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leucanioides. A. leucanioides Moore (28 f). Differs from atkinsoni in having no pink suffusion along costal and ter¬ 
minal areas, the termen being yellowish. Found at Kutch in the extreme West of India, also at Mhow, Bombay, 
and Goot.y and the Nilgiri Hills, Madras; mainly a South Indian insect. 
pallida. A. pallida Moore (28 f, g). Differs from the preceding in being smaller, paler, and greyer. Found only 
in Ceylon. 
stigmatica. A. stigmatica spec. nov. (28g). Like leucanioides, but with the outer line and the two stigmata strongly 
marked, the underside of forewing with a strong black cell spot. A south Indian species, occurring in the Nil¬ 
giri Hills, Belgaum, and Travancore. 
dulcis. A. dulcis Moore (28g). Forewing golden yellow; the costal edge narrowly white, underlined with fus¬ 
cous; broad deep pink streaks along costal and inner marginal areas; the inner margin fuscous; the termen 
and fringe pink; hindwing ochreous, the veins and terminal area fuscous. Found in N. India, Sikkim, and 
the Khasia Hills, Assam. 
pur gala. A. purgata spec. nov. (28 g). Like A. dulcis Moore from India, but the pink streak along inner margin 
narrower and quite pure, without any admixture of fuscous; the costa pure white, without fuscous under¬ 
line. N. Queensland, Australia, and the Tenimber Ids. 
marginalis. A. marginalis Walk. (= delicia Fldr., marginata M oore) (28g). Forewing ochreous; the costal edge white; 
some pale pink suffusion cn costal and inner marginal areas; an obscure outer series of dark points, curved from 
costa to vein 4, then oblique, sometimes obsolete; fringe pink with the tips white; hindwing pale ochreous, 
the terminal area generally tinged with fuscous. Occurs in the Punjab, Sikkim, and Bengal, N. India; in Madras, 
S. India; Siam, and the island of Amboina. 
similis. A. siniilis Moore. Smaller and with narrower wings than marginalis ; the pink marginal areas less 
definite. The type from Calcutta, but occurs apparently more widely and commonly than marginalis. 
straminea. A. straminea Hmps. (28h). Forewing pale straw yellow; the costal edge white; slight pale streaks are 
seen in and beyond the cell, and below the cell and vein 3; an outer series of dark vein dots, curved from costa 
to vein 4, then oblique to. submedian fold; indistinct dark points in and beyond cell; hindwing whitish, 
towards termen showing straw coloured suffusion. The insect, which was described from S. Africa, is also re¬ 
corded from Deesa, Bombay. It hardly seems to differ from the preceding. 
9. Genus : UJTieragrotls Hmps. 
Tongue small; frons with truncate conical corneous prominence with raised rim and a curved corneous 
plate below it; palpi obliquely porrect, short, the second segment fringed with hair below; antennae of 
ciliated; thorax and abdomen without crests; fore tibiae short and broad, spined at sides, with two long curved 
claws on inner side at extremity and one or more short claws on outer side; mid. and hind tibiae spined. Type 
M. axylides Hmps. All but the type species come from S. Africa. 
axylides. M. axylides Hmps. Forewing greyish ochreous suffused with purplish brown; the veins showing 
blackish; two fine pale streaks in base of cell; inner and outer lines double, but indistinct; the inner strongly 
angled inwards; the outer dentate, the teeth forming black and white vein points; orbicular and reniform 
stigmata small, with blackish centres and pale annuli edged with black; the orbicular round; the cell and area 
above it obscured by a fuscous cloud; hindwing yellowish white, the costa and. termen slightly brownish. Re¬ 
corded from the Punjab and Sind, N. India. 
