth, West Australia. 
20. Genus: Antictenia Prout. 
Allied to (Enochroma but with flatter face, short palpus and differently formed G antenna, which is 
bipectinate but very unequally, the branches on the outer side being long, on the inner side quite short, in 
the type species not longer than the diameter of the shaft. 
punctuncu- A. punctunculus T. P. Luc. (= leucospila Wan.) (1 k). Rather variable but easy to recognize. The 
,,IS underside of the hindwing is distinctive, having two whitish apical spots, surrounded by reddish and blackish 
scales. — Larva rather stout, tapering anteriorly; 3 pairs of prolegs; tubercles large’, very shiny, yellow to bright 
red, the posterior trapezoidals of the 1st abdominal segment set on a tiny hump; reddish brown, heavily 
mottled with black. — Queensland. 
torta. A. torta sp. nov. Similar in coloration to the greyer forms of the preceding and following species, in 
structure somewhat intermediate, but best referred to Antictenia. Face rather less smooth-scaled than in punc¬ 
tunculus, palpus rather less short (about 1% times the diameter of the eye), but with the 3rd joint small. An¬ 
tennal pectinations of the inner series less short than in punctunculus. Characterized especially by the sinuous 
distal margin of both wings, that of the hindwing in particular being irregularly excavated close to the anal 
angle. Forewing with antemedian line very faint, gently curved; cell-dot small, black. Both wings with the 
double postmedian line broad; on the forewing it is slightly curved and placed very little beyond the cell- 
