( "2 ) 



curvos towiii'ds lij) nf wlwii, tlic npiicr end mostly vestigial. Wiii.ujs ncillicr witli 

 liiu's or dots on the laii/rr.sii/c, nor with ;i lirowii liordiT : liiiul\viii<;' and costal edge 

 of forewing .somewhat, i)inl<isli. 



c?. 8e.\ual armature nciirly .'i-* in Inntui, Imt the modified scales on tlic ontci' 

 side of tJie clasper narro\v<'r and nineh niorc^ numerous, the hairs on the iiariie 

 longer, and the patch of teeth <ni the |ieuis-sheatli narrower. 



Early stages not Jcnown. 



Hub. Queensland. 



In the Tring Mnsiiim c, i $ , \\ ?? from: Maekay (Turner) ; Duaringa, 

 l);iwson 1{. (P.arnard. i\lc<'k). 



T-'Ci. Theretra latreillei. 



^^,,hhix /<//(•<•;//<'« MacLeay. in King, .S»)t. yl/rWr. ii. p. 4i;4. n. IG'j (lS-_'7). 



CU„.n>,nw,,.i hitrriU,;. Miskin. Pf„i: Jii,;/. Snr. (J,i,r,isUI. viii. p, 17. 11. 27 (IK'.I]) ( - hu;(si = ,;,m- 



S ?. Cavity at end of firsts segment of iialpus p;irtly concealed hy the irregular 

 scaling (I'l. LIX. f. 13), the palpus differing in this respect remarkably from that of 

 tn/om : scaling at end of first segment on innerside less regular (PI. LIX. f. 14) 

 than in fn/o)'/ (PI. LIX. f Ift). External row of s])ines of first jirotarsal segment 

 double, at least at the base. Head and thorax with a pale lateral band. Discal 

 row of vein-dots of forewing less heavy than in fnjom ; fringe not distinctly spotted. 



$. Tenth abdominal tergite much longer and slenderer than in tnjoni : apex of 

 sternite rounded-truncate. Clasper as in tvtioni ; harpe prolonged into a free, 

 straight, obtuse, somewhat tapering process (PI. LIl. f. 19). Tip of penis-sheath 

 (PI. LVllL f. 0) acute ; patch of teeth broader and shorter than in tri/oni, the 

 teeth mostly three-pointed, few four-pointed. 



Larva with one large ocellus on fourth segment. — Food-jilant : Cisxus ; Jjwd: 

 etc. 



JIab. Oriental Region. 



Two subsj^ecies, which intergrade com]iletely. 



a. Til. hitrcillci lafreiUei. 



Sph'ohr hilniU,'', MacLeay. /.-•. 



*Cli,irrncai,iji<( cummimietis Wallcer, /.<•. xxxi. p. ?>\ (ISiU) (Moreton r..iy : — Mus. Brit.) ; Butt, I.e. 



ix. p. r,i;i. n. :!7 (1S77) ; Swinh., Cut. Lc/k Iht. Mas. (h: i. p. 21. ii. S(i (1802) (Queensland ; 



Aru ; Burn). 

 Dihulia ? liitreillei, Butler. Tnnis. Zool. Sor. Loml. ix. p. (U4. n. 12 (1877). 

 ^CUaerommpa dexfrta id., /.-■. ix. p. G.S8 (1877) (Hunter R., Austr. ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 *ChN'nirfi,„jj(i inihliichi id., Tram. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 398. t. 9. f. 2 (1877) (Austral. ;— Mus. Brit.) •. 



Misk., I.r. p. 18. n. 30 (1891) ; Swinh., Cat. Lcp. Iht. Mii.-<. Ox. i. p. 21. n. 81 (1892) (Batchian ; 



Ternate). 

 (%,fn,niw/H, hniriUfi. Kirby, Tjww. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 235 (1877) (= cmmhiiinix) ; Misk., /.-•. p. 17. 



n. 27 (1891) (Queensland ; larva on Fiich^iu and Vitis). 

 Chiifrdcnmpd liinis!, Pagenstecher, Jalirh. Xn.-i.t. Ver. X<it. xxxvii. p. 209 (1884) (Amboina) ; id., I.e. 



xxxix. p. 112. n. G (188G) (Aru) ; id., Ins i. p. 8G. n. G (188G) (Aru) ; id., Jalirh. A'oti*-. Ver. 



X,il. xli. p. lOS. n. 209 (1888) (Amboina) : id., AM. Sciih. Xat. (;<'<. xxiii. p. 444. n. 424 (1897) 



(Ternate; Halmahera) ; id., in Chun, /^n,il,,iii,ii xii. 19. p. 14. n. 11 (1900) (Ralum, vii. xii. ; 



N. Lauenburg). 

 Chaerocaiiqia lalreUii (!), Miskin, /.<•. p. 18. sub n. 28 (1891). 



Cliaeroiampa hiteotiiirta Lucas, Qiieetixlaiider, xxxix. p. 894 (May 1891) ; Misk., l.f. p. G4 (1891). 

 *Clia(roatiiipa <im<ira Swinhoe, /.-•. p. 17. n. 82. t. 1. f. 9 ((J) (1892) (Mysol : Amboina ;— Mus 



O-Kford), 



