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Chiierocanipa ;(/Wc«.s', Mi'iiL'tric's, /•;»»/«. Cm-p. Aiihu. Mhs. 1','tr., Lip. ji. '.il'. ii. l.r.'ii (1S57) ; IMab., 



Ann. Sn,: Kiit. Frame p. il'.l'.l (IST'J) (Mad;ig.). 

 Vlitieniai mpa lraii.-</iij(inili( Wallengreu, Il'/V«. Kiit. Mnii. iv. p. 42. n. 4:i (1800) ; id., Knwjl. Sr. Vft. 



Ak. llamll. V.' 4. p. 18 (Separ.) (1865) ; id., 0>. Vet. Ah: Fiirh. p. 913 (1871) (= idnetis). 

 Cliiierucam/m idricux, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Uel. i. p. 282. n. 80 (1875) (= cVm = metlea V). 

 Uaxhthea (!) idrlriis (!), Butler, Trans. Zm,l. Soc. Lowl. ix. p. 552 (1877) ; id., Proc. ZonL Sor. Loml. 



p. 494. n. 44 (1884) (Aden) ; Druce, in Moloney, W. Afr. Fure4ri, p. 492. d. 3 (1887) ; IIoll., 



Trans. Aiiier. Fid. Sur. xvi. p. (Vi. n. 12 (1889) (Bonita ; Gaboon; Kangwi') ; Karsch, A'/i/. 



Karhr. xvii. p. 294. n. 5 (1891) (Cameroons) ; But!., /.-•. p. 843. p. 123 (1890) (Xyas.sald., Febr.). 

 Chaeraraiitpa klreus (!), Saalmiiller, Lep. Madaij. p. 13 (1884). 

 Basiothea idrieus, id., Lr. p. 120. n. 270 (1884) ; Moschler, .li/(. Sent iXat. Ges. xv. p. 07. n. 150 



(1890) (Gold Coast). 

 Choerocampa idrieus, Dewitz, .Uiltli. MiinrJi. linf. Vcr. iii. p. 20 (1879). 

 Basiothia medea, Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 048. n. 1 (1892) (= idrieus = idrieus = cVm = nwitherina 



= iraiisflgiirata). 

 Chaerocnnpa idrieus (!), Fawcett, Trans. ZnoL Soe. Land., xv. p. 310. t. 49. f. 1- 2 {J.,j,.) (1901). 



(5'?. The green coloiiv of this small insect fades easily into brown. The 

 antenna of the c? is not much longer and thicker than that of the ? . There is no 

 constant geographical variation ; the Madagascar specimens have apparently the 

 two distinct discal lines of the forewing never dentate. 



(S. Tentli tergite elongate-triangular, subcarinate basally, bi-impressed, sinuate 

 at end and slightly curved ventrad ; sternite triangular, obtusely rounded at apex. 

 Process of harpe long, slender, compressed, feebly spatulate, ape.x obtuse : similar 

 to the harjie of //. cson. Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 25. 26) with a process rigiit 

 and left, both dentate, tiie right one longer. 



Larva with seven triangular dorso-lateral spots which are brown above and 

 yellow below, spot of eleventh segment elongate, extended on to the horn. 



I/'i/t. Acthioiiian Pegion : Africa ; Madagascar and neighbouring islands ; 

 Aden. 



In the Triug Museum 150-odd specimens from : Sierra Leone ; Ogrugn, 

 Niger ; (Jape t'olony ; Natal ; Nyassalaud ; German and British E. Africa ; 

 Uganda and Torn (Ansorge) ; Great Comoro ; Madagascar. 



605. Basiothia laticornis (PI. V. f. 14, S)- 



Hiualhostt/psis latieornis Butler, .1//;/. Maf/. N. IF (5). iv. p. 233 (1879) (Madag. ;— Mus. Brit.) ; 



Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 121. n. 277 (1884). 

 *Cliaerr,camj>a Infasciata Mabille, Ann. Sue. Fnt. Franee p. 345. n. 8 (1879) (Madag. ;— coll. Maliille) : 



Saalm., Le. p. 123. n. 292 (1884). 

 AiiUnephele latieornis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Uel. i. p. 543. n. 4 (1892). 

 .Melnpsihist (?) bifaseifilus, id., I.e. p. 660. n. 7 (1892). 



(^ ? . Antenna strongly clubbed in both sexes, obviously longer and tiiiclcrr 

 in S than in ?. Body above greyish mars-brown, without pale lateral line on 

 liead and thorax, underside paler. 



Wings above like body, somewhat vinaceous cinnamon. Forewing : three 



antemedian lines, 2 and 3 closer together, a burnt-umber-brown patch beyond 

 apex of cell ; three discal lines, 1 distinct behind, 2 indistinct, interspace between 

 1 and 2 burut-umber-brown, line 3 as in tnedea parallel to margin, curving costad ; 

 interspace between 2 and 3 vinaceous cinnamon, a trace of an oblique apical line. 



Hindwing : margin and basal half somewhat deeper brown than disc ; marginal 



bund vestigial. 



Underside : disc of forewing and the whole hindwing, except outer margin. 



