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Fig. 6. Achaea janata Linne: a, tegumen, un- 
cus, and anal tube; b, right valva; c, penis. 
lateral parts of the ninth segment are nar- 
row; the valva e ( Fig. 6b ) have a spur-shaped 
well-defined sacculus; the superior or costal 
part of the valvae is reduced here to an area 
carrying three long, strongly sclerotized, well- 
colored processes; between them can be seen 
a simple valvula; at the base of the valvae 
there is a long, membranous bag, covered 
with many bristles as there is in A, serva ; the 
penis (Fig. 6c) is dorsally curved, asymmet 
rical, pointed, and well colored at its apex, 
and has a vesica with many thick cornuti. 
Genitalia ? : Similar to A. serva but dis- 
tinguished by the shape of the sclerotized area 
above the ostium bursae, which is here fully 
developed, extends full width to the eighth 
urite and is inflected on the edges, forming 
a sort of pocket at the depth of which the 
ostium bursae opens; the clapper, placed 
underneath the copulatory opening, is almost 
square, with the medial notch of the caudal 
edge rounder; the bursa copulatrix is less 
sclerotized. 
New Caledonia (Marie) : Noumea (Quod, 
Risbec, Catala). 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. IV, April, 1950 
New Hebrides: Vate, Port Vila ( Kowal - 
sky). 
This species extends from the Persian Gulf 
to the Marquesas Islands. 
Genus Parallelia Hiibner 
Parallelia Hiibner, 1827, Verz. bekann. 
Schmett., p. 269; Hampson, 1913, Cat. 
Lepid. Phal. B.M. 12: 551; Gaede, 1938, 
in Seitz 11: 481 (type, bistriaris Hb.). 
The proboscis is fully developed; the labial 
palpi are upturned; the second joint is on a 
level with the vertex and lightly scaled; the 
frons is smooth with a tuft of hairs above; 
the male antennae are ciliated; the pro- and 
metathoracic tibiae are generally without 
spines. 
Key to the species 
1. Anterior wings with the costa showing 
a light lobe before its middle . redunca 
Anterior wings with the costa not show- 
ing a similar lobe ........... 2 
2. Anterior wings with the postmedial line 
toothed beneath Mi ...... . prisca 
Anterior wings with the postmedial line 
not toothed beneath Mi ... . joviana 
Parallelia redunca Swinhoe 
Fig. l'a-d 
Ophiusa redunca Swinhoe, Cat. Lepid. Heter. 
Mus. Oxon. 2: 14 1, 1900. 
Parallelia redunca Swinhoe; Hampson, Cat. 
Lepid. Phal. B.M. 12: 553, fig. 131, 1913. 
Parallelia redunca Swinhoe; Gaede, in Seitz 
11: 481, pi. 53 a, 1938. 
Parallelia redunca Swinhoe; Viette, Pacific 
Science 3(4): 331, 1949. 
Wing-spread 61-64 mm.; length of the 
anterior wings 28-29 mm. 
The head and thorax are reddish brown, 
the tegulae have a whitish apex; the legs are 
clothed with gray hairs which are yellow at 
their origin. 
The anterior wings have a background 
