ANTHELA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
parva. 
guttijascia. 
fcrruginosa. 
walker i. 
reducta. 
denticulata. 
undulata. 
rubescens. 
addita. 
minuta. 
censors. 
pi ni/uis. 
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are rather far away from the first, but not so far as from the third; the third is nearer to the second than 
to the fourth. — Vid. the review on p. 364. 
A. .J. Turner divides the species of Anthela into three groups: 
a) Vein 8 of hindwing not connected with the cell: symphona Trnr., ferruginosa Wlcr., parva Wh\. 
heliopa Low., ocellata Wlcr., nicothoe Bsd., repleta Wlcr., .denticulata Newm., neurospasta Trnr. 
b) Vein 8 of the hindwing is sometimes connected with the cell by a cross-vein: guenei Newm. 
c.) Vein 8 of the hindwing is connected with the cell by a cross-vein: rubicunda Swh., phoenicias Trnr.. 
pudica Swh.. unijormis Swh., aspilota Trnr., asciscens Luc., magnified Luc., acuta Whr., excisa Wlcr. 
consors Wlcr., canescens Wlcr., achromata Trnr. 
A. parva Wlcr. (46 b). <$ reddish fawn-coloured. Antennae light brownish-yellow with brown pectina¬ 
tions. All the wings beneath and the forewing above with a small blackish discal spot. Palpi slightly projecting 
beyond the head. The abdomen of the $ reaches to - ■> of the length of the hindwing. Forewing at the apex 
feebly pointed. Anal angle of hindwing almost rectangular. Expanse of wings: 24% to 28% mm. — Sometimes 
the forewing shows a black macular band and single black discal spots, whilst the hindwing has but one black 
spot: f. guttifascia form. nov. — Tasmania. South-East Australia. Victoria, Sydney. Probably closely allied 
with the following species. 
A. ferruginosa Wlcr. B light ferruginous-reddish, the head, prothorax and chest darker. Antennae 
brownish-yellow. Wings with a small black discal spot which is the most distinct beneath, and with a series 
of black submarginal spots. Expanse of wings: 32 % mm. — Another form has more distinct spots on the wings, 
and each wing shows 2 or 3 extra spots (f. walkeri form. nov.). — Tasmania; South-East Australia (Sydney). 
A, reducta Wlcr. <§ brown, beneath lighter. Antennae with reddish-yellow pectinations. Forewing 
with two longitudinally arranged black spots, each of which encloses two yellow punctiform spots; beyond 
the second spot there is a series of dark brown spots and another similar one along the distal margin; beneath 
there is a single black spot. Hindwing lighter than forewing with a discal black spot. Expanse of wings: 
30% mm. Australia. 
A. denticulata Newm. (= basigera Wlcr.). $ dark brown. Forewing with five oblique transverse 
lines composed of silvery grey moon-spots, the discal line of which is submarginal. Hindwing silvery grey, 
with three dark transverse lines, the first of which is undulate, the second and third being dentate. Expanse 
of wings: 41 mm. Adelaide, Melbourne. • — undulata Fldr. (57 a) has only 4 transverse lines in the forewing 
and 2 silvery grey discal spots which may also be present in the type. 
A. rubescens Wlcr. 3 red. Antennae whitish with black pectinations. Wings short and broad. Forewing 
at the apex somewhat roundish, the distal margin hardly oblique, anteriorly somewhat stunted. Hindwing 
extending beyond the abdominal apex. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. Australia. 
A. addita Wlcr. 3- Light fawn-coloured. Head and chest reddish-ochreous. Palpi yellow. Antennae 
whitish with brown pectinations. Prothorax and the costal margin of the forewing ochreous. Wings finely 
speckled with brown, with a distal brown oblique line and brown submarginal spots. Forewing pointed with 
a brown discal spot and a somewhat oblique and convex distal margin. Expanse of wings: 37 mm. Tasmania. 
A. minuta Swh. 3 reddish fawn-coloured. Antennal shaft light, with brownish pectinations. Body 1 
darker than the wings which are darkest at the bases. Forewing with a small brown discocellular spot and 
an extinct light brown transverse line. Hindwing with a brownish discocellular spot, but otherwise uni-coloured. 
Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Australia (New South Wales). 
A. consors Wlcr. (36 e) [published as censors, which is probably a misprint], 3 ochreous; head with 
a black band before the antennae. Palpi blackish, short and obtuse. Antennae black, above speckled white. 
\Vings short and broad, with a black zigzag line near the base and a black, slightly dentate distal line extending 
from % of the length of the costal margin of the forewing to somewhat outside the centre of the hindmargin 
of the hindwing and being distally accompanied by a line of black dots. Forewing at the apex somewhat rounded 
off, witli two white, black-edged discal spots and a blackish costal margin. Hindwing extending beyond the 
anal angle, beneath with two spots as in the forewing. Expanse of wings: 61 mm. Distinguished from A. corl- 
■spersa (p. 368) by the dentate distal line on the wings. •— Pupa and cocoon described in: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 
Hist. 5 p. Ill (1891) by W. Beutenmuller. South Australia, South-East Australia. 
A. pinguis Wlcr. $ yellow. Thorax with a broad faded fawn-coloured band. Wings in the basal areas 
fawn-coloured, this area being bordered by a purple brown, partly double zigzag line; a distal, oblique, purple 
brown, distally dentate band, enclosing a yellow line, is in the forewing only present at the hind-margin as 
