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liliutk (lorso-latcM-al lino fVoni tliorax to liorn, interruiilcd, conili-liko on each iscgiuotit, 

 ass black dots are joined to it ; vi^ntro-iatoral line developed to large spots on the 



outer side of tlie abdominal legs. Black form : head, ])ronotum, and anal tergite 



red ; a dorso-lateral line and an infra-stigmatical one pale, sides i)ale-s[)olted. 



Jldh. 'rro])ical Anstralia : Qneenslaud and N.W. Australia. 



In tlie Tring Mnseum (I larvae, 1(1 iS, 14 ? ? from various places in 

 • Jiu'ensland. sonic in .lanuai'v and February (Dodd). 



M'.to. Cephonodes woodfordi. 



*Cephoiioilcx wooilfoir/i Biitltjr, Trany. l-:,it. Soi-. Loik/. p. :;S'.i. t. Vl. f. I (IS.S'.i) ((iuadaUjinar : — 

 Mus. Tring). 



(? ? . A larger sjiecies than /ii/la.s; abdomen aliove with red band on segment o; 

 untlerside of paljius and breast, legs (e.vcept hindtarsus) and base of wings yellow, 

 a mesial series of patches on abdomen, decreasing in size behind, and small lateral 

 spots on the proximal segments [)aler yellow, while a rather large triangular 

 lateral spot on sternites 5 and li and a larger mesial patch on 7 are like breast ; 

 border of forewing about 1 mm. wide behind >SC\ 



6. Tenth tergite slightly asymmetrical, as is also the ninth ; elongate, tapering 

 apicad, divided by a mesial groove, the two halves only sejiarate at extreme end, the 

 left slightly longer than the right; steruite jiroduced into a long, lanceolate lobe, 

 which is asymmetrical and removed towards the left side, but not so much as 

 in ('. leucoyaster, the segment resembling that of ('. picas. Claspers nearly as in 

 ('. picas ; left one long, narrow, slightly curved, truncate ; right one large, very 

 broadly sole-shaiied, inner surface clothed with black hairs, no distinct mesial fold. 

 Penis-funnel long, compressed. 



Hah. Solomon Islands and Louisiade i^rchipelago. 



Two subspecies : 



a. C. wood f on) i woodfordi. 

 CcpJi'>iiodc>< toood/ordi Butler, I.e. ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. i;27. n. 3 (1892). 



c? ? . Tail black, some of the upper hair-scales jellowish, and (in c?) a basal 

 patch on underside yellow, in ? hairs and scales on anal segment also yellow. 



Ilab. Solomon Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 'J S S , \'^ ? ¥ from : Guadalcanar (Woodford ; tyjir) ; 

 Guadalcanar, iv. (Meek) ; Isabel, 4. vi. to 9. vii. 1901 (A. S. Meek and Eichhorn). 



Ij. C. woodfordi luime subsp. nov. 



?. Tail clayish ochraceous, black only at base, breast deeper yellow than in 

 the specimens from the Solomons, side-spots of posterior abdominal sternites tawny 

 for the greater part, middle sternites with red scales at the sides. 



Ilab. Sudest I., Louisiade Archipelago, February 1;>9« (A. S. Meek). 



1 ? in the Tring Museum. 



391. Cephonodes janus. 



Mmroglossa ctuiiiiinjliami, Sehaufuss {mm Walker, 1856), yioiq. Otio^. i. p. 22 (1870) (Australia). 

 Cephonodes jauiis Miskin, Pnic. Ri'ij. Sue. ()aeeiii>Ul. viii. p. (1. n. 3 (IS'Jl) (Brisbane : Rockhamptun) 



c? ? . Body above unicolorous, green in fresh specimens, yellowish in faded 

 ones ; [lalpus below almost white ; breast bull-yellow, abdomen ochraceous, both 



