C 7r,2 ) 



c? ? . ()|i('iiiii<; ol' |)iil|Mis sliiirply ck'fiiKMl, tbc! scaliiiu' Ijoitleriiig it very rc^iihir. 

 External rows of spines of first ])rot!irsal segment doubled and trebled. Lines 

 ~ and 4 of forewing srcneniliy absent, sometimes vestigial, line 5 represented by 

 vein-dots, closely followed liy (1, wliicli ends at tip of wing, lines 7 and 8 not 

 marked ; a brown ])ostdisca] cloud between It- and U'. The brown marginal border 

 of the underside of the fore wing joined along 1!'-' to the brown liasal area : a series 

 of jirominent discal dots over both wings. 



S. Tenth abdominal tergite rather broad, little narrowed to end, concave 

 below, convex above, apex rounded, sliglitly sinuate ; sternite narrow, curving 

 upwards, pointed, forming a hook. ( 'lasper witli four large friction-scales ; harpe 

 (PI. lill. f. 17) with two heavily c:liitinised ])rocesses shaped like ox-horns, one 

 horizontal, the other vertical. I'enis-sheath (I'l. LVIII. f 1:1) with a single and 

 rather heavy subapical tooth. 



Early stages not known. 



Ikib. West Africa. 



In the Triug Museum 4 cJcf, 1 V from the Niger: Wurri, vi. (iJr. Uoth) ; 

 Agberi, vii. (Dr. Ausorge) ; Assaba (Dr. Cross) ; (Jgrngu : also 1 6 from the Congo 

 (Bentley). 



CLXll. THEltETRA.— Typns : ncssn.'<. 



S/,/,,ii.r Liuiu'. Si/yl. Xal. ed. x. p. 4S'.t (1758) (partim ; type : wcllaki). 



Tlirirlni Htibuer, !>/•-. be/.-. Sr/iiii. \<. I'iit (1K2l') (partim ; type: niis>!us .= eqiiedris). 



JsiiliU'x id., I.e. (182l') (partim; type: rsuii). 



Xi/lifjilictni's id., I.e. (1822) (partim ; type: coiubidt). 



(Iriiix id., /.(■. p. i;i6 (1822) (partim ; type : glioma). 



riiainiiiis id., /.(-. p. 138 (1822) (partim ; type : rei'peifdio). 



DeUephila, Stephens (nnu Laspeyres, 1809), lUiidr. Bi-il. J-Jnt., Uaiixl. i. p. 123 (1829) (partimi. 



Chiierocaiiipii Duponchel, in God., Pap. France, SujjjjI. ii. p. 159 (1835) (partim ; type : /lerii). 



Darapsa Walker, Lixt Lep. Ins. B. 31. viii. p. 182 (18,06) (partim : type: rlioci-ilux). 



GnathnslijiiKis Wallengren, <hfc. Vet. Ah\ Fiirh. xv. p. 137 (1858) (type ; cajnnsis). 



Fcrnexa, Moore {nun Walker, 1850), Pruc. Ziml. Sor. Lund. p. 50G (1872). 



Panuira, Butler («"// Walker, 18.')l>), 'J'ninii. Zuul. Soc. Luml. i.\. p. 55U (1877) (partim). 



Ualhia Moore, Lep. Ceijluii ii. p. 19 (1882) (type : hilirillei). 



Gnathulhlibus, id. {mn Wallengren, 1858), l.r. p. 21 (1882). 



Metups/iim, Kirby {nun Duncan, 1836), Cat. Lep. Hd. i. p. 660 (1892) (partim). 



S ? . Second segment of palpus on iunerside with apical tuft of scales directed 

 ventrad (PI. LIX. f. 27) : apex of first, segment densely and regularly scaled on 

 inuerside, with cavity at apex on onterside (PI. LIX. f. 10). 



Larva strongly taperiug in front, oue or more ocelli. 



Pupa with strongly compressed and prominent tongue-case. 



J/ad. Oriental and Aethiopiau Regions, a few species northward to Japan, 

 two ranging to the Caspian Sea and Constantinople respectively. 



Twenty-nine species. 



Key to the species : 



a. Hindwiug red ....... /v. 



Hindwing not red, or only with a 



narrow, ill-delined, rcddisli tawny 



band ........ i;. 



b. Base of hindwiug black r. 



Base of hindwing red like disc . . . . d. 



