ATHETIS. By M. Gaede. 
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A. glauca Hmps. {9g). Light reddish-hrown with fine brownish ochreous streaks in tlie suhmediaii (jlaum. 
fold and behind the cell. Interior line blackish, oblique, undulate. Ring-macula round, blackish; reniforni 
macula edged black. Exterior line black, dentate, with white dots behind it on the veins. Bhe light suhmarginal 
line edged dark inside. Hindwing white, brownish at the costal margin. Sometimes the ring-macula is also 
oblong: — elongata Strd. 24—30 mm. South and East Africa. elomjaifi. 
A. melanephra Hmps. (9 g). Similar. Interior line light-edged inside, exterior line oiitside. Ring-macula melanephra. 
oblong. Darker before the light submarginal line, especially at the costal and inner margins, dark also behind 
it. Hindwing as in glauca. 28 mm. Soixth Africa. 
A. atrirena Hmps. (9g) is similar to a large light glauca.' Ring-macula absent; a median band extends afriremi. 
through the narrow dark reniform macida. Hindwing somewhat lighter than the forewing. 32 mm. Cape Colony. 
A. absorbens Wlr. (9h) is similar to a large glauca" Ring-macula smaller, the reniform macula also dhsorbe/L.s. 
filled with dark. Some specimens are dark brown before the exterior line: —■ kokstadensis Strd. Hindwing uni- kokstaden- 
formly brown. 30—35 mm. Cape Colony. 
A. pallicornis Fldr. Greyish-brown. Interior line blackish, excurved in the sidjinedian fold. The ring- judlicornis. 
macula is a fine black dot; reniforni macula dark, faded, round; a median shadow before it. Exterior line den¬ 
tate, with black dots behind it. Submarginal line edged dark inside, with a spot inside at vein 7. Hindwing 
dark, with a central luna and an exterior band. 32—35 mm. South Africa. 
A. discopuncta Poult. (9 h) is similar to a feebly marked atriluna Guen. Forewing brownish white. Three dhcopunciu. 
dark spots at the costal margin. From the last the far excurved exterior line ])roceeds. The reniform macula 
is a dark dot in front of it. The veins behind it darker. Distal margin narrowly darker with black marginal 
dots. HincRving white. $ 28 mm. Somali Land. 
A. aeschria Hmps. (9h). Dark red-brown. Interior line bent, exterior line undulate, not dentate, acschria. 
Ring-macula and reniforni macula dark. The faded dark submarginal line is excurved in the middle. Hind¬ 
wing brown. 28 mm. Cape Colony. 
A. nitens Saalm. (9h). Greyish-brown. The ring-macula is only a fine dot. The median shadow in- nitcns. 
tense below the reniform macula which exhibits an ochreous dot outside. Black dots behind the exterior line. 
Submarginal line light, almost straight. Hindwing dark. 26—28 mm. East Africa, Madagascar. 
A. smintha Hmps. (9h). Reddish greyish-brown. Interior line oblique, interrupted, black. The ring- smintha. 
macula is a black dot; reniform macula edged black on the sides; traces of a median shadow below it. Exterior 
line projecting on the veins. Submarginal line only marked by the dark shadow inside. Hindwing whitish, 
brownish in the distal half, more so in the 28—34 mm. Cape Colony, Natal. 
A. atristicta Hmps. vSimilar to the South-European’ aspersa Rhr. Forewing greyish-white, dusted black,’ atr'ustidu. 
darker in the marginal area. Interior line marked by a dot in the cell. Ring-macula marked l)y a black dot, 
reniform macula by 4 dots. The exterior line is a double row of dots. Marginal dots black. The light submar¬ 
ginal line of aspersa is absent. Hindwing white, brown at the margin. $ 28 mm. Mashona Land. 
A. hyperaeschra Hmps. (9h). Dark red-brown. Forewing lighter in the basal area and narrowly be- hyper- 
hind the exterior line. The discal area shows only the reniform macida marked by a paler streak. Submarginal aeschra. 
line faded light. Hindwing lighter brown. 32 mm. East Africa. 
A. ectomelaena Poult. (9 h). Similar to foveata. Brownish-white. Interior and exterior lines fine black, edome- 
beginning from spots at the costal margin, and a basal dot before them. Reniform macula fine dark, round. 
A fine light submarginal line in the dark distal area. The margin itself finely ochreous with black dots. Hind- 
wing slightly brownish. 20—30 mm. East Africa, Somali Land. 
A. strigata Hmps. is somewhat like discopuncta. Whitish ochreous, dusted brown in the distal area. strUjuta. 
Interior line oblique, undulate. A brown spot in the middle of the costal margin and traces of a dark band from 
the lower cell-angle. Exterior line with a brown sj^ot at the costal margin, very convex, bordering on the dark 
distal area. Marginal dots black. Hindwing white. $ 30 mm. East Africa. 
Finally two more species resembling the others in the marking, but distinguished by the undulate margin 
of the hindwing. 
A. horus Fawc. (9 i). Ochreous. Interior and exterior lines red-brown, distinct, only faded at the inner horns. 
margin. Marginal band red-brown, bordered inside by a black S-sha])ed line. Hindwing with the same marginal 
band, but its interior border straight. G 30 mm. East Africa. 
A. pentheus Fawc. (9 i). Forewing yellow. A red-brown spot at the costal margin and a black one at 2 )enihcus. 
the cell-end. White dots in the red-brown marginal band. HindAving the same, but paler. ^ 24 mm. East Africa. 
