( 785 ) 

 738. Theretra margarita. 



*CIi(itriieam/ifi inari/aritii Kirby, Tmns. Enl. Sm: Lmul. pp. 2:iO. 24IJ (1877) (Queensland: Mus 



Dublin) ; Waterh., Aid Jrlfiit. Jns. ii. t. 140. f. 2 (188.3). 

 rli'iirnniiii/m yy//oc//;.r, Miskin {iidii Koch, 1865), /■)■(«•. Rni/. ftm: Qiier-whl. \m. p. 12. n. 17 (l.Si)l) 



(Brisbane: Rockh.impfon ). 

 Cliarr(imiii])a mui-(ihii:1ii (!), Swinboe, Git. Lep. Het. Mux. (It. j. p. 19. m. 7:i (18',)l') (rit f:ilsnl). 

 Tlifiitra minr/iirilii Kirby, Cnt. Leji. Ilel. i. p. 054. n. 41 (1802). 



Miskin says that this is jilioeni.c of Koch (not Olceii, lsl5) ; ho recfivril 

 rlie name to specimens sent by liini to Koch. However, in 1805 Koch hiiiiself 

 says that phncnix is the same as rigil {= ri'lo.r = lignaria = yorki, etc.). I'nl 

 even ii' the iusect named by Koch plioenLc in 180;") was not tlie p/ionii/.r of Hcrrich- 

 Sdiiilfcr (= riijil = lignariic = velo:r, etc.), bnt th(! prcsi'iil sjiecies nuininritii, 

 tlie name jjliorjii.r conlil not be employed instcail of imiriiitriid, as there was no 

 descrijition n-iveii in ls(i."i, and as Kocii ibii not ine;in to pnlilish a new name 

 iVir a new insect, bnt simply applied rierrii'h-Sch;iller's naini; iilioi'm/.r (which is 

 not Uken's plmnni.c — eeli'rio) to the insect which lie identified as Herrich-Schiill'er's. 

 Koch may very likely have misi<lentilied later on the present species :i,s /ihoi'iiir. 

 He was not very carefnl in this respect. See his remark alimif .■<rni//i. 



<? ? . Very close to the following insect. Forewinj; : lines 1,'^,:! Ibrmiiii;' a 

 brown band, 4 obsolete, iuterspaccs between Hnes :> and o silvery white, at least 

 behind, line heavy, stig'iua vestigial, (irey mesial baud of thora.x much broailer 

 than in pinastrina. 



S. Tenth tergite slender, rather strongly curved, snbcarinate above, apex 

 convex above, ronnded-trnncate, not distinctly sinuate ; sternitc trnncate, slightly 

 bisinuate, the middle lobe dentiform, upperside transversely ribbed at the margins. 

 Process of harpe widened in middle, then evenly and rather strongly curved, 

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

 f. :59. 4il) broad, dentate at both edges sinistro-laterally. 



PJarly stages not known. 



I/'i/j. Australia: Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 4 rf <?, 4 ? ? from : I'.risl e : Oawson 1?. (I'.iirnard) ; 



Townsville (Dodd). 



T:iO. Theretra brunnea. 



*r/i„rrorn,„/,ii hriiinif/i Semper, Srl,,„. J'l,,l,/,,,. ii. p. 400. ii. 40. t. :i2. f. I (?) (I8ili;) (,S.E. 



.Mind.inao ; — roll. Semper). 

 *l'iiimrrii hiirimixix Rothschild, Xiiv, Zimpi. vi. p. (j'.l. n. 7 (18'.l',l) (Burn ; Mus, Triutf) ; id., /.■ , 



vii. p. 274, n. 4. t. .V f. :i ( ? ) (1900). 



?. TIh' slight diU'erences between Sem[)er's and our specimen are most likely 

 individual. The s|iecies differs frinn lurncri and //i.tii/i/i.s esi]ecially in the mesothoracic 

 tegida being devoid of a pale median stri]ie. Antenna incrassate distally as in ihe 

 iiilied sjH'cies. 



/A'//. Mindanao ; Hni'u. 



In the Tring Museum I V IVom liniii. 



740. Theretra turneri. 



i;,iiii, m hiiM-i-i fiiic.'is. (jiifi'iiHldiiiln- xxxix. p. 894 (May, 1891 ) ; Misk., Pnu-. W.i). S'lr. I.lutiiinlil. 



viii. p. 1)2 (1891 ) (Mackay) : Kirby, C>il. f.f/i. Ihl. i. p. Wu\. n. U) (1892) ; id., X(i\. Zour . 1. 



p. 37. n. 17 (1894) ; Uothoeb., -/./•./. iii. p. ■>:•, (189(1) (= mini). 

 ' I'.ni.irni n,h:t Swinhoc, Cut. Lq,. lilt. Mm. <Xt. i. p. 13. ii. M. t. 1. f. « (1892) (C Y..rl( ; Mil". 



nxinid) ; Kirby. I.e. n, 12a (I81H). 



K V. K 



