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CARTALETIS. By L. B. Peoitt. 
coniracti- Cell, the white subapical patch broken up into four spots. contractimargo Prout, described from Uganda, 
manjo. p^own also from S. Sudan, has the black borders narrowed. 
vidua. A. vicina Gaede may be an extreme form of hehita. Abdomen grey, not black, with the white spots 
more confhient. Forewing with the white subapical band aboutJ;wice as broad as in normal hehita. S. Nigeria, 
Old Calabar. 
n-id. A. erici W.J. Kirb. (If). Extremely similar to hehita, sometimes of a slightly more orange-red. 
Antennal pectinations of the d' mnch less short, perhaps twice as long as the diameter of the shaft. White 
spot on front of thorax subobsolete. One or two additional white submarginal spots present on forewing 
behind the 2nd median vein. Larva gregarious, whereas the eggs of hehita are laid singly. The name-typical 
euparypha. form is from Uganda. -- euparypha Prout is the western race (Congo to Gold Coast, about Lagos commoner 
than hehita), with the colour deeper orange, the black borders broader. 
13. Genus: Cartsiletis Warr. 
Generally smaller moths than Aletis, the A antenna more strongly pectinate, the areole invariably 
double. Aletis erici is, however, intermediate and it is doubtful whether the genvis is tenable. The first three 
species are robust and constitute the typical Cartaletis. The rest are rather more slenderly built (genus 
Lepfahtis Warr.). The moths are no doubt unpalatable; lihyssa, when squeezed, emits a yellow juice, like 
an Acraea. 
C. libyssa may be likened to a smaller, commonly less red, broad-bordered A. erici, with the proximal 
lihyssa. edge of the border generally more direct. - - libyssa Hpff. (If) is a rather large form, of a reddish tone, described 
from Mozambique, also found in Kenya and Tanganyika, especially the coastal regions, with the islands of 
cfhelinda. Pemba and Zanzibar. — ethelinda W.F. Kirb. (= ? latifasciata Gaede) (If) is rather deeper red, the borders 
on an average broader and with larger white spots. Region of the Great Lakes, Kenya Colony to Nyasa, 
nigriventris. described from Parumbira, N. E. of Lake Nyasa. --- ab. nigriventris Gaede, from Kilimandjaro, has the lateral 
white spots reduced, the venter smoky instead of orange. monteironis Drc. (If) is a paler, more yellowish 
cnncolor. race, common at Delagoa Bay. - Larva whitish grey with black belts; on Oxyacanthus monteiroi. - concolof 
Warr., from Zululand, is smaller than monteironis, at least as pale, the proximal edge of the black border of 
the fore wing perhaps straighter, the abdomen beneath pale straw-colour, not orange as in the other forms. 
natalensis. Like the following race, it is inclined to lo.5e the hindermost submarginal spot of the forewing. — natalensis 
Prout (= libyssa auctt. nec Hpff.) is a rather deep red-orange form, with broad black borders. Smaller than 
fusciventris. Ubyssa, altogether similar to concolor except in colour. Natal, Griqualand and Pondoland. -- fusciventris Gaede, 
from Johannesburg, is probably an aberration of natalensis, parallel to libyssa ab. yiigriventris. 
nielanopis. C. melatiopis Spec. nov. (1 g). Face black (in lihyssa at least mixed with buff, often piirely buff). Pecti¬ 
nations not quite so long as in libyssa. Forewing with costal edge extremely narrowly black; black apical patch 
less broad than in libyssa. Hindwing with the black borders narrow, the enclosed white dots small. Ruanda 
dtstrict. Lake Kivu: Riigege Forest, 8000 feet, December 1921, the type 3'; Kabira Forest, 12 miles N. of 
Usambara North, 7000 feet, January 1924, 1 both in coll. Joicey, collected by T. A. Barns. 
nigricosta. C. nigricosta Prout is as pale as concolor Warr. and similarly marked, but with the costal margin Oi 
the fore wing black as far as the sul)costal vein; the black border anteriorly obliquely margined. Only known 
from Mt. Mlanje, Nyasaland. 
irmiimargo. C. tenuimargo Prout is a smaller species, of an ochraceous-rufous colour, the forewing slightly broader 
than in the allies, with its black border very narrow posteriorly, terminating at the fold, tlie border of the 
hindwing very narrow and not containing any white spots. Kwidgwi Island, Lake Kivu. 
sapor. C. sapor Drc. ( 1 g). Much like a diminutive Aletis hehita ( 1 e), more slenderly built, of a more orange-red 
colour, the hindwing with very narrow black border, containing very small white spots. The white spots on 
the forewing also generally small. Cameroons. Also known from S. Nigeria. Probably this and the two 
following will prove to be forms of one excessively variable species. 
forbesi. C. forbesi Drc. (= flexilimes Warr.) (1 g). Differs in its light orange-yellow colouring and less narrow 
borders, with larger white spots. Lower Niger (loc. typ.), Cameroons, Gaboon and Congo. 
variabilis. C. variabilis Btlr. (1 g) combines the colouring of forbesi with the narrow borders of sapor. Described 
from Angola, but forms from the Congo seem to intergrade with forhesi. Also known from the Cameroons and 
agis. Uganda. — ab. agis Drc. is yellow at the bases and on abdominal region of hindwing, then white, with black 
arupliflava. apex and with narrow black borders which project inwards between the veins. — ab. anipliflava Warr. has large, 
ihe.stis. irregular white blotches in the distal part of the yellow area. — thestis Drc. is probably also a mere aber- 
