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PARALLELIA. By M. Gaede. 
anetica. 
aneticoides. 
serratilinea. 
prisca. 
illibata. 
eclipsifera. 
rigidistria. 
vulga. 
latizona. 
nfractifinis. 
lua. 
grey-brown, with pale cliscal and submarginal lines, darker between the two. 55—60 mm. New Guinea, 
Queensland. 
The following 4 species are very closely related. 
P. anetica Fldr. (53 a). Forewings red-brown with oblique red-yellow antemedian line. Reniform stigma 
with grey surround, narrow. Postmedian line dark, double, dentate, its outer branch more diffuse, excurved 
behind the cell, incurved at vein 2. Distally a dark red-brown spot with white edge on costa to apex and from 
this an indistinct dentate line proceeds, that is parallel to the postmedian line. Hindwings dark brown with 
fine curved grey median line. Margin of both wings narrowly blue-grey. aneticoides Strd. has an obsolete 
reniform stigma. $ 60 mm. Fiji Islands. 
P. serratilinea B.-Bak. (53 b). Differing from anetica Fldr. by the brown surround to reniform stigma. 
The yellow-red antemedian band is intersected by a dark line. Submarginal line white, the margin being much 
more widely blue-grey. Hindwings do not vary. 65- 70 mm. New Guinea. 
P. prisca Wkr. (53 b). Differing from serratilinea by the yellow-red spot on costa between the branches 
of the postmedian line. Submarginal line reddish yellow, indistinct, with 2 fulvous dentations penetrating into 
the apical spot. Only on hindwings is the margin somewhat greyer. £ 65—70 mm. Samoa, Friendly Islands. 
P. illibata F. (= peropaca Film., laetabilis Gn.) (53 b). As the species is also found in China, it was 
dealt with in Vol. Il l, p. 328, pi. 61 c. I t differs from the other species of this group by a narrow distinct pale 
double antemedian line, that is only slightly or not undulate at all. Reniform stigma more boldly arched, the 
double postmedian line black, frequently in paler surround. The inner part of discal area sometimes darker, 
fairly sharply defined distally. 55—65 mm. India, Ceylon, Tonkin. Malacca, Borneo. Philippines. 
P. eclipsifera Hmps. (53 b). Forewings grey-brown, suffused with red-brown at base and at margin. 
Antemedian line pale grey, oblique, incurved. Reniform stigma angulated, with pale grey surround. Median 
line brown, undulate, excurved behind the cell to vein 4, then inwards. Outer line brown, edged on both sides 
by blue-grey, angulated outwards at vein 6. more faintly at vein 4, distally a chocolate-brown spot, as in the 
preceding species. Hindwings grey-brown with obsolete pale band. One 60 mm. From the Philippines. 
P. rigidistria Gn. (= calefasciens Wkr., correetata Wkr.) (53 c). This and the following species form a 
group for themselves by the straight pale discal band, without the apical spot of propyrrha Wkr. and the sub¬ 
sequent species. Forewings pale coppery brown. Antemedian line red-brown, straight, oblique, terminating 
near median line. Median line black, vertical, faintly double outwardly, edged inwardly by a narrow white 
band. Postmedian line fine, brown, dentate, outwardly to vein 6, then inwards, vertical under vein 2; thence 
to median line, frequently suffused with pale lilac. Hindwings brown, darker at margin, with obsolescent pale 
median band and a short streak at anal angle. Both wings narrowly grey at margin. 45—55 mm. India, Ceylon. 
Tonkin. Malacca. Sunda Islands, New Guinea. 
P. valga E. Front. Colouration and markings very like those of rigidistria Gn. Antemedian line com¬ 
mencing on costa rather further removed from base, it is boldly incurved under costa to origin of vein 2, boldly 
excurved at inner margin near to median line. Postmedian line is rather less dentate and has only one angul- 
ation on vein 6. not also on vein 5. from the angle a dark shade to apex. On hindwings the pale discal band 
is absent, the streak at anal angle is faint. One $ 50 mm, from the Kliasia Hills (Assam). 
The next 5 species have a remarkably v ide white median band. 
P. latizona Btlr. (47 f). Forewings coppery brown, a few blue-white spots at base. A wide white median 
band, under the cell its inner edge lies somewhat further towards the base, its outer edge proceeds obliquely 
outwards from costa to behind the lower angle of cell, enclosing 2 black spots at disco-cellular. Postmedian line 
arises at a small white spot on costa, then dark, indistinct, sometimes with blue-white scales anteriorly and a 
row of blue-white submarginal dots. Hindwings black-brown, blue-white dots at anal angle. Fringes of both 
wings with white spots. — schraderi Fldr. is certainly identical with latizona , but not the same as frontina Don. 
40- -45 mm. New Guinea, Australia. One $ from Timorlaut has pure white fringes on hindwings, thereby form¬ 
ing a transition to roulera Swh. 
P. infractifinis Lac. ( — medioalbata B.-Bak.) (47 f). Markings of this species are simpler. On forewings 
a few blue-white spots at base. White median band is narrower at costa, without the 2 spots at disco-cellular, 
wider at inner margin. The spot, from which in latizona the postmedian line proceeds, is generally larger. 
Fringes of both wings white. 38—44 mm. Queensland, New Guinea. 
P. lua Strd. (47 f). The species is a transition from infractifinis to roulera. Pale basal spots are absent. 
The white band on forewings is similar to that of infractifinis, only at lower angle of cell there is an angulation 
