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and 8 from the middle of the cell. $ with more or less stunted wings. About 20 to 25 forms, only one occurring 
in our district. — As to the numerous palearctic species vide Vol. II, p. 76 to 78 and t. 14 a to e and t. 16 a. 
0. postflavida Hmps. (19 a). $ blackish-brown; antennae whitish; head and thorax mixed with greyish; postflavida. 
abdomen with yellowish rings. The forewings exhibit curved whitish lines and dots. Hindwing yellow, speckled 
with fine black scales, a discal dot and the broad distal margin black. Length of forewing: 12 to 14 mm. Skoro 
La, Cashmir. 
5. Genus; Arc! Ices Wkr. 
Proboscis stunted; palpi porrect, extending just beyond the top of the head, and with long-haired fringes 
beneath; $ antennae with strong double combs, those of the $ feebly dentate; head, thorax and abdomen covered 
with long hair; eyes thinly haired. In the forewing veins 3 and 5 rise close before the lower cell-angle, 6 from 
the upper cell-angle, 7, 8, 9, 10 are petioled, 11 is separate. In the hindwing the veins 3 and 5 rise close 
at the lower cell-angle, 6 and 7 from the upper angle or they are faintly petioled, 8 from the middle of the 
cell. 2 Australian species, one with two local forms. 
A. curvata Don. ( — fuscinula Dbl., vittata Moschl., brisbanensis Luc., quinquefasciata Luc.) is very curvata. 
variable. Pale ochreous-yellow, hued brownish; antennae, palpi and sides of the head black; thorax with black 
stripes; legs black and ochreous-yellow, upper femora dark red; abdomen above red with short black transverse 
bands, beneath ochreous-yellow. Forewings ochreous-yellow with black longitudinal stripes and spots. Hind- 
wing orange-yellow, with a crimson hue on it, a large discal spot and a broad, submarginal band black; this 
band is frequently broken up into spots. — In ab. nigriceps Btlr. the black stripes and spots are flown together nigriceps. 
into strong bands, so that the ochreous-yellow colour of the forewing is confined to the margin and some 
narrow discal bands and lines. — ab. notatum Btlr. is still more darkened and has an entirely black head and notatum. 
thorax. -— ab. nexa Btlr. (20 a) is like the preceding form, but the head, collar and fringes as well as a nexa. 
much broader submarginal band are ochreous-yellow. — ab. lacteatum Btlr. (20 a) has the black markings lactealum. 
very much reduced and a much lighter ground-colour. It inhabits most parts of the northern half of Australia. 
— vigens Btlr. (20 a) is much smaller and has a black thorax, the forewing black with a yellowish, curved, vigens. 
black transverse line, a yellow basal streak, a yellow, small cell-spot and yellow fringes. The hindwing with 
a broad, black submarginal band occupying two fifths of the wing; length of forewing in curvata curvata 18 to 
20 mm, in c. vigens 14 to 16 mm. Tasmania. 
A. glatignyi Le Guill. {— fulvohirta Wkr., subocellatum Wkr., conferta Wkr., queenslandi Luc.) glatignyi . 1 
(20 b). White; antennae black, head and thorax white, shoulder-covers black, margined with white. Abdomen 
bright yellow with, a median and lateral row of black spots. The forewdngs are white with black bronze transverse 
rows and streaks. The hindwing is white with a discal spot and has a postdiscal, interrupted band of spots 
and a blackish-brown marginal line. — ab. pallida Dbl. (20 b) has a red abdomen, and ab. suffusa ab. nov. (20 a) pallida. 
has such extensive blackish-brown streaks and bands, that the white only appears yet as spots. Length of fore- su tf usa - 
wing: $ 24 mm, $ 28 mm. Australia and Tasmania. 
6. Genus : Maenas Hbn. 
Proboscis stunted, tiny; palpi porrect, scarcely reaching the forehead; antennae doubly combed, those 
of the <$ with long, those of the $ with short branches; head, thorax and abdomen covered with shaggy hah’; 
tibiae roughly haired, spurs short, middle spurs of the posterior tibiae absent; abdomen of the $ with a thick, 
woolly anal tuft. Vein 3 of the forewing rises near the lower cell-angle; 5 above the angle; 6 from the upper 
angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 petioled; 11 separate. Vein 3 of the hindwing rises from the lower cell-angle; 5 close above 
the angle; 6, 7 from the upper angle and 8 from the middle of the cell. About a dozen species, 4 of which 
originate from Africa; the American species brought into this genus by Hampson form a distinctly defined 
group and are dealt with as Borseba Wkr. in Vol. VI. 
M. extensa Wkr. (20 d). Head, thorax and abdomen orange-coloured yellow with black dots; antennae extensa. 
black. Forewing orange-yellow, costa black; a black, curved transverse band from the middle of the wing, 
connected with the base by longitudinal stripes at the veins and in the fold; a median, curved, black transverse 
band runs from the subcostal across the discocellular to the proximal margin and is connected with the distal 
margin by longitudinal streaks at vein 3 and 4; apex and distal margin broadly black. Hindwing orange-coloured 
yellow, the discoidal dot and margins smoky black. Length of forewing: 20 mm. Celebes. 
M. maculifascia Wkr. (= conspurcatum Wkr., parva Wkr.) (20 b). head and thorax yellowish maculifas- 
creamy, tegulae and shoulder-covers with one black median dot each; antennae brown; abdomen yellow. Fore- 
