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into a broad suffusion) at the terminal sinus of the forewing. The type was of the fleshy form. ab. virescens virescens. 
nov. may be employed to designate the greenish form, which accompanies it not only in Queensland but in 
most, if not all localities. The larva of aventiaria was first made known by Moore, who knew only a bright 
green form, but Semper, from Luzon, figures it brown. Slender, thickening posteriorly, dorsally with minute, 
acute warts and on the 5th abdominal two long slender processes. Very restless. Pupa slender, the head pointed; 
above greenish or (agreeing with the larva) brownish, ventrally dark; in a slight cocoon. molybdias Meyr., molybdias. 
a $ from Port Moresby, expanding “26 mm”, is “closely allied to aventiaria, of which it might possibly be a 
form, but the differences in cilia and ground colour separate it from any specimens which the author has seen . 
He describes the ground-colour as “pale dull ochreous-greenish” (presumably a little faded), the costal edge 
pale ochreous-reddish on anterior half, the fringes reddish-brown with pale ochreous tips. In view of the now 
known variability, I doubt the significance of these details. 
G. aria sp.n. (17 g). Notwithstanding that the genitalia have shown no appreciable distinction ex- aria. 
cepting their much larger size, I am convinced this must be a separate species from aventiaria, particularly 
as they occur together in the D'Entrecasteaux and parts of New Guinea. Considerably larger (33—38 mm); 
forewing with the excavation scarcely so deep, the dark shade accompanying it generally less thick, postmedian 
line a little nearer the termen, on the underside heavy almost throughout (in aventiaria nearly always weak 
or obsolete anteriorly, generally forming a thick spot about the fold), posteriorly no farther from the termen 
than in the much smaller aventiaria (normally about 3.5 mm therefrom in both). Fergusson (loc. typ.) and 
Goodenough Islands, British New Guinea (Milne Bay to Upper Aroa River), Dutch New Guinea (Snow Mount¬ 
ains), Vulcan and Dampier Islands and the Bismarcks. Variable in the black cell-spot of the forewing. 
G. subochrea Btlr. (17 h) in its size recalls or approaches aria, but is certainly a distinct species, with subochrea. 
differences in the structure of the 8th abdominal somite, more pointed uncus, etc. Readily distinguishable also 
by the underside which, apart from its deeper ochreous (at times reddish) colour, has on both wings a complete 
postmedian line near the distal margin, whereas the other species has this represented by mere vein-dots, some¬ 
times quite weak; oblique stripe of forewing not reaching the costa, sometimes only strong near hindmargin. 
Distributed in the Solomon Islands, the type from Alu. 
19. Genus: Aaiisodes Guen. 
(See Vol. 16, p. 54.) 
Palpus moderate to very long, terminal joint in the often, in the $ almost always, elongate, often 
reaching a striking length, as in few other Geometridae. Antenna of the A bipectinate, with long branches. 
Hindtibia in the $ with 4 spurs, in the A with the armature very variable. Forewing with the areole simple 
or wanting, rarely very large, the subcostals stalked, the 5th always arising before the 1st. Early stages, so 
far as known, similar to those of Cosymbia (see Vol. 4. p. 141), the pupa with the same butterfly-like attachment 
to a leaf, with a central girth. Although represented in the African Region and very rich in species in the Neo¬ 
tropical, Anisodes undoubtedly reaches its most interesting developments in the Indo-Australian, where an 
enormous number of $ modifications is known, the hair-tufts or pencils appearing not only on different parts 
of the hindleg, but in some cases on one of the other legs, on the abdomen, on a wing, or on the palpus or 
antenna. It is not surprising, therefore, that numerous genera or subgenera have been proposed, founded ex¬ 
clusively on A characters. The distribution southward in the region extends to New South Wales (though almost 
all the Australian representatives belong to Queensland or the north), eastward to the Society Islands. It is 
wanting in the Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand. 
A. Hindtibia of $ with 4 spurs; w ings no r m a 1 (Zeugma Walk.). 
A. recusafaria Walk. (17 h). A small species, of comparatively simple structure, the legs in no way recusataria. 
aborted, glabrous; palpus very long and slender; areole small or moderate. The cell-marks are brown, puncti- 
form, not ocellated, the lines also punctiform. Described from Sarawak, known also from Banka Island and 
Malaya. parva Warr. from N. Queensland, shows little difference except that the cell-dot of the hind- parva. 
wing is black, not brown. With it are associated the forms from (? Amboina), New Guinea, Woodlark, the 
Louisiades, Dampier Island and the Northern Solomons. 
B. Hindtibia of A with 4 spurs; forewing of A in proximal part above 
with dense furry scaling (Prostenodes Warr.). 
A. glomerata Warr. (= comosa Warr.) (17 h). Palpus with 3rd joint moderate in the <$, long in the $. glomerata. 
The A (comosa) is easily distinguished from the following by the structure; the $ (glomerata. with page-priority) 
might be more difficult to separate, but the range, so far as is known, does not overlap. — ab. condensata Warr. condensata. 
has a broad diffuse sinuous median fascia of a vinous-reddish shade. I only know glomerata from British and 
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