( 78o ) 

 7:!s. Theretra margarita. 



*C/iiii roriiiii/ia iniin/firifii Kirhy, Ti-iui". A^r .S'rv. Ln,n/. pp. [i'M'i. -.Uil (ISTT) (Queensland: — Mus 



Dublin) ; Waterh., Aid lint. /iis. ii. t. 140. f. •_' (188;i). 

 ClfKi-natiKpii ///«)(■«;.(■, Jli.skin {mui Koch, !H(!.")), /-"/-.ic. /{m/. i>i>,\ Qiipr/i^li!. vVn. p. IJ. n. 17 i I.Slll ) 



(Bri.sbane : Rockhampton ). 

 ( '/iiiprocanqxi maiyiiiala (!), Swinhoe, Cut. Lej>. Ilet. Mia. Ox. i. p. 19. m. ~?> (ISHli) (pit falsa 1). 

 Thentra ,i„irfjiir!lii Kirby, Cut. Lq>. Hel. i. p. G54. n. 41 (1892). 



Sliskiii says that this is phoeni.r of Kocli (not Oken, Isl.")) ; ho roccivod 

 I hi' iNiiue fo specimens sent b^' liim to Koch. However, in 1811") Ko(^h liiniscH' 

 says Hint iihamlr is tlic same as /vV/// (= ri'lo.i- = li(/iiiirii( ~ i/orki, etc.). I'lit 

 even if the insect named hy Koch jihoenir in ISiia wa^ not the /ilioi'in/.r of Hcri-jch- 

 Schiilfer (:= ri(/il ■= Uiiiiii.fiu-= tt'lo.i\ etc.j, \m\ \\\o. ])resent s|iecies mania rlfii , 

 the name iihociii.c conhl not lie em))loye(l instead nl' maniarita, as llieve was mi 

 ih'scription L;iven in iMi."), aiid <is Koch did not mean to jinlilish a new name 

 lor a, new insect, hnt simjil) a.pplied Herricli-SchatVer"s name jilinri/f/.i (which is 

 not ((ken's jili()etii:v = celvrio) to thr insect wliicli lu> identified as IIei'rich-)Schalfer's. 

 Kocli may very likely have misiihailitied Uxter <in tin' jiresent species as ji/nirni.r. 

 lie was not very careful in this respect. See his rcmarlc abont xcro/a. 



f{ ? . Very close to tlie following insect. l'"orewing : lines 1,2,3 forminj;- a 

 hrciwn band, 4 ulisoleti', interspaces between lines :> and o silvery white, at least 

 bthind, line .") heavy, stigma vestigial, (irey nu'sial band of thorax much broader 

 tha,n in jiinastrhui. 



(J. Tenth tergite slender, rather strongly curved, siibcariiiate above, apex 

 convex above, ronnded-trnncate, not distiiu'tly sinuate ; sternite trnncate, slightly 

 bisinnate, the miihlle lolie dentilbrm. np[)('rside transversely ribbed at the margins. 

 rmcess III' harpe wiili'iird in middle, then eveidy and rather stnmgly curved, 

 spatnlate in a dorsal view. The ribbon-like armature of the penis-sheath (PI. LVll. 

 f. 39. 4(1) broad, dent.ate at both edges sinistro-laterally. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Australia: (Queensland. 



In llu' Tiing i\lnseum 4 JcJ, 4 ? ? from : Brisbain' : Dawson K. (Barnard) ; 

 Townsvillr ( Diidd). 



Toll. Theretra brunnea. 



*Cli<(,rcr,i,i,j„( Uniiniiii Semper, Srli„i. l'l,ilipi>. ii. p. 400. n. 40. t. .V2. f. I ($) (IS'.ir,) (S.E. 



Afindanao ; — coll. Semper). 

 */■„,/,.,•,•,/ A/owWx Rothschild, Xov. Z ,. vi. p. (19. n. 7 (1.S99) (Binn : Miis. Ti-iiit;) : id., /.--. 



vii. p. -.'71. n. 4. t. ".. f. .S ( ? ) (190(1). 



?. The slight differences between Semper's and our specimen are most likely 

 individual. The species differs from tunieri and uhviinin especially in the mesothoracic 

 tcgnla being devoid of a |iale median stri])e. Antenna incrassatc distallv as in the 

 allii'd sprcies. 



Ihilj. ]\linilanaii : Burn. 



In the Tring ^Museum 1 ¥ from Bnin. 



T4(i. Theretra turneri. 



/'r-,,'/,m //(//(cW Luca.s. V'"'"'-/"/"/-'' xx.\ix. ]>. .894 (May, 1891): Jlisk., Pmc. Rnji. Sor. Qneni.il,!. 



viii. p. ti2 (1891) (M.ack.ay) : Kirby, Cut. Up. Hel. i. p. ('.(;;5. n. 1(5 (1892) : id., Xov. Zom.. i. 



p. 37. n. 17 (1894) ; Rothsch., //-/>/. iii. p. 2:', (189C)) (= mini). 

 ^'I'uiiiirm iiiiru Swinboe, Cat. Lep. Hit. .]I,ik. I).,-, i. p. \•^. n. bi. t. I. f. T, (1892) (f\ York : Vfu-. 



Oxford) : Kirby, /.c. ii. 12a (1894). 



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