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ARGINA; CALLIMORPHA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
tigrinus. L. tigrinus Hmps. resembles certain Cidciria or Abraxas-, on a white ground the forewing exhibits 
dark, tapering wedge-shaped stripes along the distal margin and proximal margin, parallel with both and before 
and behind the cell-end stripe. Hindwing with a dark cell-spot, dark marginal spots and a dark antemarginal 
band. At the proximal angle the forewing is yellow. Size about that of Argina cribraria (26 d). 
4. Genus: Argina Hbn. 
This genus already showing alliances to the Callimorphinae is also recently sometimes omitted from 
the Arctiidae. Larva, pupa, web, imago, its habits, protective glands etc., however, are entirely Arctioid, so 
that we have already dealt with the genus in Vol. II, p. 74 under the palearctic Arctiids, to which we refer 
herewith; we merely recall the principal mark, the lace-like appendage at the anal angle of the male hindwing. 
argus. A. argus Roll. (26 e) is distributed over the whole of India, from the palearctic frontier to Ceylon 
and Burma, and has been dealt with at large in Vol. II, p. 74; compare also what has been stated thereabout 
the larva and pupa. Common. 
syringa. A. syritlga Cr. (= crotalariae F .) differs from argus by the head, thorax and forewing being light 
pinkish-brown, paler than in argus-, the spots are larger and more distinct, those of the forewings are situate 
on cloudy, brown bands. Abdomen and hindwings crimson. — Larva violettish-grey with dispersed small 
hairs; across the dorsum extend black transverse bands, and in the sides there are black spots; head red. — 
Pupa in a light web. In the whole of India and Ceylon, besides in North Australia. Not rare. 
cribraria. A. cribraria Cl. (26 d) is paler or darker yellow, on the forewing numerous dark punctiform spots with 
light marginings, sometimes in different places arranged into chains, also the hindwing with black spots. — 
dulcis. In the form dulcis Wkr. (26 d) the thorax and forewing are quite pale, almost white; — in pylotis F., on the 
pyJotis. contrary, the ground-colour is a very deep yolk-colour or orange-yellow, and also the black spots of the forewing 
guttata, are encircled by yellow. — In guttata Rmb. (= notata Btlr., astraea Drury ) the black spots are very much 
pardalina. thickened. — pardalina Wkr. described from Cambodja, but distributed also elsewhere in India, is light yellow, 
the dark spots are situate in bone-coloured rings united to bands. — Whereas the common cribraria is distributed 
in Ceylon, I took at a place near Kandy a form exhibiting instead of the encircled black spots of the forewing 
grey guttiform spots, whilst the ground of the forewing is liued reddish, thus contrasting with the orange hind- 
perforata. wing; I denominate this form perforata ab. nov. (26 e). — The larva is similar to that of A. argus, but in its 
grown-up state it has not the yellow dorsal stripe as argus, but a distinct double lateral stripe instead. Pectoral 
feet are black, ventral feet purple, marked white; the head coloured the same. It lives on low plants throughout 
the year and changes in a light web into a dull yellowish-brown pupa covered with longitudinal rows of black 
punctiform spots. The imago is very common; on being chased up it also flies in day-time on lawns and roads 
studded with verdure, in plantations, gardens etc. It has a whizzing flight and mostly only flies for some feet. 
The African A. amanda Bsd., although both are reported to occur beside each other in Madagascar, is surely 
only the African representative of this species. 
VI. Subfamily: Callimorphinae. 
To what I have said in Vol. II, p. 100, about this group which is very differently looked upon by the 
authors, I may only add that one representative of this group attains an enormous size in the Indian fauna; 
being the largest Arctiid known at any rate. The group has lately been several times eliminated altogether 
from the Arctiids. But since also the scent of the animals and particularly the nature of the secretion of the 
neck-glands entirely agrees with the genuine Arctiinae, I take them to be rather closely allied to them. Another 
proof of the uncertainty of the separation is the fact that Nicaea longipennis introducing the Callimorphinae 
in Vol. II has been placed to the genuine Arctiinae by Rothschild and dealt with on p. 236. 
1. Genus : C^illimorpliit Latr. 
Referring to my statements on p. 101 of Vol. II, I add that the Indian members of this genus mostly" 
are less coloured, but much larger than the palearctic representatives. The genus only occurs in Continental 
India, not in Ceylon; species having been found in the Malayan region are probably wrongly placed here. 
principalis. C. principalis Roll. (= flavicolor Moore). (Vol. II, t. 18 g). The Indian form is larger and of a deeper 
colouring than the palearctic representatives ( fedtschenkoi, regalis). Body red, marked black; forewing dark 
greyish-brown, with a metallic lustre, spotted in a white bone-colour, hindwing of a bright yellow with black 
spots and black neuration. —- The larva on each ring shows 3 tubercles with bristly hair-tufts; it is blackish- 
brown and has an orange and y^ellow dorsal stripe spotted white between the indentations and whitish 
subdorsal lines. Legs yellow; above them a lateral band formed of white striae; on low plants. This species 
