UTETHEISA; AXIOPAENIELLA; CARCINARCTIA. By M. Gaede. 
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I. astriga Hmps. (12 a). Forewing also in the $ silvery white, at the costal margin narrowly orange, aslriga. 
at the base blackish. Forewing of $ with a black central dot. 40 mm. Transvaal, Natal. 
2. Genus: Utetheisa Hbn. 
Antennae of the dentate. Forewing narrow, hindwing large. Veins of forewing: vein 6 below the 
upper cell-angle, veins 7 + 8 + 9 forked, 7 forming with 10 an accessory cell. In the hindwing all the veins 
are separate, veins 7 and 6 rising somewhat separately. Type: bella L. from America. — Cf. Vol. II, p. 73; Vol. VI, 
p. 300; Vol. N, p. 260. 
Group I. Hindwing of $ with 
a hind marginal fold 
upper surface. 
and a hair-penci 
o n 
the 
U. data F. (= venusta Hbn., formosa Bsd.) (12 a). Head and thorax white with black spots. Forewing 
black with hemochrome, white-edged spots and a white band from the centre of the costal margin towards 
the anal angle. Hindwing white with a black margin which is narrower at the anal angle. — diva Mob. with 
few red spots on the forewing. The marginal band of the hindwing is very broad. 38 to 45 mm. Madagascar. 
U. fatua Heyn. (13 d). Thorax almost entirely black. Forewing only at the costal margin and distal 
margin with a few red, not white-edged spots. The white central spot is similar to that of elata. Hindwing 
with a uniformly broad black margin. — mediomaculata Strd. exhibits on the outside of the white band another 
red spot. — In devittata Strd. the band is stunted, the red spots at the costal margin are diminished. 44 mm. 
East Africa. 
U. lactea. Head, thorax, and forewing yellowish-white. Abdomen and hindwing white with a black 
apex. -— aldabrensis Fletcher on the forewing with black and red spots. — nigrosignata Fletcher has almost only 
black spots, rubrosignata almost only red spots. — lactea Btlr. (12 b) has no markings on the forewings. 38 mm. 
Madagascar, Seychelle Is. 
U. cruentata Btlr. (12 b). On the thorax and forewing the places being white in elata are yellow. 
40 mm. Mauritius. 
U. pulchelloides Hmps. (12 b) is separated from pulchella L. by its whiter forewing with but few 
red dots, mostly at the costal margin. Hindwing not different, excepting the hair-pencil of the <+ 38 mm. 
Seychelle Is. and in the Indo-Australian districts. 
elata. 
diva. 
fatua. 
mediomacu¬ 
lata. 
devittata. 
aldabrensis. 
nigrosigna¬ 
ta. 
rubrosigna¬ 
ta. 
lactea. 
cruentata. 
'pulchelloi¬ 
des. 
Group II. H i n d w i n g of $ without a hair-pencil. 
U. pulchella L. has already been dealt with in the Palearctic Part Vol. II, p. 73 and pi. 13 k. Thorax pulchella. 
yellowish, abdomen white. Forewing white with small black dots in 4 curved rows and between them some 
red dots. Hindwing white with an irregular black margin. 30 to 36 mm. Everywhere in Africa. 
U. callima Swh. (12 a). Forewing yellowish. The red spots flown together in 5 bands. Hindwing callima. 
with a black streak on the cross-vein and a uniformly broad black margin. - dilutior Bothsch. (12 a). The red dilutior. 
bands are more or less broken up into spots. On the hindwing the marginal band is more irregular, similar 
to pulchella. 45 mm. Central and East Africa; Congo. 
3. Genus: AxiopaciBiella Strd. 
Antennae of the $ with short tufted dents. Forewing somewhat broader than in the preceding genera, 
without a retinaculum. Veins as in Utetheisa. Type: laymerisa Grand. 
A. laymerisa Grand (= occultans Voll.) (12 b). Head whitish, thorax red-brown, abdomen orange laymerisa. 
with black margins. Forewing red-brown with a black proximal and distal band formed by few spots, and a 
spot on the cross-vein. Hindwing dark pink with a black median spot and marginal band. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
A. lasti Bothsch. (12 b). Head, thorax and forewing dark brown. Abdomen and hindwing red. The lasti. 
marking as in laymerisa , only the marginal band at the apex of the hindwing somewhat broader. 40 mm. 
Madagascar. 
4. Genus: Carciiiarctla Hmps. 
Proboscis absent, palpi short. Head, thorax, and abdomen densely haired. Antennae of $ long-combed. 
Anterior tibiae with a claw on the inside and outside. Wings broad. Veins of forewing: vein 3, 4 and 5 separate, 
veins 7 + 8 + 9 forked, between 7 and 10 an accessory cell. In the hindwing veins 6 and 7 on a short fork. 
Type: metamelaena Hmps. 
