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thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, without crests; tibiae smooth, the spurs long; forewing long and 
narrow; the apex rounded; the termen smooth, obliquely curved; vein 5 from above lower, vein 6 from 
below upper, angle of cell; 7 from the angle; 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked; hindwing with 6, 7 stalked; 5 
weak and obsolescent from middle of discocellular. Type A. per striata Hmps. 
A. perstriata Hmps. Forewing whitish with black dusting, partly tinged with redbrown; costal ycrstriata. 
edge towards base black; inner and median lines denoted by black costal dots; a black dot in cell 
at middle, and a black cliscal bar at end; a black linear streak in outer half of cell, continued to 
a subterminal black dot; outer line very faint, edged outwardly with whitish, bent on vein 4; sub¬ 
terminal line ecpially obscure, pale between dark shades, except at apex; a row of black dots along 
termen; hindwing white, dusted with brown; a dark bar close to base and a black cellspot; outer 
band bright rufous, angled on subcostal; subterminal line white, defined on each side by fuscous, with 
patches of black scales on costa. Ceylon. 
2. Genus: Araeopteron Hmps. 
Tongue fully developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment well scal¬ 
ed, the third short, pointed; antennae of with the segments triangular, the basal segment with 
short tuft of scales; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, without crests; tibiae smooth, the spurs 
long; forewing narrow, the apex blunt, the termen evenly curved; veins 3, 4 stalked, 5 from close 
above lower angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7 stalked with 8, 9, 10, 11; hindwing with veins 
3, 4 stalked as well as 6, 7; 5 strong from middle of discocellular. Type A. pictale Hmps. 
A. fasciale Hmps. (22 g). Forewing whitish, washed with reclbrown; costal area white to outer fasciale. 
line, thence below costa to apex; outer line brown outwardly white edged, inwardly oblique below the 
subcostal angle; subterminal white, angled outwards to termen at veins 7 and 4, and inwards on cell 
fold; hindwing whitish with redbrown dusting and suffusion; subbasal, median, and outer lines dark; 
the median diffuse from below costa; the outer edged outwardly with white; subterminal line whitish, 
indistinct. Described from a single $ from Ceylon. 
A. nivalis Hmps. (22 g). Forewing white, faintly dusted with rufous; inner line indistinct; an- nivalis. 
gled inwards in cell and oblicpie below it, rufous, with a black dot on costa; outer line from below 
costa, indistinct, rufous and waved; subterminal line obscure, white, with brown marks beyond it at 
apex and beyond cell; cellspot black with a black spot on costa above it ; hindwing white with slight rufous 
flush; a diffuse brown median band, with black spots at costa, discal fold, and inner margin; outer 
line brown. Like the last described from a single $ from Ceylon. 
A. micraeola Meyr. (= calliscia Trnr.) (22 g). Forewing white; costa towards base brown; inner micraeola. 
line slight, brown, oblique, angled outwards above and below middle; outer line brown, excurved 
from below costa to vein 4, indented on submedian fold, and again excurved; outer half of median area 
brown; cell mark an oblique black bar; subterminal line defined below costa by a brown mark before 
it and a triangular patch beyond it below apex ending on termen at vein 3; a large patch on termen above 
tornus; terminal points black with rufous between them; hindwing white, with diffuse black inner and 
median bands from below costa; outer line sinuous, black, with some brown before it on costa; subterminal white 
with brown suffusion on each side; terminal line redbrown with black scales on it. Brisbane, Queensland. 
A. proleuca Hmps. (22 g). Forewing white, with rufous and brown suffusion; a fulvous patch yroleuca. 
on costa near base; inner line fulvous, minutely waved and inwardly oblique; median area pale brown 
except towards costa; a black lunule at upper end of cell, the costa above it with a black dot and 
fulvous cloud; outer line brown, excurved above to vein 4, indented in submedian interval, and again 
excurved to inner margin; subterminal line whitish, with fulvous suffusion before it, and brown patches 
beyond it; hindwing whitish suffused with fulvous; a dark inner line; a red bar on discocellular with black 
scales on it; outer line sinuous, black with a whitish band beyond it; subterminal line also sinuous, 
whitish; terminal line dark. Calcutta, Bengal and Ceylon. 
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