( :,oc, ) 



liook ralluT :iliniii(, ami slujrt, subserriate in lateral us|!tH',t, eiul-sc^'iiieiit prolonged 

 into a long filiform jjrocess. Spines of abdomen in several rows, elongate, weak; 

 first tergite large, olive-green. Hinder edge of midcoxal mernm subcariniform. 

 Tibiae simple ; spurs very unetpial, long terminal one of hindtibia much longer 

 than second tiirsal segment ; midtarsus with comb, the spines of whi(th are, 

 however, not much prolonged. Wings entire, iipex of lorcwing ]>ointed ; K- of 

 hindwing before centre of cell. 



cf. Tenth segment simple, tergite (I'i. XLIV. f. Is. I'J) not or little narrowed 

 to end, convex above at end and concave below ; sternite (PI. XLIV. f lit. 'jn) 

 elongate-triangular, sides sometimes nearly jiarallel (in dorsal aspect), ajiex more 

 or less ])oiuted, upperside concave, transversely ribbed or tuberculate at end. 

 ( 'lasper with less than ten large friction-scales, rounded-dilated dorsally ; harpe 

 (PI. XLVllI. f. l(i — 21) with two })rocesses, one proximal, the other distal, both 

 dorsal. Penis-sheath with one or two left processes, and a longer right process. 

 (PI. LV. f. 27—33). 



?. Vaginal plate suddenly narrowed at end (PL XLI. f 14), liere concave, 

 the a])ical margin raised and somewhat projecting ventrad. 



Larva tapering in front ; a pale dorso-lateral stripe ending at horn ; third 

 segment with ocellus in some species ; horn long and curved twice in first stages, 

 shorter and simply curved in later stages. — Food-j)lants : Nerintn ; Vinca ; 

 Cinchona ; etc. 



Pupa clayish brown, witii a lateral series of black stigmatal spots ; head-case 

 not enlarged, tongue not projecting ; sheaths of wings, legs and tongue smootli ; 

 dorsum densely but finely shagreened, venter more transversely striate ; abdominal 

 segments 5 and with a basal lateral sjiace of sharp, short, transverse keels ; 

 cremaster bifid at extreme end. 



llab. Aethiopiau and Oriental Region, one si)ecies extending northward far into 

 the Palaearctic Region. 



Seven species. 



Key to the species : 



a. Green discal area of fbrewing above externally 

 deeply excised between R- and R', the 

 sinus more or less filled in with white . 42G. 7>. flolirrfi/i. 

 Green discal area without that sinus . . . Ii. 

 h. Pale apical line of forewing widened to a 



spot close to aj)ex ...... f. 



Pale apical line of forewing sim [lie . . . d. 

 c. (ireen subbasal area of forewing above ex- 

 ternally sinuate "at SO ... . 42'.). ]>. lai/ni-di. 



Green subbasal area of forewing aliove ex- 

 ternally not sinuate 42s. J) In/pothous. 



(I. Distal marginal area of forewing below 

 chestnut, strongly contrasting witli rest 

 of wing ....... 432. 1>. jirotradcns. 



Distal marginal area of forewing below not 



chestnut ........''. 



I'. Alidonien with pale subbasal belt above . . J- 



Abdomen without pale subbasal belt above . 431. i>. mininm. 



