( 786 ) 



c??. Cavity of paljins partly ooncealecl by rongli scaling. Aiitpiina soiupwliat 

 clubbed, especially iu ?. External spines of first prdtarsal segment rather long, 

 the row doubled, witb some additional short spines. 



cJ. Tenth segment as in mar(j(iytt<t, the apex of the stcniite more rcnnided, 

 not distinctly bisinnate. Friction-scales of elasjjer large : process of harjie long, 

 slender, feebly spatnlate, cnrving upwards at end. Penis-sheath similar to that of 

 manidrifn and allies, the right process shdrt, narrow, ])ancidentatc, the rilibon-like 

 armature broadest at its most distal point, tlic dentate ridge beginning close to 

 the riglit process (PI. LVIII. f. 2('i, dorsal view), the distal edge of tlie rilibon 

 dentate as in innnjurifji . 



?. Vaginal plate rounded triangular, very obtuse; anterior edge of the vaginal 

 cavity raised into a smootli ridge, which forms a kind of half-cylinder over the 

 cavity, and gradually disajipears distally. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum S c?f?, 10 ? ? from: Brisbane and Townsville (Dodd) ; 

 (Vioktown; Mackay (Turner). 



741. Thei'etra insignis. 



*Ptnuirra iiixkiiils Butler, Ann. ^[lt(|. X. II. {i>). x. p. 4:i2 (1882) (Anrlamans ;— Miis. Brit.) ; Kirliy. 

 Cat. Lep. IIH. i. p. i'A?,. u. 12 (i8'.)2) (Andamana). 



c? ? . Structurally not different from tunieri, except that the right jirocess 

 of the penis-sheath is longer in iiis)<iii).s. Tlie shar])ly marked narrow pale band 

 which runs from near tlie apex of tlie forewing to the middle of the hinder margin, 

 and forms an obtuse angle in middle, is a conspicuous distiuguisliiug character 

 of ivsiffm's. 



Early stages not known, 



Ihid. Andamans to Tenimber, 



Two subspecies : 



n. '111. iiisiqnis ivsu/ni.s. 



*Piin(in'ii. /iisif/ni i Bntler, l.r. 



cJ. Differs I'rom the following form in being larger, having the forewings mcu'e 

 ]ioint.ed and the ])ale band less curved in middle. 



//n/j. Andamans. 



One c? in the liritish Museum, 



/;. '/'//. i//.^/{/ii/.s luieliiii. 



*a 



/I. III. iiisii/iii.s UHi'/iin. 



riinrlm i'h.w/h/x, Siifllcn, T'ljihrln: Ent. xxviii. p. 2,''>2. t. 9. f. 1 (1.885) (.lava). 

 'JI,itei'oe,ini/)ii l-iihni Roth.sc.liilfl, Nov. Zodi,. vii. p. 274. n. 2. t. .'>. f. 2 ((J) (litOO) (Dammer I. ;— ' 

 Mu3. Tring). 



The .Tava specimen figured by iSuellen approaches a little the Andaman form. 

 //fi/t. Tenind)er ; Dammer 1. ; Java. 



In the Tring JIuseum 3 cTc?, 4 ? ? from: Dammer I., xii. (Kului) ; Larat, 

 Tenimber (Kiihn). 



T4,:. Theretra griseomarginata. 



*CI('ii'i'i«''ini/m;iri.tro-miirfiiniiki, llii,m\t!soi^, -lunrn. //"m/m// .V. //. ,S'.<r. xi. ]). 281. n. K'Oa. t. A. f. 12 

 ( ?)(18',W) (Sikliim, ISOOft. ;--Mus. Brit.); Diulg., Jnnni. IJuml.a;/ .V. If. S,,,: xi. p. 411. 

 n. i:»a (18118) (Sikliim, at light, 1.8U0 ft.). 



