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minate subspecies from Alu I. is known, but this differs from m. diplodonta in thegenitalia.Genitalia. Male. Unc'~s tapered, the apical third pilose and flattened laterally.Arms of gnathus short. Basal two-thirds of valve sclerotized, the dorsal margincrenulate, the ventral margin with a short, digitate process near the beginning of theapical third, which is membranous and tapered with a crenulate ventral margin. Theouter surface of the apical third bears a dense tuft of long, slender, deciduous spines.Aedeagus with two strongly sclerotized spines apicad. Vesica with a patch of severalsmall spines and a slender scobinate area, one-third as long as the aedeagus.Female. Ductus bursae twice as long as broad, evenly and strongly sclerotized.Bursa copulatrix ovate and sclerotized posteriorly. The ductus bursae of m. minima(fig. 48) is almost three times as long as broad, the sci erotization being principally atthe right side. The difference in shape of the bursa copulatrix will be seen from thefigure.Pauilla minima oxyprora subsp.n. (Figs. 5, 76)Rennell I., Hutuna, 1-8. xi. 1953, (J. D. BRADLEY), holotype 3.3 17 mm. Differs from the preceding subspecies in having the proximal half of themedian area of each wing suffused with fuscous and dark vinaceous brown. Differsfrom m. diplodonta in the male genitalia; the apex of the aedeagus has only one stronglysclerotized spine apicad, which has a small toothed projection basad, and the clusterof small spines on the vesica is wanting.Othreis materna (Linn.)Phalaena materna Linn., 1767, Syst. Nat., (Ed. t 2), 840.Noctua hybrid a Fabricius, t 775, Syst. Ent., 593.Hutuna, I ~.Distribution: Africa; India; Ceylon; Malaya to Australia.Othreis (olloni. (Clerck)Phalaena jullonia Clerck, 1764, leones Insect. rar., ], pI. 48.Noctua dioscoreae Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Insect., 2: 212.Phalaena pomona Cramer, 1775, VitI. Kapellen, I: 122, pI. 77: C.Ophideres obliterans Walker, 1857, List, Lep. Ins. B.M., 13: 1229.Hutuna, I ~; Tingoa, I ~. Bellona I., Matahenua, 13.Distribution: Africa; India; Ceylon; W. China; formosa; Malaya to Australia;Pacific Is.The two Rennell specimens are similar to some of those from Samoa in havingthe black patch below the lower angle of the cell on the hind wing narrowed.52