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ANTASIA. By L. B. Prout. 
times traces of a still finer, ferruginous-tinged line beyond this; the $ shows further a characteristic party of 
blackish dots at the 3rd radial, but these are almost or quite obsolete in the $, which has the ground-colour 
rather darker. The $ hindwing has beneath a strong curled tuft of black-mixed hair arising near base of 
costa and more appressed light-ochreous hair distally thereto. Tasmania to New South Wales, in March and 
April. 
arid-aria. N. aridaria Wall'. (1 e) differs structurally from subcdcita in having the black-mixed tuft of hair much 
less strong and placed beyond the cell, at the base of the 2nd subcostal vein; slighter pale hair between costal 
and subcostal. Rather darker than .subcelata, more distinctly marked, postmedian line rather strongly incurved 
behind the middle, generally fllowed by a brown shade. $ in general less strongly marked. Queensland and 
New South Wales, November and March. 
agnata. N. agnata Front (1 f). The dark mixed hairs are placed in two tufts, one in the end of the cell and 
the other in front of it, while a light tuft occupies the position of the dark one of aridaria. Markings smaller 
than in aridaria, first line nearly obsolete, line beyond postmedian dots fine but bright, less sinuate than in 
aridaria but rather more so than in subcelata. Perth and Swan River, West Australia. 
bmecrisiata. N. benecristata Wcirr. (1 f) has the proximal tufts placed nearly as in agnata but united into one large, 
irregular patch, the one at base of 2nd subcostal also mixed with black and an additional small pale posterior 
one; costal and subcostal veins of hindwing somewhat curved. Porewing with dark postmedian shade strong 
in posterior part, wanting in anterior; a perceptible dark shade proximally to the subterminal. Hind wing with 
a central line and dark distal shade, the latter also distinct on the paler underside. Prince of Wales and 
Thursday Islands, in June. 
buff alarm. N. buffalaria Guen. ($ = tristificata Walk., transactaria Walk., resignata Walk.) (1 e). Rather darker 
than any of the preceding, the markings in general stronger and coarser than in agnata, though very variable, 
the postmedian similarly shaped; a dark shade generally developed beyond the postmedian, though not very 
sharply defined. The <$ is again distinguishable structurally, the irregular dark tuft near the end of the cell 
being connected by a ridge of lighter hair with an equally dark tuft at the fork of the veins beyond (2nd sub¬ 
costal and 1st radial); venation of hindwing even more curved than in benecristata. Distributed throughout the 
greater part of Australia. 
prosedm. N. prosedra Turn. Differs from buffalaria in the rather longer palpus and in the „large fovea in end 
of cell, preceded by a curled tuft of long, fuscous hairs, succeeded by a tuft of shorter fuscous hairs, and 
bounded posteriorly by a high ridge of pale grey hairs“. Markings rather weak. Stradbroke Island, Queens¬ 
land, November and December. 
didymochroa. N. didymochroa Lower perhaps belongs to this section, but was only described from the $. Lines com¬ 
plete, black, the antemedian indistinct, the postmedian fine, with a characteristic sharp angulation near costa; 
ground colour pale ashy-grey proximally and distally, pale yellowish in central area. Duaringa, Queensland, 
in August. 
D. Section: both wings o f t u f t e d beneath, venation contorted, h i n d t i b i a o f $ w i t h 
hair-pencil. 
ursaria. N. ursaria Guen. (= oxyptera Lower ) (1 e). Larger and paler than buffalaria, especially in the <$-, apex 
of forewing more falcate. The $ further distinguished by the hair in the distal part of the cell of fore wing 
beneath, culminating in a riclge posteriorly, and by the distortion of the veins behind the cell, especially 
the second median, which is angularly bent. New South Wales and Queensland. 
11. Genus: Antasia Warr. 
Nearly related to Nearcha, differing in having the costal vein of the forewing connected by a short- 
bar with the anastomosed portion of the first two subcostals and in having the $ antennal pectinations 
rudimentary, surmounted by fascicles of long cilia. Underside of hindwing not tufted. 
flavicapitata. A. flavicapitata Guen. (= capitata Walk., mundiferaria Walk.) (If). Rather variable but easy to re¬ 
cognize. The contrast between the dark thorax and light yellowish crown always striking; the yellow-whitish 
lines distinct, generally finely edged with dark ferruginous on their reverse sides; distal area always paler 
(in dark specimens very strikingly so) in the terminal than in the proximal part. $ smaller and darker than $. 
South Australia and Tasmania to New South Wales, common in October. 
