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AEOLOCHROMA. By L. B. Prout. 
subornata. 
regina. 
pallida. 
subrubella. 
metarhoda- 
1a. 
quadrilinea. 
subrubes- 
cens. 
hypochro- 
maria. 
viridicata. 
unitar ia. 
acanihina. 
sgturataria. 
perviridata. 
H. subornata Warr., only known in two $ $ from Cedar Bay, is possibly a pale form of emiliaria (8 cl), but 
quite different from purpurissata. Distinct from all the emiliaria forms in having the median area of the forewing 
little narrower at hindmargin than at costa, the postmedian line being nearly parallel with the distal margin. 
Pale flesh-colour, proximolly and dista-lly shaded with grey. Hindwing beneath without cell-spot. 
H. regina is distinguished chiefly from emiliaria by having the antemedian line oblique outward, 
so that the median area is fully three times as wide at costa as at hindmargin; the entire basal area of the 
forewing, excepting a small patch at costa, is filled in with liver-brown and black and the hindwing has a more 
or less broad band of this colouring posteriorly. — regina Front (8 e), from Rook Island, has a large black 
cell-mark on the hindwing beneath. — pallida Joicey & Talb. lacks this cell-mark and is generally rather paler 
in the distal area and on the underside. The type, from the Wandammen Mountains, has the dark abdominal 
area of the hind wing rather less developed, but examples from the Hydrographers agree with race regina in this 
respect, r. pallida has been taken also in the Weyland Mountains. 
12. Genus: AeoloeSsroma Prout. 
Often rather similarly coloured to Hypodoxa but distinguishable at a glance by the "absence of the 
raised tufts of the hindwing. Forewing generally more elongate anteriorly. Distinguishable from Terpna by 
having the frons scarcely protuberant, the femora less hairy. In the forewing, the 1st subcostal vein is nearly 
always free. The genus is almost confined to New Guinea and Australia. 
A. Antenna of d pectinate in proximal part. 
Ae. subtubella Warr. (8 d). Forewing in anterior half scarcely oblique, its cell-mark not ocellated, 
as in all the rest of the section. Coloration of upperside rather dark, varied with greenish and brown, the median 
area of the forewing suggesting a dark band. Both wings beneath red, with blackish markings. British 
and Dutch New Guinea. 
Ae. metarhodata Walk. (8 d). A small species, with very characteristic lines, a black longitudinal 
streak on the 2nd submedian vein and a pink flush on the hindwing except towards the abdominal margin. 
Brisbane to Victoria. 
Ae. quadrilinea T. P.Luc. (= ochrea Warr. ) (8cl). Paler than metarhodata, the palpus longer, the post¬ 
median line of forewing less strong, much less bent outward, both wings with indications of a dark band outside 
the postmedian, strongest on the underside. No longitudinal streak on the submedian vein; underside, however, 
with a characteristic one — either red or fuscous — between median and submedian. Dr. Turner suspects 
that this colour difference may be seasonal. Queensland; also from New South Wales. 
Ae. subrubeseerss Warr. (8 cl). Palpus as in metarhodata. Coloration more as in quadrilinea, though with 
blacker markings above. Above very similar to hypochromarid, the lines more angular. Underside with the 
red border of the fore wing broader than in quadrilinea, the black postmedian line more sinuous; the longitudinal 
streak of forewing always red. North Queensland. 
Ae. hypodiromaria Guen. (= bryophanes Turn.) (8 d). Differs from all the preceding in the greener 
colouring of both wings, the shape of the markings and especially in the d antenna, which bears rather longer 
pectinations and a rather strong basal tuft on the upperside of the shaft. Underside paler, the cell-spot of 
the forewing black, the lines fairly strong, both wings with more or less broad dark submarginal band. North 
Queensland to New South Wales. 
Ae. viridicata T. P. Luc. Unknown to me. Distinguished from hypodiromaria by having the submar¬ 
ginal band beneath reddish; hindwing beneath with a reddish discal mark. Queensland. 
Ae. unitaria Walk. (8 d) differs from hypodiromaria in having the palpus shorter, the d antenna 
without tuft at base, the d hindtibia not dilated, the wings irroratecl and strigulated with blackish, the antemedian 
line more angled anteriorly, postmedian less outbent in the middle. There are two forms, the distinction partly, 
but not entirely, sexual. Walker’s form, chiefly has the underside weakly marked, rather strongly dark- 
irrorated. —- ab. acanthma Meyr., chiefly d> has the underside clear proximally, well marked with black- 
grey lines and subterminal band. Walker’s type was from ,,Tasmania”, but the species is best known from 
Queensland. 
Ae. salurataria Walk. (= perfulvata Warr.) (8 e) is much larger than hypodiromaria, with the 
markings similar, but the postmedian more deeply dentate, very oblique outward to the 1st radial. Underside 
with the ground-colour orange in the d, usually purplish in the $. The coloration of the upperside varies; the 
name-type is more or less green in both sexes. — d'-ab. perviridata Warr. is paler green, with all the darker 
