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(? ? . A fairl_v constant species, which reminds oue of the Neotropical Prflloparco 

 maiira on acconut of the yellow metamital tnfts. Besides this tuft on the 

 metanotnm there is present in luctijera a smaller yellow spot on each side at the 

 end of the mesonotnm. The bases of the abdominal terj^'ites are white laterally ; 

 the black mesial line is marked, bnt not very strongly. The stigma of the forewing 

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

 inner discal one and the onter antemedian one more pronounced ; a curved j)Ost- 

 discal band of patches. Tiie 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 cf than in ¥ . 



5. Tenth abdominal tergite more triangular than in the other Ilerae^ much 

 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 armature 

 resembling that of cinguluta. 



?. Flap ill front of tiie vaginal orifice nearly as in cingulnta, mf>re strongly 

 chitinised than in convolculi ; no olivious tubercles at the sides of the aperture. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilah. Southern Moluccas to New Guinea ; ]irubably all over the Papuan 

 snbregion. 



In the Tring Museum 7 cJJ, 4 ¥ ? from: Amboina ; Stephansort and Ilnon 

 Golf, German N. Guinea ; Milne Bay, British N. Guinea, i. iii. iv. 1809 (A. S. 

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



3. Herse godai-ti. 



Sphinx godnrti Macleay, in King, Htin\ Aiixtr. ii. p. 404. n. IGG (1827). 



Diludia ('') godnrti, Butler, Trans. Zoo!. Snr. Loud. ix. p. 015. n. 13 (1877). 



(?) Liniieria eremilus, id., ihid. p. 020. n. 1 (1877). 



PrelojHirre ulnidoiina, Kirby (imii Fabriciiis, 17'.I8), Trans. Enl. fine. Land. p. 238 (1877) (Queensld. ; 



= gndarli) ; id., Prnr. Zool. Sor. Lund. p. 271. t. 27. f. 3 (1880) ; Misk., Proc. Roy. Sue. Qxe'ti.'ild. 



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

 Sjihinx dixl'mcla Lucas, Quei'iisUnuin- xx.\ix. p. 894 (1891, May) ; MIsk., l.r. p. 04 (1891) 



( = ahadonnit). 

 I'ldajelhonliuii alindomm, Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 090. n. 40 (1892) (partim ; Austral). 

 PIdnj-lhontiuH (r) dixlincta, Kirby, Ni'V. Zntii,. i. p. 38 (1894). 



The Fabrician ahadonna is coiuolcidi as pointed out by Aurivilliiis, Ent. 

 Tiihkr. xviii. p. 153. n. 83 (18'.)7). 



c? 9 . The bnfJish colour of the sides of the abdomen and of the hindwiug, as 

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

 species at a glance from convolculi. First protarsal segment with three long 

 curved spines. S darker on forewing than ¥. 



6. Tenth abdominal tergite in shajie midway between those of cini/uhUa and 

 cowro/fv///, dorsally less imjjressed than in either of them. Both processes of the 

 liarpe (PI. XXXV. I'. 7) pointed as in ciMjuldta and liictifera, (juxd faticiutiis most 

 likely, of which the J is not known) ; the ventral process as short as in luctij'era, 

 but the upiier one more evenly curve 1 ; ventral margin of clasjier produced into 

 a short process near tiie harpe, this process rough witli setiferous tubercles. 



? . Not dissected. Early stages unknown. 



Hub. Queensland and N.W. Australia. 



In the Tring Museum 2 J<?, I ¥ from: "Queensland"; Coomooboolaroo, 



