' 781 ) 



above, apex roninlcil : stermte hnuid, sid(>s somewhat obliquely rouiuleil, apex 

 narrowed to an obtnse point. Process of harpe slender, horizontal, distally 

 gradually curved dorsad. Band-like armature of ]ienis-slieath : the left lobe rather 

 shorter than iu oldrjiltniiliac, with heavy teetli ut tin- proximal edue, with tew teeth 

 at the distal edge (n. LVII. f. 4-2). 



?. The anterior and lateral edge of the cavity raised, smootli, halfmoou- 

 shaped. 



Larva not known. 



Ilah. Africa. 



Two subspecies : 



a. Th. cujus per/ico subsp. nov. 



c?. Paler than the following form; discal line 5 of forewiug above not distinctly 

 heavier than line li: hindwing without distinct brown discal line. Tenth abdominal 

 tergite slenderer. 



Length of forewiug : "JO mm. • 



Ihib. Ogrugu, Niger. 



One c? iu Tring Museum. 



Another specimen, also a J, iu the P>ritish Museum from I't. Lokkoh, Sierra 

 Leone, differs from the ti/pe iu the fourth discal line of the forewiug being thinner, 

 vestigial, in the white dorsal line of the abdomen not being divided, and in the 

 liindwing being paler. 



Ii. 'I'll, cajus cujus. 



Sjilddj- ciijii-i Cr.imer, /.r. (1777) (Cap. b. sp.) ; Goeze, Ent. Jli\i/tr. iii. •_'. p. 222. ii. 05 (17iS0). 



Sphhi.r celiieiii, Esper, Aiisl. S,-I„n. ii. p. 20;i. t. 28. f. 2 (1782). 



S/,l,i,u- goi->li>'S StoU, in Cram., Pap. K-rot. iv. p. 147. t. 3C7. f. A (1782). 



Xi/hpluiiii's gi'i-ti/» Hubner. IVrr. I>ek. .^chm. p. llif',. n. 14.')8 (1822). 



Xijh,j,l,a>ie^ o(i"«, id.. /.--. p. V.K. n. 1459 (1822). 



Cliaerocaiiijia f/oriliiiK, Walker, Lht Lcji. Jus. B. M. viii. p. l.^S. n. 19 (18515). 



Chiieroramjxi cajm. id., I.e. viii. p. 139. n. 20 (18uG) ; But!., Tniux. Zual. .S'oc. LaiifJ. i.x. p. .")58. n. 2(") 



(1877)(=cW)(o?). 

 Choi'ioraiiijia epirhx Boisduval, in Deleg., I'd;/, .l/r. Austr. p. 59.5. n. 108 (1847) (Zululd., )iiiiii. 



nnd.): id., Spec. Ghi. Lip. Iht. i. p. 244. n. 2?, (1875) (Cape: Caffr.); Miischl, Verb. Zonl. But. 



ties. Wi>n xxxiii. p. 287. n. 81 (1884) (= gm-ilius ; Caffraria). 

 Choeriicnmpa cujus, Boisduval, I.e. i. p. 245. n. 24 (1875). 



CImeroriimpa cehienn, Butler, /.<•. ix. p. 558. n. 25 (1877) (Natal : Zululd. : Ciipe). 

 Tlierctru raJu.Kj Kirby, Gil. Lep. Hit. i. ]). 053. n. .35 ( 1 892) ( = reliieim = yimliiis = 'Jiniija = epicli'n). 



c? 9 . Line T) of forewiug above imieh heavier than line ; browu discal line of 

 hindwing above distiuct. 



//«//. South and South East Africa. 



Iu the Triug Museum 2i JcJ, 12 ? ? from : Cape (Vilony ; Natal. 



730. Tlieretra oldenlandiae. 



!^/,hhi.r nlileiihimn.ic Fabricius, .'^,/sl. Ent. p. 542. n. 21 (1775) (Ind.) ; Goeze, Ent. Bei/tr. iii. 2. 

 p. 207. n. 12(1780) : Fabr., .S^fc. y».v. ii. p. 148. n. 37(17X1) ; id., .Ua,it. I,i.-<. ii. p. 90. u.41 (1787); 

 Gmel.. .S>/. .V«(^ i. .5. p. 2:!81. n. 75(1790) : Fabr., Eiif. .^ijst.iii.l. p. ;)70. n. 44 (1793) ; Liewin, 

 Ills. X. S. Wales p. 4. t. .S (1822) ; Thon, Eitl. Arch. i. p. 0. t. 1. f. 3 (1828). 



!<phiiix ih-aiiriis Cr.imer, /.-•. ii. p. 50. t. 132. f. v (1777) (E. Ind.). 



Chaeriiiiiiiip'i oJilenlinnliae, Walker, /./.-.V Lep. Iii.i. B. .1/. viii. p. 142. n. 25 (1850). 



Chiierijciiinpii oldciiliniiliae. Boisduval, .'>/)ec. Gin. Up. Hit. i. )). 241. n. I'l (1H75). 



Chaerocninpa drancus, id., I.e. p. 203. n. 49 (1875). 



Theretra chaiiciis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 054. n. 38 (1892). 



Chaerocampa lycetns, Hampson, I.e. p. 87. n. 124 (1892) (sub syn.). 



