9-1 NOCTUTD.E. 



submedian fold, tlien curved upwards to lower edge of renifomi 

 and down to submedian fold, then again excurved, some pale 

 points beyond it on costa ; a subtenninal series of black points 

 on veins 6 to 1 ; the termen and cilia tinged with brown at middle ; 

 a fine waved brown terminal line. Hind wing grey-white suffused 

 with brown ; a diffused brown postmedial line followed by a paler 

 band ; a large fuscous brown subterminal patch on costal area 

 followed by two diffused waved lines from vein 5 to inner margin ; 

 the termen suffused with brown at middle ; a fine waved brown 

 terminal line ; cilia ochreous white, brown at base at middle ; the 

 underside ochreous white tinged with rufous, the apical area tinged 

 with fuscous. 



$ . Fore wing with the area beyond the antemedial line and the 

 postmedial area redder brown ; hind wing with the ground-colour 

 ochreoixs whitish ; underside yellow tinged with rufous and irrorated 

 with brown ; fore wing with blackish discoidal spot, slight post- 

 medial line from below costa to vein 4, and subterminal patch 

 between veins 5 and 1 ; hind wing with black discoidal point, 

 minutely waved postmedial line and faint subterminal shade forking 

 towards costa. 



Ab. 1. 6 ■ Fore wing more uniform grey-brown, the markings 

 indistinct and without the ante- and postmedial diffused bands. 



Ab. 2. 5 discrepans. Fore wing more uniform reddish brown, 

 the markings indistinct except a narrow black-brovm antemedial 

 band from below costa to inner margin, without the ante- and 

 postmedial diffused bands. 



Hah. Ceram {Wallace), 1 S ; Be. N. Guinea (Matliew), 1 S , 

 Dinawa {Pratt), 3 c? , 2 $ , Mt. Kebea {Pratt), 1 c? , 1 $ ; 

 D'Entrecasteaux Is. Fergusson I {Meek), 1 d , 1 $ ; Solomois" 

 Is., Pentecost {Woodford), 1 5 ; N- Australia, Port Darwin ; 

 F1.JI {Matheiv), 3 c? , 2 $ type discrepans, Siiva {de la Garde), 

 2 5 ; Navigators Is. {Duhe of Nortliumherland), 2 S type 

 demonstrans ; Friendly Is., Yavau {Eclipse Exp.), 3 cJ , Tutuila 

 I. {Niclioll), 1 $, Tongatabu {Lister), 1 $ ; Tonga {Matheiv), 

 1 6 ; Tahiti {J. J. Walker), 2 $ ; Marquesas {J. J. Walker), 

 1 c?, 2 $ ; Hab. ign., 1 S type. Exp. 48-56 millim. 



B. Mid tibife of male smoothly scaled, the hind tibiae fringed 

 with long hair above only ; underside of wings clothed 

 with silky hair to beyond middle. 



a. Hind wing whitisli suffused in parts with brown alterna. 



h. Hind wing grey strongly suffused with brown. 



fl-A. Fore wing without prominent dark shades beyond 

 the antemedial and before the subterminal line. 

 «2. Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly oblique 



and sinuous dolosa. 



b'^. Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly excurved 



below costa, then almost erect imituaria. 



t?. Fore wing with prominent dark shades beyond the 



antemedial and before the subterminal line inferna. 



