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PORXNA. By R. Peitzner f and M. Gaede. 
subvaria. 
niphadias. 
sphragidi- 
as. 
hershawl. 
salmona- 
cea. 
fuliginosa. 
postflavida. 
nigripunc- 
ta. 
nigricosta. 
manian specimen described by him, are altogether absent in the one specimen from Melbourne and also in 
4 other from New South Wales, which are besides darker and more uniformly coloured. 60—78 mm. 
P. subvaria Wkr. is partly regarded as coherent with rufescens, but well distinguished by the antennae 
exhibiting especially short pectinations. Por the rest, the species can be shortly characterized as a rufescens 
without any red. Also smaller (41—55 mm). Tasmania. 
P. niphadias Meyr. Head dark brown, antennae ochreous, pectinated as in australis (77 b). Thorax 
brownish ochreous, darker in front. Abdomen light brownish ochreous. Forewing dark brown, darker at 
the costal margin and base. Two whitish spots in the disc transverse at %, and an irregular short whitish 
longitudinal streak in the centre of the wing; two almost straight transverse rows of nearly triangular, some¬ 
what confluent whitish dots which do not reach the margins of the wing, the first at the second at 5 / 6 
of the length of the wing. Fringe rather dark brown. Hindwing pale ochreous, lighter towards the base. 
South Australia (Mt. Lofty). 
P. sphragidias Meyr. $ 56 mm. Head and thorax brownish ochreous. Antennae ligth red-brown, 
shortly dentate. Abdomen blackish-brown, deep ochreous at the apex. Forewing deep ochreous, irregularly 
watered with brownish ochre and dark brown. The light ground shows 3 rows of somewhat irregular con¬ 
fluent dots, the first row at about %, strongly bent, the second in the centre, almost extinct in the lower 
half, the third at % of the length of the wing, slightly curved. An indistinctly defined dark brown longi¬ 
tudinal stripe in the disc from the base almost to the distal margin; a large triangular blackish-brown spot 
above the inner margin at %, a small oval whitish-ochreous dot near the first. Fringe ochreous, paler at 
the tips, sharply interrupted with dark brown. Hindwing rather dark brown. Costa, a distal-marginal line 
and the veins behind of a glaring deep ochreous colour. Fringe as on the forewing. Tasmania (?). 
P. kershawi Luc. <$ 70—80, 9 108 mm. Head, thorax ochreous blackish-brown, antennae ochreous red¬ 
dish-brown, abdomen ochreous reddish-brown, forewing light ochreous with spots of dark brown and chains 
of dark-angled, creamy white dots. Costa dark blackish-brown, lighter in the basal half outside. A creamy 
white longitudinal stripe through the centre of the wing from the base almost to the distal margin along the 
lower margin of vein 7. Besides 6 rows of creamy white spots edged with dark. The first as a spot at the 
costal margin and as a spot and streak at the lower margin of the radial streak at ] / 5 of the length of the 
wing. The second row of spots and short streaks from the centre of the costal margin to 3 / 5 of the inner 
margin. The third from % of the costal margin, the two next rows close behind it. All 5 are shaped like 
a necklace, ending near the inner margin at the second line. The sixth from close before the apex to the 
anal angle, double in front, treble in the middle. A light submarginal row behind it. Hindwing reddish ochre¬ 
ous. The $ is larger, less reddish-yellow. Marking similar to that of the <$, but sometimes also absent 
or less distinct. 70—108 mm. Victoria. 
P. salmonacea Rothsch. head and palpi mummy-brown, thorax brownish olive, metanotum and the 
next abdominal rings salmon-coloured, the rest of the abdomen pale cinnamon-red, antennae pale tan- 
coloured. Forewing loamy brown or more ochreous. From the base to the centre three or four creamy white 
spots, sometimes divided, generally margined with black, the third being the largest. The distal half with 
4 or 5 rows of mostly tiny black spots, partly centred with creamy white. Hindwing salmon-chamois, red at 
the base, reddish chamois in the centre. Beneath reddish chamois, watered with salmon-colour, apex of hind¬ 
wing yellowish chamois. Length of forewing: 22—30 mm. 2 $<$. British New Guinea. 
P. fuliginosa Rothsch. Thorax sooty black, abdomen sooty grey. Forewing sooty black. Traces of 
a distal row of dull grey rings. Besides two rings at the cross-vein. Hindwing grey. 46 mm. Dutch New 
Guinea. 
P. postflavida Rothsch. Thorax and forewing dark chocolate with 4 rows of reddish orange rings. 
Abdomen and hindwing reddish-yellow. Hindwing somewhat hyaline. Veins and margin broadly orange. 
56 mm. Dutch New Guinea. 
The following 4 species may be a single species according to the authors’ opinions. 
P. raigripuncta J. & T. (100 c). Forewing greyish ochreous with a dark brown marking. A spot in the 
cell near the base, then 2 spots above the inner margin. In the centre of the wing there is a series of very 
unequally large spots which are continued below vein 2 as a fine line to the centre of the inner margin. Mar¬ 
ginal area of forewing somewhat lighter, enclosing 4 rows of spots some of which exhibit a pale centre. 
Hindwing ochreous, indistinct marginal spots between the veins. $ 75 mm. Wandammen Mts. 
P. nigricosta J. <L T. (77 e). Forewing dark brown, costal margin blackish. Base of cell and its surround¬ 
ings lighter, like the centre in the marginal area. The dark spots similar as in nigripuncta, united into 2 faded 
bands according to the original figure. $ 66 mm. Wandammen Mts. 
