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I 



( 74G ) 



piilc HM-nigiiioiis. rest luii'iit-nraber-brown ; nuii'ginul liiiml (if Ijotli wings vestigial 

 IK) lines, but both wings with minute, sliort, transverse, bnrnt-umber-bi'own bars. 



(?. Tenth abdominal tergite similar to tliat of mi;(lea, but very feebly sinuate ; 

 sternite more ])ointed than in mcdea. Process of harpe, in side-view, gradually 

 narrowed to a point, slender, gently curved, sabre-shaped, slightly dilated apically 

 in ventral view. Penis-she.ath with both the right and the left process jirolongi'd, 

 obliiiiie, ])ointing somewliat distad, the left one slender (1*1. LVII. f. 27). 



Early stages not known. 



llah. Madagascar. 



Ill the Triiig Museum 'I SS,\ ? from : Sirabe ; Madagascar. 



(J'tH). Basiothia charis. 



Chiierocampa clinris Boisduval, in Deleg., Voi/. Afr. Aiixir. p. .09;'). n. 10. b (1847) (Natal ; iiom. jiui/.l): 

 Wall., K. Sv. Vet. Ak. IlitmU. v. 4. p. 18 (Separ.) (18(;5) ; Boisd., Sper. Gihi. Lip. llvt. i. p. 2;)i;. 

 n. 15. t. 6. f. 4 (1875) (Natal) ; Westw., in Gates, Matabeleld. p. 354 (1881). 



*Cliiier(ic(iiiipa chiiris Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 1.^(3. n. 15 (1H5G) (Natal ;— Mus. Brit.) ; 

 M.^D., Enum. Cnrp. Aiiiw. Mus. Fetr., Lep. p. 93. u. 1540 (1857) ; Butl., Tmi,s. ZooL Soc. Loml. 

 ix. p. 557. n. 21) (1877); Mab., Ann. Soc. Knt. France p. 298 (1879) (Maclag. ex errare \) : 

 Saalm., Lep. Mad. p. 122. n. 28(3 (1884) (" Madag." err. loci); Holl., Trans. Amer. Enl. S„r. 

 xvi. p. 63. n. 15 (1889) (Benita ; Kangwe). 



*Chaerocampa celerioiiiiui Walker, I.e. n. 10 (185G) (Congo ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Butl., I.e. n. 21 (1877). 



C/iiierocanipa celeritui (!), Boisduval, I.e. p. 238. n. 17 (1875). 



Theretra charis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. i. p. (552. n. 28 (1892) (Natal). 



Theretra celerioiiiiia, id., I.e. n. 29 (1892). 



c? ? . Similar to scJuuiIn ; abdomen with a double line above. First segment 

 of palpus very strongly convex at end ; fringe near eye rather more jirominent than 

 in sckenki. A 



The type of celerionina is a discoloured specimen of this species. S 



S. Tenth segment similar to that of sritenki, but the tergite more curved and 

 distinctly sinuate, and the sternite rather shorter, subcarinate below. Process 

 of harpe subcylindrical, straight, smooth, obtuse. Armature of penis-sheath 

 (PI. LVII. f 2'.») : the apical margin produced on the left side into a dentate 

 process, a similar, liut shorter, process on the right side, besides some snbmarginal 

 teeth. 



(J. Edge of vaginal aperture more strongly chitinised than in ■•ichett/d, i'orming 

 a semicircular ridge. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Africa : Sierra Leone, Gaboon, South and East Africa. 



In the Tring Musenra 80-odd specimens from : Sierra Leone ; ( 'a}ie ( Vilony ; 

 Natal ; German E. Africa ; Masindi, Uganda, i. (Ansorge). 



697. Basiothia schenki. 



*Clwerncampa ncheiihi Moschler, Steit. Eut. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 339 (1872) (Natal ;— coll. Staudinger) ; 

 Butl., Trans. Znol. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 557.' n. 19 (1877) ; Moschl., Verh. Zoal. Dot. Ges. Wien 

 xxxiii. p. 287. n. 80 (1884) (Caffraria) ; Westw., dn Gates, Mataheleld. p. 354 (1881) : Dist., 

 Natural. Traii.mial p. 23(5 (1892) (ix., Pretoria). 



Chaerocampa protocliuris Moschler, Stett. Eut. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 340 (1872). 



Theretra schencki (!), Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. G52. n. 27 (1892). 



c??. First and second segment of paljms strongly convex, first with a fringe 

 along eye representing the crest of mcdea. Antenna very thick in $ ; hook abrupt. 

 E.xternal row of spines of first jirotarsal segment doubled. Wliite mesial line of 

 abdomen always simple. 



