sericatus. 
ocellatus. 
marcidus. 
hyalinatus. 
byrsa. 
aurilegulus. 
labyrinthi¬ 
cus. 
swainsoni. 
leucochiton. 
834 ABANTIADES. By R. Pfitzner f and M. Gaede. 
fulvomarginatus and aphenges the lamellae are narrow, and the scheme of markings in these two species, 
similar to the Porina- species, differs also from the rest of the genus. Type of genus: hyalinatus H.-Schdff. 
A. sericatus Tind. This and the following species are small, sericatus -<$ is besides recognizable by the 
purely white hindwing. Thorax grey, abdomen whitish. Forewing grey with a few black scrolls. A white 
radial band from the base to the cell-end. The submarginal band from the apex to vein 2 is rather straight 
and not quite so irregularly defined as the radial line. Black and golden yellow circular spots penetrate into 
both the bands. Hindwing with white hair at the base. $ 55—60 mm. West Australia. 
A. ocellatus Tind. (100 c). The £ differs from sericatus in the hindwing not being purely white but 
creamy white with a somewhat grey margin. Thorax grey, abdomen pinkish-white above. Forewing light 
brown with a silvery white marking. The radial band is bent up to the costal margin behind the cell; several 
black spots at its distal and lower edge. The submarginal band is more uniformly edged with black than in 
sericatus. Base of hinclwing with pale pink hair. The $ is larger, the marking on the forewing less distinct. 
Abdomen and hindwing greyish-brown. 62—100 mm. West Australia. 
A. marcidus Tind. Body grey, forewing brownish-black, with numerous greyish-white scrolled lines 
which are almost more extensive than the ground-colour. The irregular silvery white radial band is inter¬ 
rupted for about 3 mm in the middle. The submarginal band extends downward to about vein 4, then follows 
another spot at vein 3. The radial band has a projection at vein 6, but it does not reach the other band. 
A few light spots before the margin between the veins. The whole marking is finely edged with black. Hind¬ 
wing grey, densely haired at the base. The bands of the $ are rather faded, only marked by grey dusting. 
100—170 mm. South Australia, Victoria. Pupa, 80 mm long, lying in a spun-out channel 60—78 cm deep 
in the soil. The larvae, pupae, and lepidoptera of this species are eaten by the natives who call the lepi- 
doptera “kunku”, the scientific name was only given to them now. 
A. hyalinatus H.-Schdff. (= diaphanus H.-Schdff ., ingens Wkr.) (97 d, 78 a ingens). The $ is yellowish 
ochreous on the body and wings, only the bases of the abdomen and hind wings exhibit a pinkish tint. The 
white radial band is also interrupted, it begins at a greater distance from the base of the wing, and its 
exterior part is much more slanting. The submarginal band is narrow. The $ (= ingens Wkr., pi. 78 a) cor¬ 
responds with the G in the ground-colour, but the marking is absent, the usual scrolled lines are very rarely 
met with, but its size varies much (130—175 mm). The $ is more variable and different names were given. 
In imperialis Olliff the ground-colour is brick-red, in hrunneus Tind. it is dark brown. In both cases the 
white bands are normal. In erythrinus Wkr. the band-marking is absent, the ground-colour may vary from 
brownish ochre to brick-red. 100— 175 mm. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 
A. byrsa Pf. sp. n. (75 e) was described by Pfitzner as a form of hyalinatus : all the wings, especially 
the hind wings, from buff to reddish ochre. Fore wing with a distinct silvery white stripe in the apex and 
rows of brown spots instead of the labyrinthic marking. From New South Wales. (Judging from the figure, 
the form may rather belong to labyrinthicus Don. than to hyalinatus , as its $ exhibits no other light spots. 
Gaede.) 
A. aurilegulus Tind. By the pale brown colour of the body and wings it resembles hyalinatus and 
barcas (75 d). The two bands are shaped as in Tr. argentata (= labyrinthicus, 75 a), especially the submarginal 
band is also thickened in the middle. 95 mm, from the West Australian gold-fields. 
f 
A. labyrinthicus Don. (= argenteus Don., diversata Luc.) (75 c as hyalinatus $). Body greyish-brown. 
Forewing dark brown, margins greyish-white, with numerous undulate brown lines. The silvery white radial and 
submarginal bands similar as in Tr. argentata (pi. 75 a as labyrinthica) , but the antennae form a sure mark 
of distinction. Hindwing greyish-brown, veins brownish ochre. body brownish ochre, forewing pale brown. 
The silvery white bands of the <$ are faded here, brownish-ochre. The undulate lines as in the <$. In the $ of 
argenteus Don. the bands will be still somewhat white, but shortened, while in diversata Luc. they are 
narrow and long. In the $ the bands are more intensely edged with dark, the radial band is divided into 3 
parts by these marginal lines, tasmaniae Wkr. differs scarcely from labyrinthicus. The only denomination 
that may be justified is: swairasoni Scott in which the radial band is interrupted at about the base of vein 
3 in both sexes. The remaining exterior part is distally widened and prolonged until it meets the sub¬ 
marginal band. 
A. leucochiton Pf. sp. n. (75 a). Thorax and end of abdomen blackish-brown. Antennae strongly pectin¬ 
ated. Forewing dull light brown, dusted ash-grey as far as the distal and inner margins. The veined marks 
are finely surrounded with white. Silvery bands very strong, glossy, dividing the whole length of the wing 
as far as into the apex, as in the following magnificus, but more interrupted in the middle, bipartite. Chiefly 
distinguished from all the other forms of Abantiades by the milky white colour of the hindwing which shows 
only a slight grey tint at the costal margin. The larger half of the abdomen is also white. $: radial band 
