nigrocincta. 
pulverea. 
nitens. 
croceipune * 
fa. 
basipuncta. 
albida. 
rhodeose- 
mena. 
tricolor. 
covsangui- 
nea. 
dimorpha. 
brunnea. 
mixta. 
ruficosta. 
cxtenuata. 
encausta. 
aurifodinae. 
432 PARADIASTEMA; ANTHEUA. By M. Gaede. 
66. Genus: l*aracliastema Aur. 
Antennae of and $ as far as the middle strongly foliate, then less. All the rest as in the preceding genus. 
Type: nigrocincta Aur. 
P. nigrocincta Aur. (71 f). Body dark orange, abdomen with black margins. Forewing greyish-brown, 
at the apex darker. Hindwing whitish, at the margin brownish. 46—50 mm. Congo. 
P. pulverea Hmps. (71 f). Thorax creamy white, abdomen dark orange, in the $ at the end grey. 
Porewing white, densely dusted with red-brown. Hindwing yellowish-white or white. 38—50 mm. Gold 
Coast, Togo, Niger, Cape Colony. 
P. nitens B.-Balc. Thorax greyish-brown. Abdomen ochreous brown, at the end golden brown. Forewing 
golden grey, thinly scaled. Hindwing greyish-white, at the margin yellowish. 68 mm (?). Lokoja-District. 
67. Genus: Antlieua Wlk. 
Palpi and proboscis as in Diastemina. Antennae pectinated a little more to the tips. Forewing shorter. 
Veins 6+7 stalked, 7 by a bar with the stalk of 10 + 8 + 9 forming an accessory cell. All the rest as in 
Diastemina. Type: tricolor Wkr. 
A. Antennae also in the $ strongly pectinated. 
A. croceipuneta Hmps. Thorax bright yellow, chest hemochrome, abdomen orange with black segmental 
margins, forewing bright yellow with orange-red dots, interior row mostly composed of 4, exterior row of 7 
dots. Hindwing pale orange-yellow, fringe white, in the $ also the fringe yellow. — basipuncta Hmps. (71 f.) 
<3 with a white spot on the frons. Hindwing white, at the anal margin yellowish, the $ hindwing brownish. — 
albida Hmps. Forewing paler, yellowish-white. Hindwing of $ white, at the anal margin brownish, in the 2 
pale yellow. — rhodeosemena B.-Bak. (71 f) shows a pink head and a pink stripe on the thorax. 45 — 55 mm. 
East Africa, Uganda, Mashona Land, Transvaal. 
B. Antennae of $ plain. 
A. tricolor Dist. ( = varia Wkr.) (71 f). Thorax and forewing lemon-coloured, abdomen orange-yellow. 
Forewing below the cross-vein dusted with black, behind the cell and towards the apex also often so. Hindwing 
blackish-brown. 45 mm. East Africa, Transvaal, Natal. 
A. consanguinea Dist. (71 f). Ground-colour similar to tricolor. On the forewing at the base, as well as 
below the cell between veins 2 and 4 red-brown. Hindwing at the base paler. 45 mm. Transvaal. Only 1 $ 
known, perhaps an abnormal specimen. 
A. dimorpha Janse (71 f). Thorax yellow, abdomen orange brown. Forewing sulphur-coloured, <$ with 
black scales in the cell and below it, in the $ the median area is more densely dusted with black. Hindwing 
white, in the 2 in the centre brownish. — In brunnea Janse (71 g) the thorax and forewing is dark brown instead 
of yellow. 44 mm. Natal. 
A. mixta Janse (71 g). Thorax and forewing pale yellow in radial stripes at the costal margin, through 
the centre and in the submedian fold, otherwise strewn with dark grey. Hindwing yellowish-white, at the inner 
margin more yellow. 48—52 mm. Natal, Basuto Land. 
The following species have partly been described as Antheua or placed to it later on, but they differ already by their 
small size from the genuine Antheua- species. The apex of the forewing is more pointed, similar to Rigema, besides the thorax 
is in front remarkably loosely haired. All the species have an orange-yellow thorax and forewing, an orange-brown abdomen 
and white hindwing. 
A. ruficosta Hmps. (71 g). Exterior half at the costal margin of the forewing red-brown with a triangular 
blackish-brown spot below it from the cell-end to the distal margin, at the beginning and end somewhat 
indented. A dark brown band at the median vein and below vein 4. Also at the inner margin a faded band. 
32 mm. Gold Coast. 
A. extenuata Wkr. (71 g) is a species difficult to range. Head and mesothorax yellow, patagia brownish- 
violet, abdomen orange-brown. Forewing pale yellow. In the apical area and narrowly as far as the anal angle 
almost white, inwards of it dusted with dark violet. Hindwing white. 40—45 mm. Gold Coast, Lowa (Congo), 
Cape Colony. 
A. encausta Hmps. (71 g). Body as in extenuata. Forewing yellow. A reddish-brown band at the inner 
margin and one at the median vein as far as the margin at veins 2—4, where it is connected with the first. 
A faded triangular subapical spot. Hindwing dark brown. 40—45 mm. Mashona Land, Gaza Land, East Africa. 
A. aurifodinae Dist. (= citrina Aur.) (71 g). Thorax yellow, abdomen orange-brown. Forewing yellow 
with a rather broad brown radial band from the base to the distal margin below vein 4, above white-edged, 
two shorter bands at veins 6 and 7. In a subordinate form the bands are almost black, the median band tripartite. 
40 mm. East Africa, Betchuana Land, Mashona Land, Transvaal. 
