Noctuidae Catocalinae — VlETTE 
apically into a wide plate which carries raised 
extensions both dorsally and ventrally, the 
ventral being upturned; the penis is straight, 
and is carried by a juxta lengthened by two 
long plates,, lateral to the penis (Fig. 13c). 
Genitalia 9 : These have the same form 
as those of Mods frugalis F., but can be dis- 
tinguished by their larger anterior and pos- 
terior apophyses, and particularly by a greater 
specialization of the chamber where the os- 
tium bursae opens; the lateral ventral edges 
of the seventh tergite come to a level with 
the ductus bursae upon which, beneath, is 
fused a lengthened part, which is curved at 
its caudal edge and is homologous to the part 
called the clapper in the other species but 
which here does not have the same function. 
Thus the ostium bursae is pushed backwards; 
the ductus bursae is longer, sclerotized; the 
bursa copulatrix is membranous. 
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New Caledonia: Canala (Delacour), 
Noumea (Catala). 
Loyalty Islands (coll. Donckier, Paris Mu- 
seum ) . 
New Fie brides: Mallicolo (Risbec); 
Tanna (Aubert de la Rue); Vate, Port Vila 
( Risbec ) , 
The species extends from Ceram, New 
Guinea, and the Solomons to the Marquesas 
and the Austral Islands, including Tonga, 
Fiji, and Samoa. 
REFERENCES 
Viette, P. E. L. In press. Rh op aloe era de 
FOceanie Francaise. In: Faune de V Empire 
Frangais. Paris. 
— 1949. Catalogue of the Heterocerous 
Lepidoptera from French Oceania. Pacific 
Science 3(4): 315-337. 
