ATHETIS. By M. Gap:de. 
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A. microthera Hmps. (9e) is just as faded. Ground-colour jjale brown. The two lines anrl maculae mlcrothcra. 
are indistinctly marked dark. Sribmarginal line edged blackish-brown insidfe. Hindwing white, brownish at 
the apex. 24 mm. Mashona Land. 
A. tenebrata Hmps. (9e). Reddish-brown. Interior and exterior lines double, blackish, broadly filled iencbruiu. 
Avith grey. The ring-macula and reniforni macida are rusty red spots. tSubmarginal line edged brown inside. 
Hindwing brown. The original figure at hand is evidently not good. 26 mm. Cape Colony. 
A. expolita Btlr. (9e). Reddish greyish-brown. Interior and exterior lines distinct, black dots Ijehind expolita. 
the latter. Ring-macula absent, the reniform macida is a faded luna. The light submarginal line is edged dark 
inside. Hindwing paler, whitish at the base. $ 25 mm. Rodriguez. 
(?) A. ochreosignata Auriv. From dark yellowish-grey to broAvnish-grey, very indistinctly marked, ochreo- 
Interior line and coniform macula mostly absent. The ring-macula is a white dot; the reniform macula an ■'ngnaia. 
ochreous spot, A\ith a Avhite dot in front, a black spot and 2 Avhite dots behind. Exterior line blackisch, Avith 
long dentations, close to the reniform macula. Submarginal line indistinct, bent inwards behind the cell and in 
the submarginal fold; Avith black spots inside. HindAving dark grey. 20—24 mm. Cape Verde Is. 
4. Antennae of (J ciliated. 
A. foveata Hmps. (9 e). Whitish ochreous, marginal area dark broAvn. Ring-macula absent, reniform foveata. 
macula small, romid, edged dark. Interior and exterior line fine, someAA'hat obliquely outAvards. The light 
submarginal line vertical to the interior angle. HindAving whitish, broAvnish at the margin. The q exhibits 
a scent-scale spot beneath in the upper cell-angle, and a fovea beloAV vein 6. The $ sometimes shoAA’S broAA'ii 
traces of the ring-macula. 20—22 mm. Transvaal, East Africa. 
A. atriluna Guen. (9 e). This light greyish-yelloAV species occurs also in the southern palaearctic region, atriluna. 
cf. Vol. Ill, p. 208, pi. 42 g. ThroAighout East, South and South-West Africa. 
A. gonionephra Hmps. (9f). Pale coppery broAvn, the veins darker. Interior line rather vertical. Wa- 
culae edged dark, the reniform macula lighter inside. Exterior line dentate, AA'ith black dots on the Amins. Sub- 
marginal line marked by the darker shadoAV inside. HindAA'ing Avhite, broAvnish at the apex. G -4 mm. Natal. 
gonio- 
nephra. 
A. atrispherica Hmps. Reddish-broAvn. Interior line double, exterior line single. The ring-macula is a airispheri- 
black dot, the reniform macula elliptical, both finely edged Avhite. Submarginal line blackish, edged Avhite 
outside. HindAAung reddish-broAvn Avith a dark central luna. ^ 30 mm. East Africa. 
A. leucosticta Hmps. (9 f). Dark reddish-broAA'ii. Interior line light outside, AA'hitish inside, rather Amr- leucontiotu. 
tical. The maculae are faint dark spots, the reniform macula Avith a Avhite dot outside aboAm. Exterior line 
bordered AAith light outside, Avith AA'hitish at the costal margin. Submarginal line composed of yelloAAdsh-AA'hite 
dots and a larger spot at fhe inner margin, prominent by the dark interior border. The dots may also be ab¬ 
sent: — subleucosticta Strd. HindAA'ing broAvn. $ 26 mm. East Africa. subleu- 
costicia. 
A. melanomma Hmps. Red broAAm Avith a feAv AAdiite scales. Interior line undidate, indistinct. The melanomyna. 
ring-macula is a black dot, surrounded by AAddte scales; reniform macida finely edged AA'ith broAA'n, Avith Avhite 
scales outside; beloAV it au undulate line to the inner margin. Exterior line dark, black dots on the A'eins be¬ 
hind it, except at the costal margin. Submarginal line fine dark, Avith Avhite scales outside. Marginal streaks 
black. HindAA'ing pale reddish-broAvn, AA'ith a dark central luna and an exterior band. G mm. Natal. 
A. satellitia Hmps. (9f). Red-broAvn. Interior line straight, obliquely outAvards, a AA'hite dot before it satellitia. 
at the costal margin. The ring-macula is a fine Avhite dot, the reniform macula a lound Avhite spot, one Avhite 
dot above it, 2 feeble ones beloAV it. Exterior line Avith a light dot at the costal margin, blackish, ])rojecting 
at the veins into dots. Submarginal line edged dark inside. HindAving broAvnish. 30—32 mm. Natal. Delagoa 
A. melanosticta Hmps. (9f). ForeAving broAvnish ochreous, darker at the margin as far as A'ein 4. In- melanostic- 
terior, exterior and submarginal lines only marked by black dots. The ring-macula is a black dot, reniform 
macula of blackish-Avhite dots. HindAA'ing AA'hite. ForeAving sometimes darker broAA'n: — fuscoirrorata Strd. fuseoirro- 
24 mm. South and East Africa. 
A. flavipuncta Hmps. (9f). Larger, otherAA'ise similar, marked someAAhiat more distinctly. The ring-//aripinicta. 
macula is a round broAvn s])ot. Reniform macula darker, orange outside, AA'ith a Avhite dot above it and tAvo 
beloAV it. Exterior line Avith a black dot at the costal margin, projecting into dots at the A'eins. Submarginal 
line yelloAA'ish. HindAving Avhite, broAvnish at the apex. 28 mm. Mashona Ijand. 
A. ignava Guen. ( = perA'icax Wllgrn., partita Hmps.) (9f) differs from flavipuncta in the jmnctiform ignava. 
ring-macula and the more undidate submarginal line. 28—30 mm. South and East Africa and adjacent islands. 
