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c? ? . A fairly constaut species, which reminds one oi' the Neotropical Profoparcc 

 maura on acconut of the yellow metauotal tufts. Besides this tuft on the 

 metanotum tlieie is present in luctijera a smaller yellow spot on each side at tlio 

 end of tlie mesonotum. Tiie bases of the abdominal termites are white laterally ; 

 the black mesial line is marked, but not very strongly. Tlie stigma of the forewing 

 is distinct, white ; tlie anteme Han and discal lines are more or less dentate, the 

 inner discal one and the outer antemeJian one more pronounced ; a curved post- 

 discal band of patches. The hindwing shaded with blackish brown all over, 

 the abdominal region more or less grey, the black bands not distinct, more clearly 

 marked posteriorly. Lines of forewing more distinct in S than in ?. 



(S . Tenth abdominal tergite more triangular than in the other llerse, mncli 

 less dilated before end (PI. XXVI. f 18). Both processes of the harpe (PI. XXXV. 

 f. 6) curved upwards and pointed, the lower one the shorter, the armatnre 

 resembling that of cingulata. 



?. Flap in front of the vaginal orifice nearly as in cingulata, vaove strongly 

 chitinised than in coneolciill ; no obvious tubercles at the sides of the aperture. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Southern Moluccas to New Guinea ; jirolialily all over the Pa]>uan 

 subregion. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 7 c?c?, 4 ? ¥ from: Amboina ; 8tephansort and Iluon 

 Golf, German N. Guinea ; Milne Bay, British N. Guinea, i. iii. iv. isiM.) (A. S. 

 Meek) ; Nicura, British N. Guinea (Lix). 



3. Herse godarti. 



Sphinx fjn(h(i-ti Macleay, iu King, Si(n-. Aiisfr. ii. p. 4GI. n. lliG (1.S27). 



Diludia (V) godiiHi, Butler, Triiiis. Zoul. !i»c. Luml. ix. p. Glfi. n. i:i (1H77). 



(V) L'mneria eremiliif:, id., ihJd. p. G20. n. 1 (1877). 



Protoparce ahadoniia, Kirby {noii Fabricius, 1798), Trans. Eid. Sm: Loud. p. 23.S (1877) (Queeiiskl. ; 



= gndai-ti) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 271. t. 27. f. 3 (188G) ; Misk., Proc. li,„j. Sm: Qiir-iisld. 



viii. p. 23. n. 39 (1891) (partim ; Brisbane ; Rockliarapton). 

 Sjilnn.r dhfmrtn Lucas, QuPiiidandv .\x.xi.\. p. 894 (1891, May); Misk., I.r. p. G4 (1891) 



(= nhndiiiniii). 

 P/iletjedwid.UiH abiidimna, Kirby, Cal. Lrp. IL't. i. p. G90. n. 40 (1892) (parlim ; Austra'.). 

 Phh'g'lhonthix (r) di.'<lincta, Kirby, Nov. Zikil. i. p. ;}8 (1894). 



The Fabrician ahadonna is concohuli as pointcnl out by Auriviiiins, Ent. 

 ri(hki\ xviii. p. 153. n. 83 (1897). 



S ?. The bufHsh colour of the side^ of the abdomen and of the hindwing, as 

 well as the simple and narrow black discal band of the latter, distinguisii this 

 species at a glance from convolmdi. First prutarsal segment with tiiree long 

 curved spines, c? darker on forewing than ? . 



S. Tenth abdominal tergite in siiape midway between those of cingulata and 

 eo/irolruli, dorsally less impressed than in either of them. Both processes of the 

 liarpe (PI. XXXV. f. 7) pointed as in cingulata and lucti/era (sand /asciatus most 

 likely, of which tlie 6 is not known) ; the ventral process as short as in luctijera, 

 but the upper one more evenly curved ; ventral margin of clasper produce 1 into 

 a short process near the harpe, this process rough with setiferous tubercles. 



? . Not dissected. Early stages unknown. 



Hub. Queensland and N.W. Australia. 



In the Tring Museum 'Z 66 , 1 ? from: "Queensland": Goomooboolaroo, 



