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PERICALLIA; TURUPTIANA; ANTARCTIA. By M. Gaede. 
13. Genus: Pericallia Hbn. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi well developed, head and thorax smoothly scaled. Hind tibiae with 2 pair 
of spurs, all the spurs being short. On both wings veins 3, 4 and 5 rise somewhat separately. In the forewing 
veins 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 are forked. From Spilosoma it is theoretically only separated by the scales instead 
of the hair, but it is of quite a different exterior. The species are divided into 2 groups, the first of which 
contains delicate species with broad wings, whereas the second contains strong forms. Geometrica, for instance, 
is somewhat similar to a small Arctia flcivia. The genus is dealt with here in accordance with Hampson’s 
conception; the palearetic Per. matronula is not"allied with the following species. 
Group I. Forewing with transverse bands of large spots. 
nephelistis. P. nephelistis Hmps. (= diluta Weym.) (15 f). Thorax dark greyish-brown with black dots. Abdomen 
yellow with black spots. Forewing pale brownish-grey with 4 bands of dark brown spots and some marginal 
spots. Hindwing yellowish white with black spots before the margin. 45 to 48 mm. Angola. 
strigosa. P. strigosa Griinb. ( = hecate Faivc.) (15 f). Body pale orange, abdomen with black dorsal dots. 
Forewing brownish-orange, irrorated with black, somewhat hyaline, with indistinct narrow dentate bands. 
Hindwing pale orange at the margin, at the base whitish with a dentate median band which may also be absent ; 
and spots before the margin. The $ has still more faded markings. 35 mm. South and South West Africa. 
The type has an intense discal spot on the hindwing, also the other spots are more intense; abdomen more 
reddish. 
Group II. Forewing with intersecting lines, similar to A r c t. c a j a L. 
ellioti. P. ellioti Btlr. (15 f). Thorax black and pink, abdomen pink with black spots. Forewing blackish- 
brown with pinkish-white bands, one of which extends from the anal angle to % of the costal margin with 2 
branches to the hincl-mai'gin. Another band from the anal angle to % of the costal margin, being crossed by 
a band coming from the apex. Hindwing white (<J) or pink ($), with few black spots. 35 to 45 mm. East 
Africa. 
geometrica. P. geometrica Oberth. (15 e). Thorax black with pink margins. Abdomen red with large black spots. 
Forewing black with pinkish-white lines. One in the submedian fold, then 2 intersecting ones from % of the 
costal margin to % of the hind-margin and from 1 / 3 of the hind-margin to The apex, forming a dent at vein 6. 
kostlani. Hindwing white ($) or brownish pink ($). -— kostHarai Gaede is a small melanistic form. Head and thorax quite 
black. On the forewing only the band in the submedian fold is present, the others being indicated by marginal 
dots. Hindwing ($) yellowish. 36 to 55 mm. Abyssinia. 
melanimon. P. nielanimon Mab. (15 f). Thorax and fore wing dark red-brown. Abdomen above orange with black 
ring-margins. Hindwing blackish-brown. Costal margin in both wings orange-yellow, in the hindwing also 
the hind-margin, a luna on the cross-vein and the fringes are orange-yekow. 38 mm. Madagascar. 
guineae. P. guineae Strd. (15 g) is undoubtedly no Acantharctia as which it was described, though it is rather 
difficult to ascertain where it belongs to, since its forelegs and antennae are absent. On account of the resemblance 
in the scheme of markings it is placed hereto. Thorax dark brown; abdomen carmine with black margins. 
Forewing dark brown. Marking lighter brown with yellowish white margins. A band on the median vein and 
farther to the distal margin below the apex. A transverse band to somewhat before the centre of the costal 
margin, and 2 narrow ones to 1 / 5 of the costal margin and 1 / 5 of the hind-margin. A broad band from % of 
the costal margin to the anal angle and along the distal margin. Hindwing pale brown with a narrow median 
band and a broad submarginal band. 52 mm. Spanish Guinea. 
14. Genus: Ttu^sptiaiia Wkr. 
Proboscis short, palpi moderately long. Antennae of <$ strongly dentate. Hind tibiae with 1 pair of 
spurs. In the forewing veins 10 and 11 are separate, veins 7 + 8 + 9 forked. But one Ethiopian species in 
the otherwise purely American genus. Type: obliqua Wkr. from Mexico. -— Cf. Vol. VI, p. 312. 
oehthoeba. T. ochthoeba Hmps. (15 f). Thorax and apex of abdomen white, abdomen above orange. Forewing 
white, between the veins brownish. Hindwing white, thinly scaled. 44 mm. North West Rhodesia. 
15. Genus: Antaretia Hbn. 
Proboscis absent. Palpi porrect, densely haired. Thorax broad, with woolly hair, head drawn in. 
Antennae of $ with double long pectinations, in the £ shorter. Forewing broad. Veins 3, 4, 5 somewhat separate, 
vein 6 below the upper cell-angle. Veins 7 + 8 + 9 forked, 10 and 7 forming an accessory cell. In the hindwing 
also veins 3, 4, 5 rising somewhat separately. Type: brunnea Hbn. from South America. •— Cf. Vol. VI, p. 321. 
