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CREATONOTUS. By Dr. W. v. Rothschild. 
negrita. 
flavimargo. 
collaris. 
cardinalis. 
reducta. 
luteomargi- 
nata. 
cosialis. 
corsina. 
gangara. 
Hneola. 
insolata. 
verse bands. Length of forewing: $ 26, $ 32 mm. India, Ceylon, Malacca, Sunda Islands, Philippines, China, 
Japan. -— negrita Swinh. (24 b) differs by its almost black wings and very much reduced yellow colour on the 
abdomen in both sexes. Khasia Hills (Assam). 
A. flavimargo Hmps. (19 i). Forehead white, hindhead carmine; antennae black; tegulae white, bor¬ 
dered with carmine; thorax white with carmine shoulder-stripes; abdomen carmine with a median row and 
two lateral rows of black dots. Forewing white, costal margin carmine, at the upper cell-end a black dot. 
Hindwing white, with a golden yellow distal margin and a black dot above veins 1 and 5. Length of fore¬ 
wing: 22 mm. Burma. 
A. collaris Hmps. (24a). Forehead white; antennae black, with a carmine base; hindhead and collar 
carmine; tegulae white, margined with carmine; thorax white, with carmine shoulder-stripes. Abdomen carmine, 
with black transverse bands. Forewing white, with black basal and discoidal dots, and two black dots on 
vein 1. Hindwing white, with a black discoidal dot and 4 black submarginal dots. Length of forewing: 20 
to 22 mm. South India. 
A. cardinalis Btlr. (24 a). <$: head white, antennae black; collar carmine; tegulae white, margined 
with carmine; thorax white, shoidder-covers with one black basal dot each; abdomen carmine, with a median 
row of black dots margined with yellow. Forewing white, costa carmine, 2 black dots at the cell-end and 
2 on vein 1. Hindwing creamy-white. The 2 has white hinclwings, with a large black discoidal spot and a 
broad, interrupted, black marginal band. Length of forewing: 31, $ 39 mm. Philippines, Celebes. — reducta 
Rothsch. (24 a) are $$ differing from typical cardinalis by a lighter carmine colour, larger black spots on the 
forewing, and by the black marginal band on the hindwing being reduced to 3 or 4 small spots; Saleyer and 
Tokan-Besi Islands. —- In luteomarginata Rothsch. (24 a) the collar, the margins of the tegulae, and the costal 
margin of the forewing are golden yellow, the hindwing purely white, with a black discoidal spot. Timor, 
Dammer, Letti Moa, and Tenimber Islands. 
A. costalis Wkr. (19 i) is like the following subspecies, but the ground-colour of all the wings is a pure 
white. Length of forewing: 24 mm. North Australia. — corsina Swinh. (24b). <$: head yellow; antennae 
black; collar reddish orange-yellow; tegulae creamy white, margined with a reddish orange-yellow; thorax 
creamy white, with black spots; abdomen yellowish pink, with black median spots. Forewing creamy white, 
costal margin reddish orange-yellow, a basal dot, a transverse row of 3 spots before the middle of the cell, 
2 discoidal spots, a curved transverse row of half-fused spots behind the cell, 3 spots behind this row, and 
the distal margin brownish-black. Hinclwing yellow, with a black distal margin and discoidal spot. North 
West Australia. 
A. gangara Swinh. (24 a). $: head yellow; antennae black; collar yellowish-red; tegulae creamy-white, 
margined with yellow; thorax creamy-yellow, with a black median line and black spots on the shoulder-covers; 
abdomen vermilion, with black transverse spots, the first segment and anal tuft creamy-yellow, costa yellowish- 
red, suffused with black, the veins broadly black. Hindwing almost smoky black with creamy-yellow diffuse 
patches and spots. Length of forewing in both sexes: 24 mm. Single specimens have the middle of the hind¬ 
wing white. Queensland. 
A. Hneola F. (= emittens Wkr., punctistriga Wkr., candidula Wkr., diminuta Wkr., strigata Wkr.., 
rubicosta Moore, flora Swinh.) (23 g) is a most variable insect. Head and thorax light pink, creamy-yellow 
or white; antennae in the $ white or yellowish pink, in the A light brown; abdomen light carmine or yellowish 
vermilion, with black transverse spots and a whitish anal segment. Forewing white, creamy-white, creamy- 
yellow, light pink or brownish-pink, either without any markings or with a more or less broad, black, median 
longitudinal band and some small, dark dots. Hindwing white or creamy-white. Length of forewing: 15 to 
20 mm. India. Comp. Vol. II, p. 90, t. 17 a. 
A, insolata Swinh. (23 g). Head and thorax creamy-white with minute black dots. Abdomen vermilion 
with a median row of black dots and a white anal segment. Wings creamy-white, with black dots scattered 
here and there. Length of forewing: 19 mm. North West India. 
9. Genus; Clreatonotus Hbn. 
Distinguished from Amsacta by the shorter palpi, the head and thorax being smoothly scaled, and 
by the veins 3, 4 and 5 on the forewing rising from the lower cell-angle. 8 to 12 forms, 6 of which are 
Indo-Astralian. As to the palearctic species of this genus and its larva vid. Vol. II, p. 90 to 91. 
C. transiens Wkr. ( vacillans Wkr., isabellina Wkr.) (Vol. II, t. 17 a). Rather variable in the tint 
transients. 
