ATHETIS. ByM. Gaede. 
Cfillirora. 
siKicJfiitd'ui. 
'))iehi no¬ 
se )iHi. 
pseud- 
(igroils. 
ch innopis. 
olhi piinrid. 
caeca. 
meJannpis. 
leucnpls. 
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st Ida. 
CO pi cola. 
Tuiipnnda. 
poliostrota. 
A. callicora Le Cerf. Forewing brownish-white. Interior line stronger, only a small black spot before 
it. The reniforra mac\ila is a faded reddish-yellow s])ot. Exterior line as in gJaucisiis. Black behind it as far 
as the greyish ochreous margin. Hindwing white. (J 26 mm. East Africa. 
A. spaelotidia BUr. (9d). Ground-coloiir brown. Interior line blackish, faded, vertical. Ring-macula 
and reniform macula absent, brd a broad median shadow present. Exterior line very dentate, rather distinct. 
Submarginal line faded. Hindwing paler. $ 32 mm. Madagascar. 
A. melanosema Hm,ps. Thorax insty brown. Forewing greyish-violet. Interior line indistinct, double, 
oblique. The ring-macula is a black dot, edged white; reniform macula similarly coloured, with a projection 
at the lower angle, a black spot above it at the costal margin. Exterior line double, filled with white. Black 
marginal lunae behind it. Hindwing co])peivbrown. $ 32 mm. Delagoa Bay. 
A. pseudagrotis Uvi.ps. Body and forewing red-Ivrown mixed with white, es^^ecially at the base. Costal 
margin and veins at the margin black. Interior line black, dentate, indistinct, ])rojecting in the submedian 
fold as far as the exterior line. Ring-macula and reniform macula edged black, close together. Exterior line 
dentate, black internerval streaks behind it. Hindwing diaphanous white. ^ 40 mm. East Africa. 
42. Genus : Atlietis Hbn. 
Proboscis normal, ]:)alpi extending to frons. Rrothorax wdth a small t\ift, abdomen tuftless. Neuration 
normal, vein 5 of hindwdng from the middle of the cross-vein. Type: jnrvula Hbn. (= lenta Tr.) from Europe. 
1. Antennae of fiuely pectinated. 
A, chionopis limps. (9d). Body and forewing blackish-browm, mixed with grey. Interior line black, 
edged grey inside. The ring-macula is a small oblong black S]mt, the reniform maciila a small l)lack spot edged 
white outside. Exterior line edged grey outside. Submarginal line faded grey, blackish inside. Hindwing white, 
brownish at the margin. 34 mm. Basuto Land. 
A. albipuncta H'nips. (9d). Forewing cop])er-brown. Interior and exterior lines scarcely traceable. A 
white dot at the cross-vein in a short black radial streak. Hindwdng lighter brown. (J 30 mm. Cape Colony. 
2. Antennae of A very finely pectinated. 
A. caeca Hmps. (9d). Forewing glossy violettish-browm. Interior line vertical, the intense coniform 
macula adjoining to it. The ring-macada and reniform macula are large blackish spots. Exterior line distinct, 
strongly bent around the reniform inacida. Ground-colour between this line and the submarginal line more 
reddish-brown. Hindwing greyish-browm. A 28 mm. Cape Colony, Natal. 
3. Antennae of the serrate. 
A. melanopis Hmps. (9d). Forewdng dark reddish-brown, wdth a violet gloss. Interior and exterior 
lines black, rather indistinct. The ring-macula is an oldong black spot; reniform macida outside with a yellow' 
spot and a black outw'ard streak. The faded light submarginal line is bordered with dark inside. Hindwdng 
brownish-white, darker at the margin. ^ 30 mm. Transvaal. 
A. leucopis Hmps. (9 d). Forewdng greyish-brown. A black radial streak in the sid^median fold and 
one through the cell. Interior and exterior lines black, distinct, dentate. Reniform macida a white spot. The 
light submarginal line is marked by dark sagittal spots inside. Hindwdng brownish-wdiite. 34 mm. Cape 
Cdilony. 
A. nephrosticta Hmps. (9e). Dark reddish-brown. Interior line obliquely outw'ards, exterior line uni¬ 
formly bent, both edged lighter. The two maculae small, indistinctly black, the reniform macula outside below 
with a light dot. Exterior line light reddish-brown. Hindwdng greyish-brown. 26 mm. Transvaal. 
A. capicola H.-Schdfj. (9e). Body and forewdng yellowish-white. Interior line undulate, oblicpiely out¬ 
wards, broadly white inside, then dusted dark as far as the base. Ring-macula and reniform macida rather 
large, edged black, the latter also centred black. Median band faded. Exterior line distinctly dark; submarginal 
line light, dark blotches before it at the costal margin and below the cell. Hindwing purely white. 25—28 mm. 
Cape (’olony. East Africa. 
A. rufipuncta Hmps. (9e). Forewdng greyish-yellow'. Interior line scarcely traceable. Ring-macula 
white with rusty red scales, reniform macula re])resented by a rusty red streak. Exterior line and submarginal 
line com})Osed of black dots, the latter line wdth white scales outside. Hindwing lirownish-white. 28 mm. Cape 
Colony. 
A. poliostrota Hmps. (9e). Forew'ing dark red-brown. The lines and maculae hardly visible on the 
dark ground. The ring-macula is a black dot; twm black dots edged white inside form the reniform macula. 
Hindwing brow'nish-white. ^ 26 mm. Mashona-Land. 
