( 747 ) 



c?. Teuth abdomiual segmeut uf tlie tj-jie of .\'>//ojj//(i//(:s ; tergite gvadimlly 

 narroweil, roiimled at tip ; steruite cdiicave above, convex beneath, apex obtusely 

 rounded, njiper surface transversely rugate. Process of harpe slender, feel)ly 

 <\(-shaped, compressed, apex somewhat dilated, with upper surface concave. Penis- 

 slieath (PL LVII. f. 28) : a short row of teeth on the left side, a short, deuhite, 

 apical, process on the right side. 



?. Edge of vaginal opening feebly chitinised, not distinctly raised; ante- 

 vaginal cavity large. 



Early stages not known. 



JI((ij. Africa : South and South East. 



In the Tring Museum 3U c?c?, 10 ? ? from : Cape (!olony ; Natal ; Transvaal. 



CLXI. HIPPOTION.— Typns : re/e?'w. 



Sphiii.i- Linnt', Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim ; type : oceUatii). 



Siiectrum Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. p. 414 (1777) (partim ; inch type of Sphiu.r). 



Deile/iliila Laspeyres, Jenaisrhe AUg. Liter(itiir-Zi>it. iv. p. 9!> (1809) (partira ; type : iicrii). 



Elprnor Oken, Lehrh. Nat. iii. p. 700 (1815) (partim ; type: ncrii). 



Amjihinii Hilbner, IVrs. belc. Sehm. p. 134 (1822) (partim ; type : «es.s-!6s). 



nippiitioii id., /.('. (1822) (type : ctJerin). 



hojtles id., I.e. (1822) (partim ; type : eaoii). 



Clioeriicamjia, Duponchel, in Godart, Lq). Fraiine, Siippl. ii. p. 159 (1835) (partim ; type : nerii). 



iletopsUux Duncan, in Jard., Natiir. Lihr. xi. p. 154 (1836) (partim ; type : mrii). 



Perijcua, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 149 (185(j) (partim ; type: pnrcellus). 



Paiiacra id., I.e., p. 154 (1856) (partim ; type : automedon). 



Diodosiila, Butler {iion Walker, 1856), Ann. Mag. N. H. (5). x. p. 433 (1882). 



Darajisa, id. {iioii W.alker, 1856), I.e. 



Theretra, Kirby (tion Hiibner, 1822), Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 049 (1892) (partim), 



(? ? . Second segment of palpus without apical tuft of scales, and first segment 

 densely scaled at apex, on inner side. 



Antenna clubbed in ?, not clubbed and longer in 3. Palpus simple externally, 

 with the exception of irregularis, in which the first segmeut Las a regular apical 

 cavity as in Theretra. 



Larva strongly tapering in front, fourth segment generally swollen ; one or 

 more ocelli. 



Pujia with compressed tongue-case. 



Hab. Old World. 



Nineteen species. 



Key to the species : 



((. Hindwing not red ...... 0. 



Hindwing red or ferruginous at least in 



basal area ....... j. 



h. One or more complete lines on forewing, 



oblique c. 



No distinct complete lines on forewing, 



scaling of antenna pink .... 714. IT.rome. 

 No distinct complete lines on forewing, 



scaling of antenna cream-colour . . 71."). If. rebeli. 



