( 7(Ui ) 



Thrrrlni tqiiolri^, Hiibiicv, ]>-:. heh. Si-hm. p. 13."i. n. 1 1 If; (I8.i-J). 



ClKieronim/M «('««»«, AValker, /w«; Lep. Iit.i. II. M. viii. p. 140. n. 22 (1850) (Canara ; Ceylon ; 

 Silhet : Hongkong ; Java) ; Moore, in Horsf. i^- Moore, Cat. Leji. Inn. Mux. E. I. ('. i. p. 27Ci. 

 n. 040. t. 11. f. 2. 2a (/.,/..) (18.07) (.Tava) : r.titl.. Trnm. Z;.,}. So,: LnmL ix. p. .-)C.-.. n. 71 

 (1877) : ]\[oore, P.n,-. y.„nl. ,S,»>. I..,n,l. ]>. iV.I.-. (1X77) (Pt. Blair) ; Butl., ihi,!. p. CKi. n. ;".4 

 (1881) (Belgaum. x.) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cut. .\lnlh, Inil. i. p. 10. n, 10:", (1887) ; Swinh., J-."n/. 

 Bnmhini N. Jl. .S'w. iii. p. 118. n. ".I (18H8) (Karachi, x.) ; Leecli, r,oi\ Zo<,l. Sor. L<,„il. p. .Osl. 

 n. 10(1888) (Yokohama) ; Swinh., 7'ra/M. Knt. Snc. Loml. p. 1C4. n. 17 (1800) (Moiilmein ) : 

 Pagenst., .Tahrb. Xnxx. TV/-. Sal. xliii. p 101. n. 170 ( 1890) (E. Java) : Misk., Pmo. Rnij. S,.r. 

 (Jiicrn^lil. viii. p. 1;'.. n. 2H (1891) (Bri.sbano) ; Swinh., Cal. Lrp. IM. .Vns. O.r. i. p. 18. n. I'.'.i 

 (1892) ; Piep., Tijthchr. Kiil. xl. p. 98. t. 1. f. 13. 14 (horn of /.) (1897). 



Cliaerociiiiipa iie.t.in.1 var. riibinimliin Schaufuss, Xiuiq. Otion. i. p. 18 (1870) (Java). 



C'hoerociiiiipa oqnestrh, Boisduval, Siier. Gi'n. I./p. llel. i. p. 200. n. 4,'j (1875). 



Pfvqem iiexxKK, Snellen, Tijihcht: Eiil. xx. p. 2 n. 10 (1877) (Java). 



Clwerncaiiijui eqiie.ilr/K, id., I.e. xxii. p. Ii7. n. 18 (1877) (S. Celebes); Pagenst, .Ai//;///. Xnss. I'm. 

 Xal. xli. p. 108. n. 210 (188S) (Amboina). 



Therelni w.v.shs, Moore, Lrj). (yi/loii ii. p. 22. t. SO. f. 1 (1882); Kirby, Cot. Ltp. Hit. i. p. G59. n. InT 

 (1802); Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna ISrlt. Lid, Moth^ i. p. 00. n. 157. fig. 50 (1892); Hmvc 

 Bnl. Eiit. Zeit. xl. p. 305. n. 28 (1895) (Java) ; Semp., Srhm. Phlllpp. ii. p. 401. n. 45. t. ... 

 f. 1. 2. 3 (L, p.) (1896) (Luzon; Mindanao; Palawan; Penlan ; ii. vii. — ix. xi ) ; Pagen^it 

 Ahh. Snil.: Nat. Gex. xxiii. p. 444. n. 425 (1897) (Celebes) ; Dudg., Joimi. Bnml>ay N. H. > 

 xi. p. 412. n. 157 (1898) (Sikhim ; Bhutan, 2000 ft.; vi.— viii. ; /. &.p. descr.) ; Leech, T,>.i 

 Eld Sor. Loud. p. 286. d. 60 (1808) (Yokohama ; Kiu.shiu). 



Chnorocampa iicxxux, Swinhoe, Pmr. Zool. Sor. Lmid. p. 514. n. 5 (1SS4) (Karachi) : id.. /..■. p. I'Ss. 

 n. 10 (1885) (Belgaum ; Bombay, ix. — xi.). 



c? ? . Second segment of palpns more triangular than in tlie allied species of 

 'rhrretm, the opening of the palpns large, some single long scales protrnding frt)ni 

 it. External row of sjnnes of first protarsal segment donhled and trebled. The 

 lines on the forefling, above and below, are rather variable in detail : the first 

 (lisciil line of the nnderside is generall}' thinner and more obviously dentate in the 

 Japanese, C'liinese and Indian specimens than in the individuals from the Malaj'an 

 and Papuan Snbregions. The dirtj' yellowish buff area of the hindwing is often 

 very murh redneed in length as well as in width. The dorsal area of the abdomen 

 shows vestiges of lines. 



S. Tenth tergite of the usnal type, sinuate; sternite slightly spatnlate, rounded 

 at end. Clasper with ■20-odd large scales; harpe (PI. LII. f. ."21) jiecnliar, very 

 stont, slioit. cnrveil at end, the uj^perside somewhat concave, the externo-dorsal 

 edge dl'tlie iipperside irregularly notched, raised proximally into a broad, compressed 

 tootli, tip of liar])e acute in side-view, obtuse in subproximal view. Penis-sheath 

 ( I'l. l.\'lll. f. 14) armed with an elongate kidney-sha])ed, multidentate, apical lobe. 



? . Edge of vaginal cavity not obviously raised to a ridge. 



Ltxrva with rather small ocellus on fourth segment, followed liy a still smaller 

 s])ot on fjfth segment ; a pale dorso-lateral stripe from head to horn, area beneatli 

 this stri]>e with oblique bands or strijies. — Food-plants : Dioscorca ; Barrinf/tonio 



llnl). Oriental Uegion : Ceylon, N.W. India to Japan, eastwards to Lifn. 



in the Tring Museum 100-odd specimens from: Ceylon; Bombay; Khasi;i 

 Hills ; Silvliim ; Buxa, r>hntan : Yokohama, vii. viii. ; Kanagawe near Tohio, v. ; 

 Malay Pen.; Borneo; Sumatra: Nias ; Java: Lombolc : Alor ; Tenimlier : 

 Amboina; Dntch, (ierman, and British K. Guinea ; Lonisiade Is.: d'Entrecasteaux 

 Is. ; Trobriand Is. ; (^tneensland ; Lifu. 



7 IS. Theretra rhesus. 



*Clineroriiiiipa i-hexvs Boisduval, .S'/w, (7(V. fjp. /lit. i. p. 254. ii. MO (1S75) (Philippines ;— coll. 

 Charles Oberthiir). 



