424 NOCTUID®. 
costal area extending from just before postmedial line to apex ; 
traces of a dentate subterminal line and a prominent striga above 
tornus ; cilia intersected by fine yellow streaks and with a yellow 
patch above tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly 
fuscous from costa to vein 2; cilia pale yellow. 
Hab. Dutcu N. Guryea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 6; Br. N. Guinea, 
Dinawa (Pratt), type + ¢ dinawa, in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; 
QueEpNsLAND, Cairns, type Tf ¢ in Coll. Turner, Kuranda (Dodd), 33. 
veep. 32 millim. 
Genus RISOBA. 
Type. 
Risoba, Moores. Aas lOou ss so yat ne scenes teteatepe ts <0 aera repugnans. 
Pitrasa, Moore wep: Atk. p10 (lSS2)) ceeseewesaeesn-cereereeeee variegata. 
Lycoselene, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 87 (1888) ......... lunata, 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 
vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd inoderate, porrect ; frons smooth ; 
eyes large, round ; antenne as long as fore wing, in male with fascicles of long 
cilia to three-fourths length ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed; the 
prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie fringed 
with rather long hair; abdomen Jong in male, with minute dorsal crests on 
medial segments, the anal tuft forked. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 
the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near 
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a 
Jong areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 5 from just before angle of 
cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas- 
tomosing with the cell near base only. 
A. Fore wing with rufous apical patch. 
a. Fore wing green, the orbicular a small rufous spot......... spherophora. 
b. Fore wing grey, the orbiculara dark point .................. repugnans. 
B. Fore wing without rufous apical pateh. 
a. Fore wing yellow with grey patches defined by brown on 
terminal area above and below middle ..................... flavipennis. 
$. Fore wing without grey patches defined by brown on 
terminal area. 
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6. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green. 
a*, Fore wing with oblique dark streak from apex ...... variegata. 
6°. Kore wing with lunulate dark spot on terminal area 
beloweaexi cose tetas So suat coaseseercstencrectaesnscceceetee glauca. 
c', Fore wing with the ground-cojour blue-green. 
a”, Fore wing with the postmedial line double, black 
filledine with. white: 2i..cethacane sen coeeccecees tie te sees Jucunda. 
b°. Fore wing with the postmedial line single, black 
aetined| on inner side by white...............s-0se.---+0- diphtheroides. 
d*, Fore wing with the ground-colour bright yellow-green. ch/ora. 
¢'. Fore wing white suffused in parts with yellow-green. 
a’, Fore wing with the basal and apical areas suffused 
Withsbrightryellow-creen ects cee <ncecesee sve sectors viridata. 
b?, Fore wing with the basal and sometimes the apical 
area tinged with pale yellow-green..................... delicata. 
fi, Fore wing whitish or grey suffused with brown. 
a*, Fore wing with white fascia on costal area ......... pratti. 
}?. Fore wing without white fascia on costal area. 
a, Fore wing with diffused white fascia below costa. /unata. 
