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A. postbicolor Rothsch. very closely allied to mediofascia, but at once discernible by the hindwings postbicolor. 
and abdomen. Antennae light brown; head and thorax dirty rosy-red; abdomen black, the basal segments 
and the anal tuft rosy. Forewings rosy-red; a subbasal spot, some small spots an the base, a transverse band in 
the middle, a spot behind it, a zigzag-band in the posterior discal part, and the border sooty black. Hindwing 
sooty black with a rosy-red base. Length of forewings: 10 mm. Dili in Timor, May. 
A. mediofascia Rothsch. $ with light brown antennae, head and thorax light pink watered with yellow; mediofas- 
abdomenbuff. Forewing light pink, towards the margins watered with yellow; near the base some small spots, CHI - 
a band in the middle, a stigma behind it, an oblique antemarginal zigzag-line from the costa to the margin at 
vein 2 and a dotted marginal line slate-coloured black. Hindwings semi-transparent light pink. The $ differs by 
being more intensely suffused with a light yellow, the subterminal line being replaced by small dots. Length of 
forewings: 9 mm. Tambora in Sumbawa, June; Bali in March and April. — The form intensa Rothsch. is in in ten? a. 
the $ much larger and of a deeper and purer pink, all the markings much broader; the marginal row of 
small dots is replaced by a transverse line. Length of forewings: lR/o mm. From Sabit in Lombok, 2000 m, in 
April; discovered by Fruhstorfer. 
A. eos Hmps. (17 i) has orange-red forewings tinted carmine, with a broad, oblique, blackish-brown cos. 
median band; before it and before the margin some dots; the posterior transverse line is absent. -—• Java. — 
The larva is yellowish with dense hair-tufts, which are black on the 4th and 5th segments; laterally there 
are long white hairs; it pupates in a yellow cocoon; the imago is yielded after 6 days. 
A. leopardina Rothsch. antennae black, head and thorax orange, spotted black; abdomen dull leopardina. 
orange with black transverse spots. Forewings deep orange; fringes, the apical two thirds of the costa, the 
proximal half of the basal third of the costa black; two small spots near the base, an antemedian band 
being interrupted on the median, a median band, a spot behind this band, a postmedian zigzag-band and an 
antemarginal row of spots are black. Hindwings light orange-crimson, bordered with black. <$ similar, but 
smaller. Length of forewings: 8, $ 10 mm. Toli-Toli in North Celebes, November till December, discovered 
by Fruhstorfer. — subsp. postvitreata Rothsch. differs from the typical form by the forewings being of a posivltrea- 
much brighter and browner orange, the abdomen being above black like the anal tuft, whilst the hyaline fore- to¬ 
wing exhibits a sooty black marginal band and an orange-yellow costa. Bonthain Peak in South Celebes 
(H. Fruhstorfer). 
A. peloa Sivinh. is somewhat larger than eos and distinguished by a very oblique, sharply dentated peloa. 
median line rising near the apex and extending to the middle of the proximal margin; besides, the oclneous-yellow 
forewing, the first costal-marginal third of which is black, exiiibits a distally bent, anterior transverse line 
with some small black spots on its proximal side, and some black submarginal spots; proximally to the median 
line,' below the costal margin two black dots. Hindwings pale yellow. -— Sumatra. 
A. cylletona Sivinh. (= geodetis Meyr.) (17 i) is recognizable by the deep orange forewing, the costal cylleiona . 
margin of which is towards the apex black like the distal margin; besides there is one black punctiform spot 
each before the middle and at the cell-encl. — Burma. 
A. marginata Rothsch. <J: antennae black, combed; head orange, vertex with a large, black spot, marginata. 
Thorax black, tegulae broadly bordered with orange; abdomen black, the sides mixed with orange scales. The 
forewing has the basal three fourths orange-red, tne apical fourth black, the apical half of the costa, 4 spots 
near the base and a zigzig-band in the middle black. The $ is larger with filiform antennae, the whole costa 
black, the median band broader. Length of forewings: S 10,5, ^ 13 mm. — Suer-Mefor in New Guinea, June 
and July. 
A. infumata Fldr. (= pallida Moore) (Vol. II, 11 g) is a small species distributed in the Himalaya infumata. 
and extending as far as Kashmir. Tlie forewings are orange, distally bordered with a brownish tint, with 2 
similar dots as in the preceding species, and another, antemarginal row of dots. Hindwings blackish-brown, 
at the proximal margin and fringes orange. -—- In f. postica Moore the hindwings are orange with a black median postica. 
dot. — subsp. rufotincta differs from the typical form by the yellowish-red orange forewings and the much rufotincta. 
blacker hindwings. Tne $ has darker orange forewings. — Khada Hills, in July. 
A. discisigna Moore (= aurantiaca Moore, fuscifusa Hmps., fuscifera Swinh.) (17 k) is larger than discisigna. 
infumata, of a deeper orange; the antemarginal row of dots is incomplete, only 4 being present. Hindwing 
orange with an irregular black border. — In depuncta form. nov. {= ab. 1 Hmps.) the punctiform spots are more depuncta , 
or less obsolete. — Assam, Labuan, Borneo. 
A. solita Wlcr. is of a paler orange-yellow than the preceding, with three complete transverse rows solita. 
of dots on the forewing and a discal dot; the middle row is flawed on the median; on the border there are likewise 
black dots. — In f. punctilinea Moore the rows of dots are more or less extinct. — Known from Ceylon. punctilinea. 
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