( .'534 ) 



longer terininal one about as long as second tarsal segment; midtarsns with 

 ronib ; paronycliinin and imlvilhis ]>resent. 



(S. Tenth segment simple (I'l. XLIV. f. 25 — 2s) ; tergite narrow, sides iianillel 

 or slightly slanting distad, apex sinuate, truncate, or entire ; sternitc boat-slisijieil, 

 sliorter than tergite. Clasjier with friction-scales, which vary in size and number; 

 harj)e (PI. IL. f. 1 — 5) slender, simjjle, mostly somewhat sj)atulate. Penis-slieatli 

 witli a riglit and n left process, the one or the other sometimes not detached, being 

 replaced by a series of teeth. 



?. Vaginal plate elongate triangular, tij) truncate, edges somewhat incrassate ; 

 orifice large, free, witli the edges somewliat raised but simjde. 



Larva ta])ering in front ; a small lateral ocellus on fourtli segment ; horn first 

 long, in later stages short and strongly curved. — Food- plants : Aroidfue ; ('ahul'nnn ; 

 I'liilodcnclroii. 



Pupa witli tongue-case somewhat enlarged ; cremaster rounded, flattened, 

 with hooks at end, a deep cavity before it (PI. LXIV. f I'J). 



llab. Oriental Itegion. 



Twelve species. 



The most interesting character of this genus is the Theretia-Wkc end-segment 

 of the antenna. 



Key to the species : — 



a. Forewing with a broad yellowisli creamy line 



from near base to near apex ; hindwing 

 orange rufous, with brown border . . 4.")1. 1'. mirholit^i. 

 Forewing without this conspicuous line . . . . b. 



b. Intersjiace between the antemedian and the 



discal lines of forewing green, like liead 



and thorax ...... 4.")2. /'. busiris. 



Median interspace not green . . . . . . c. 



c. Forewing with a couspicnons semitransjjarent 



spot SC'' — R' midway between base of H' and 



outer margin, besides the submarginal spots 45:^. 1'. sp/r/u/ei/.f. 

 Forewing without that spot ...... ^/. 



(/. Third and fourth discal lines of forewing 



heavUy dentate, mesotlioracic tegula with 



])ale golden metallic scales at hinder edge . 4(!2. F. mf/i/oii. 

 Third and fourth discal lines of forewing not 



dentate behind ........ e. 



e. Median interspace (between the distinct ante- 



median lines and the first discal line) pale, 

 baud-like, a pale shade crossing the discal 

 lines between U" and R^, distal margin not 

 angnlate, not denticulate .... 45S. V. caviolo-'^'i. 

 Median interspace not band-like, antemedian 



lines indistinct ........ f. 



f. Distal bonier of liindwing below dilated Ijefore 



middle ......... g. 



Distal border of hindwing below not dilated 



before middle ........ i. 



