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connected below the subcostal vein and on vein 1 by transverse streaks; a postmedian, transverse, black zigzag¬ 
line sends black lines along the veins to the border, being connected at the curve by an oblique transverse streak. 
The spaces between the veins are crimson, on oblique, triangular spot suffused with black extends from the 
anal angle to the middle of the median. Hindwings buff. Length of forewings: 16 mm. Ninai Valley in the 
central Arvak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea; at an altitude of 3500 ft., November till June. 
basiteasela- A. basitesselata Rothsch. In both sexes the head, antennae, and thorax are orange-buff, the abdomen 
ta - faintly lighter. Forewings bright orange-buff; two antemedian zigzag-lines, connected by a transverse spot 
below the subcostal, are aniline-brown, which creates a checkered appearance. A very broad, irregular, post- 
median, aniline-brown band encloses a series of small, orange-buff spots. Hindwings buff. Length of forewings: 
17 mm. Kumusi-River in British New Guinea; August, September. 
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quadrilinea- A. quadrilineata Pag. (= melitaula Meyr., simulans Btlr.) (JAe). The synonymy of this species 
ia - has not yet been sufficiently cleared up; Pagenstecher unites it with placens Walk, and intrita Swinh., thus 
with our reticulata Fldr. mentioned above. According to Hampson, we have reproduced the figure given there, 
which is presumably made according to Butler’s type of simulans. Pagenstecher describes his species: 
forewings with red spots and macular bands, as well as larger, yellowish spots between which there are blackish- 
brown bands. Hindwings yellow, distal margin reddish, at the apex narrowly margined with dark. — From 
the Bismarck Archipelago and Australia. 
euprepioi- A. euprepioides Wkr. (— inclusa Snell.) (17 f) has black forewings with numerous yellow spots and 
rfes - a postmedian row of dots. — Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. — In subsp. interserta Moore (17 e) from 
mlciscifa. aiK ] Burma the yellow colour is so much increased that there remain only narrow black transverse 
and longitudinal lines. 
trizonata. A. trizonata Rothsch. In the the antennae are light brown, strongly combed; head and thorax dark 
buff. Abdomen greyish buff with a buff anal tuft. Forewings dark buff, before and in the middle a transverse 
band, connected by a transverse spot above vein 1 of a chocolate-colour like the small discocellular spot. A 
postmedian transverse band with three lateral continuations towards the border and apex, enclosing a median 
row of small buff spots and connected with the median band at the proximal margin, is dull chocolate-brown. 
Hindwings buff with two small, greyish marginal spots; length of forewings: 12 mm. Gross Key. 
nigriciliata. A. nigriciliata Hmps. (17 g) has orange-yellowish forewings tinted carmine. The anterior transverse 
line is connected with the median line in the cell; the posterior transverse line rising at the costa from the same 
place as the median line, encircles in a large bow a black discal dot. Behind it a line sending three long teeth 
to the border into the apex, on the upper and lower radial veins. — Sangir. 
structa. A. structa Wkr. (17 g). Orange-yellow, tinted scarlet, with 3 fine, dentate transverse lines and a faded 
antemarginal band, behind which there are black vein-streaks. Hindwing orange with a broad, black marginal 
band. — New South Wales. 
punctata. A. punctata Rothsch. (J antennae yellowish-red, head light orange, thorax light orange, on the patagia 
a small black dot; abdomen light orange. Forewing light orange; basal half with a number of small black spots, 
the distal half with a dense, serpentine zigzag-line on the band, and an antemarginal series of small black spots. 
On the hindwing the two basal thirds are light orange, the distal third is black. Length of forewings: 11 % mm. 
Khasi-Hills in Asam, April. 
ruenca. A. ruenca Swinh. Forewing yellow; the anterior transverse line is distally angled in the cell and is 
here connected with the proximally flawed median line; the posterior transverse line rises at the costal margin 
from the same place as the median line, forms a large bow distally and is united again with the median line 
at the proximal margin; behind it there are dark vein-streaks which are longer on the upper and lower radial 
veins; fringes black. Hindwings pale yellow. — Sula. -— Smaller than distrihuta Wkr. (17 m) to which it is 
otherwise allied. 
toxodes. A. toxodes Hmps. is larger than ruenca which it otherwise resembles very much. Fore wings pale 
ochreous-yellow: costal margin at the base and apex blackish; in the cell there is a black basal dot; the anterior 
transverse line is strongly curved; the median line is proximally angled in the cell; the posterior transverse 
line forms a large bow, rising at the costal and proximal margins in the same places as the median line; an ante- 
marginal, irregular, dentate line. Hindwings diaphanous ochreous-yellow. -—- Andamans. 
conjuncta- A. conjunctana Wkr. (= tesselata Btlr., eschara Swinh.) somewhat resembles toxodes, but it differs by 
na. tPg median line being united with the posterior transverse line at the lower cell-end. 20 mm. — Sikkim, Assam. 
