( 564 ) 



CXXXI. TE5IN( »UA.- Tyims : /,,^/«/^^•. 



Sphiiix, Cramer (nmi I>iiiiii', IToS). S'up. Krol. iii. p. -J;; ( ITT'J). 



E>,;f„ Iliibncr, Ve,-.. lU: S,l„„. p. l.'ili (1822) (partim : type : jiij,i.r) : Walk., /.,../ /.-/'. //(■■-. /.'. .1/. 



viii. p. 1 12 (18;")(J) (parlim). 

 TriHiiuni id., /.-•. p. 114 (IHoG) (typo : ii,ilii/ls) ; Kiiby, Cil. Lrj,. Ihl. i. p. (Ud ( 1n'.i2). 

 I'iiiiiii-r<i id., I.r. p. I'll (ISfiG) (partim ; type: aiiluiurdoii). 

 J)i,j(l„ml,i id., /.(•. p. U'i3 (185ij) (type: )h»(vw/) : Kirby, I.r. p. G42 (1892). 

 Diiiu/iKd id.. Ac. p. 182 (I8o(J) (partim ; type: (■liiicrilii.s = churriliis=:jili(ilus). 

 Ztiiiilid id., /.(■. p. l',)2 (18;)(;) (partim ; type : rirhkxcenx = Sephric fnnrbrix). 

 Lojilniroii Boisdiival, in Deleg., I'r///. J/i: Aiistr. p. ull4 (1H47) (noiii. iiiilfsir.) : Wallfuyr., A'. ]'d. 



A!.: H,ni(l. (2). V. 4. p. 17 (ISCa) (type: y>///a.s?) ; Kirby, I.r. p. 041 (18'J2i. 

 Lnphura Herrich-Scbiiffer {noi, Flemming, 1822), Anxx. Srhmett. p. 59 (ISf.S) {now. imlrs.-i-.). 

 Ori/lon Boisduval, Sper. Urn. Lrp. Hrl. i. p. .'503 (187.")) (type : murina = ti/n-lii(x). 

 Axpledoii id., I.r. p. 305 (1875) (type : :.antus = dont^). 

 Ci'tiieroraiiijjii, Mabille, Aim. Sor. Kid. Fraiirc p. 2'J9 (IS79). 



(iiirelra Kirby, I'ruc. R(i\j. Dublin Soc. (2), ii. p. 330 (IHKO) (partim ; /((///(. iiidrsrr., loco Lophnni). 

 Eidnphtini, Holland, Tntm. Amer. Eid. Sfir. xvi. p. 58 (188!)) (type : iitnifaxrinlii). 

 Cliaernrampd, id., I.r. p. G3 (1889). 

 I'snidriiijo, Karsch (//<w Holland, 1889), Enl. Sarin: xvii. p. 291 (1891) : Kirby, I.r. p. i;44 (1892) 



(partim). 

 .\/ilii/,siliix^ Kirby {nun Duucau, 18oG), I.e. p. GGU (1«92) (partim). 

 rirnu/on, Rotbscbild {nnu Boisduval, 1836), Xov. Zooi.. i. p. 69 (1894). 



cJ?. Goual process obtusely triangular, not reaching end of pilifer. I'alpi 

 with some liair-scales laterally, more or less triangular together in dorsal aspect. 

 Head with mesial crest, which is mostly rather prominent. Eye lashed. Antenna 

 slightly incrassate distally in cJ, distinctly clubbed in ?, end-segment /()/;^, rough- 

 scaled. Abdomen with elongate spines, which are never very strong ; anal tuft of 

 c? truncate, of ? very thin. Tibiae not armed ; sjyurs not spinose, two pairs to 

 hindtibia ; midtarsns with comb ; paronychium with two pairs of lobes ; mernm of 

 midcoxa angulate and somewhat cariuate at hinder edge, or simple. R- of hindwing 

 in or before centre of cell, R' and M' rather close together, cross- veins oblique, lower 

 angle of cell acute ; distal margin of wings often dentate, of forewing always 

 sinuate below apex. 



c?. Tenth tergite elongate-triangular ; sternite generally elongate, sometimes 

 truncate or even sinuate, but not divided into long lobes. Clasper sole-shajied, 

 always with 4 or o large friction-scales, situated at the lower edge of a more or less 

 conspicuous groove, which they cover ; harpe ending generally in a simple i)rocess, 

 sometimes curved and pointed as in Nephele, or spatulate, often broad and short. 

 I'enis sheath with stiff hairs inside ; the external armature consists of one or two 

 series of teeth, or a dentate lobe, or a more or less elevate elongate patch of teeth, 

 etc., as illustrated by PI. LV. f. 4.-j— oo and I'l. LVI. f. 1—13. 



Larva. We have all stages oi maryinata, received from Mr. Leigh, Durban. 



First stage (one specimen) : green, reddish on back ; head large ; horn black, 

 very long, densely hairy (tij) not preserved), almost straight ; five bristles : two 

 dorso-Iateral, one above stigma, and two below. 



Second stage (two specimens) : covered with jiale dots, each bearing a very 

 short hair ; a yellow dt)rso-lateraI shade from horn forward ; horn long, red, tip 

 jiaie, sinuati'. 



