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A. dinawa Beth.-Bak. likewise deviates very much. Head and thorax are grey, mixed with pink; the dinaim. 
abdomen is reddish ochreous-yellow, legs pink, tibiae banded grey. Forewings ochreous-yellow with a pink 
hue; the basal half, being dusted grey, exhibits in the median area 3 spots of the ground-colour, one at the 
costal margin, one in the cell, which is more or less flown together with the one at the proximal margin; the 
distal half of the costal margin and the distal margin are carmine; fringes dark grey. Hindwings yellowish 
pink, at the distal margin of a purer pink; fringes darker. — Likewise from New Guinea (Dinawa), taken in 
August. 
A. rubricosa Moore (= curvifascia Hmps.) (17 i) is orange-red with 3 usually connected transverse rubricosa. 
lines; the posterior line forms pointed teeth towards the margin on the upper and lower radials. — In f. ochracea ochracea. 
Hmps. (17 i) the ground-colour is more orange-yellowish. — The species is distributed over India and Ceylon, 
and goes into Kashmir as far as the palearctic region. 
A. roseogrisea Bothsch. $ allied to rubricosa Moore. Antennae, head and thorax yellow, suffused roseooriseo. 
with pink, a black spot at the posterior thorax; abdomen buff, the anal half darker. Forewings pink, suffused 
with yellow. A black dot at the base, a subbasal transverse band and a postmedian band, which is parted 
and becomes Y-shaped from vein 3 to the costa, are slate-coloured. Hindwings yellowish, with a light pink 
hue. The $ is lighter and more yellow. Length of forewings: 13 mm. Lower Burma. 
A. congerens Fldr. (= artocarpi Moore) (Vol. II, 11 h) is a small, yellowish-red species with 3 dark congcrcns. 
transverse bands across the forewing; the posterior one flows together with the median band below the cell. 
The $ is more yellow. — From Calcutta through Sikkim as far as the palearctic region. 
A. creatina Snell. (17 i) has yellowish forewings lined carmine; the anterior transverse line consists creatina. 
of small spots; the median line is rather straight, behind it a black discal dot; behind it on the veins short black 
streaks; on the border a black line. Hindwings yellow, tinted carmine. — Celebes, Java. 
A. floccosa Wkr. (='subcervina Wkr.) (17 h). The wings are diaphanous greyish-yellowish and are floccosa. 
similarly marked as in creatina ; the median line is broad and faded. •— From Sikkim through the whole of India 
as far as Ceylon. 
A. pallida Bothsch. antennae light yellowish-brown, combed; head and thorax light whitish cream- pallida. 
coloured; abdomen whitish-grey, tinted buff. Forewings light cream-coloured; a small spot, a costal dot at 
the base, and near the base and before the middle bands, two of which send continuations to the margin, 
of a dull brown. Hindwings milky-white. Length of forewings: 10 mm. — Doray in Dutch New Guinea, in 
June. 
A. ruptifascia limps. (17h) has pale-yellowish forewings, on which there are two black, broad transverse ruptifascia. 
lines connected on the submedian fold by a longitudinal streak; in the marginal area there is a row of black dots. 
The hindwing shows a dark median line. — Calcutta, Ceylon. 
A. ila Moore. The forewings are pale yellow; instead of the anterior transverse line a row of black ila. 
dots; a broad median band is slightly curved, behind it is a black discal dot; the posterior transverse line is 
likewise replaced by a row of dots; on the margin another row of black dots. The hindwings are paler, with 
an indistinct median line. 22—24 mm. — India, Ceylon. 
A. parallelina Hmps. (17 h) is much smaller than the preceding, more orange-red in the ground-colour, parallelina. 
more feebly marked, particularly the median line is quite narrow. — Burma. 
A. atritermina limps. (17 h). The orange-yellow forewing shows rows of black dots in the basal and atritermina. 
marginal areas; the black, rather oblique median line forms an acute angle towards the margin on the proximal- 
marginal vein. — Sangir. 
A. andamana Moore (17 h) is similar to atritermina , but much paler, yellowish-white; anterior body andamana. 
spotted black; the median line is not so oblique and does not form a flaw on the proximal-marginal vein, but 
above it bends distally. — Andamans. 
A. phantasma Hmps. Likewise allied to the preceding. Yellowish-white, anterior body unspotted; phantasma. 
base of costal margin black; at the base in the cell a black dot; an indistinct anterior transverse row of dots 
is strongly sinuate distally in the cell and often flown together into a line; the median line as in andamana , 
but indistinct; at the cell-end a black dot; behind it a transverse row of black, often extinct dots, which 
project farther towards the margin on the upper and lower radial veins; on the margin one or two black dots 
which may also be absent. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellow, at the margin somewhat darkened. — Andamans. 
