f 771 ) 



tlie reddish colour appeaviuu' at anal angle and along outer margin, but not forming 

 a band ; apex obtuse. 



L'i>Jrr.'<!<lc : basal half of fore wing clayish olive, rest of foruwing and the whole 

 hindwing rufous-testaceous, covered with minute, transverse, brown speckles; a 

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

 in one individual altogether absent. 



Vaginal cavity partly filled up by a carinate tubercle. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilah. Sumba. 



Three ? ? in tlie Tring Museum. 



This and imlixtiiii^ta may be forms of the same species. Considering, however, 

 that inoniata and inrlistincta. are doubtless distinct in spite of the great similarity, 

 we think it safer to treat incarnata also as distinct. 



724. Theretra indistincta (I'l. XIV. f. 11, J). 



*CI,anu,;niqiri iiKhslhirh, Butler, Ann. Macj. X //. (4). xix. p. 4('i0 (1877) (Rockhampton ;— Mus 



Brit., ?). 

 Chaeroirimpa i-hapah-ii Jliskin, Prnr. Rny. Soc. Qiteetishl. viii. p. 15. n. 25 (1891) (Brisb.ine). 

 Cliuerncaiiqia nirriVnii'ii Lucas. (Jiicenxhindi i- .vxxi.v. p. 8.34 (May, 1891) (Brisbane) : Misk., J.o. p. C4 



(1891). 

 Tlierelrii lienpali-u, Kirby, Cal. I.e/,. 11, f, i. p. 651). n. 04 (1892). 

 TherHra imiisliiirld, id., I.r, n. 72 (1802). 

 TUercIni nirri/inm, id., Nov. Zoni.. i, 101 (1894). 



c??. Paljuis 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 -tarsns almost white. Fore- 

 wing with a single, not very prominent line as in inornata, separated at SC" from the 

 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. 



i. Tenth segment as in imvniita and hiitus. Ilarpe as iu hatitx, but more 

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

 Patch of teeth of peuis-sheath prolonged proximad, the teeth pointing iiroximail as 

 in Iji.ifiis. 



Early stages not known. 



JIuh. Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 5 i^r?, 3 ? ? from : Mackiiy ; Bongu, TIiioii (iolfe. 



727). Theretra inornata (I'l. XIV. f. m, cf). 



*riian-nr,f,„/ia umnintn. Walker, /.i,v/ /.ry. /'«. /'. .1/. xxxi. p. 31 (18G4) (X. Austr. ;— Mu«. Brit.) ; 



Butl., '/'/■«/«. Xiiol. Sue. ho.iil. ix. p. 5l',l. n. 38 (1877) ; Misk., I'ror. ihiy. .S'«c. Qnmislil. viii 



p. 18. n. ,'il (1891). 

 CImfroraiiijiii jni/lii/a MisklD, I.e. n. 29 (1891) (Brisbane). 

 TUf.rclru paW-hi, Kirby, Cnl. Li:/). Iltl. i. p. 115.'.. n. 54 (1892). 

 rhrrtlrii i„„n,„l„, id., /..■. n. tiC, (1892). 



6 V . (Javity of jialpiis as sliar[)ly defined as in /ri/niii, the sc'uling regular. !''irsl 

 protarsal segment with a single external row of sjiines. Seiiling of anlejina pijjkisli 

 white ; a black a]iical ]iatcli. The pale lateral band of thorax vestigiul on pronolnin, 

 indicated by a fine line (often abbreviated) on head. Forewing, a/jofe, with a 

 single, stniight, line, which is o mm. distant from outer margin at SC'* and then 



