( 771 ) 



the reddish colour aiipearinu' at anal an,s>-le and along outer margin, but not forming 

 a band ; apex obtuse. 



rndcrslde : basal half of tore wing clayish olive, rest of forewing and the wliole 

 hin<lwing rufous-testaceous, covereil with minute, transverse, brown sjiockies : a 

 discal line, parallel to outer margin, curving costad in front, vestigial on forewing, 

 in one individual altogether absent. 



Vaginal cavity partly tilled up by a carinate tuliercle. 



Early stages not known. 



Iltth. Humba. 



Three ¥ ? iu the Tring Museum. 



Tiiis and imlisflncta may be forms of the same species. Considering, however, 

 that inornata and imlisfincfa are doubtless distinct in spite of the great similarity, 

 we think it safer to treat incarnata also as distinct. 



724. Theretra indistincta (PI. XIV. f. 11, S). 



*Cliaeror,impn. in<Jlslliir/,i Butler, .(«//. .l/.i,-/. .V. //. (4). xix. p. 4i;0 (1877) (Rockbampton ;-Mus 



Brit., ?). 

 Cli(icroc(iiiiji(t i-hiipalni Miskin, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qiiecudd. viii. p. 15. n. 25 (1891) (Brisbane). 

 ('hai^nicaiii/ia nirvilhicd Lucas. Qiieen«hiii(lcv xxxi.t. p. 834 (May, 1891) (Brisbane) : Misk., I.e. p. G4 



(1891). 

 Thereli-d rliojialra, Kirby, Cat. Leji. Ihl. i. p. G5lj. n. 04 (1892). 

 Theretra iiuUstincIa, id., I.e. n. 72 (1892). 

 Theretra rurrili/ieci, id., Nov. Zool. i. 101 (1894). 



S ? . Palpus and foretarsus as in the preceding species. A grey-olive insect, 

 somewhat silvery grey. Scaling of antenna, costal edge of forewing and abdomen 

 (especially below) more or less pinkish, foretibia and -tarsus almost white. Fore- 

 wing with a single, not very prominent line as in ijiornata, separated at S(J'' from tiie 

 short, indistinct, apical line ; there are proximally traces of one or two more discal 

 lines, one of which stands close to the main line ; in the ? the wing is speckled 

 with brown scales. 



S. Tenth segment as in inornnta and hittits. Harpe as in hutn.'t, but more 

 obviously dentate ; friction-scales of clasper narrow, as numerous as in hwrnata. 

 Patch of teeth of penis-sheath prolonged proximad, the teeth pointing proximad as 

 in hiifits. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilah. Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 5 c?c?, 3 ? ? from : Mackay ; Bongu, Huon Ciolfe. 



725. Theretra inornata (PI. XIV. f. K), S). 



*('h,i<'rorampii iiinni<if<i Walker, /J.-7 Lep. Tiis. II. .)/. xxxi. p. Ill (18G4) (X. Austr. ;— Miis. Brit.) ; 



Butl., Trail.'!. Zool. ,S«f. Loud, ix, p. TjIW. n. 38 (1877) ; Misk., Proe. Roy. So,: Q,ornil(l. viii 



p. 18. n. 31 (1891). 

 Cliuerueaiii]i(i pidliihi Miskin, I.e. n. 29 (1891) (Brisbane). 

 Theretra paUiihi, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Iht. i. p. i',.'',,^. n. ,'■.4 (1892). 

 Theretrit inornnUi. id., I.e. n. 5G (1892). 



S ?. (-'avity of palpus as shar()ly defined as in tnjoni, the scaling regular. First 

 jjrotarsal segment with a single external row of spines. Scaling of antenna pinkish 

 wiiite ; a black apical patch. The pale lateral baud of thorax vestigial on pronotum, 

 indicated by a fine line (often abbreviated) on head. Forewing, aboi-e, with a 

 single, straight, line, which is 5 mm. distant from outer margin at SC and then 



