( 787 ) 



c??. A raiv insect; we liave seen only tn'o sjiecimens. Antenna long, 

 reaching beyond end of cell of forewing. External row of spines of first segment 

 of foretarsns donljle. AVliite mesial line of abdomen simple. A whitish sub- 

 marginal band on forewing above nearly straight from ajjox to near hinder ano^le. 



Early stages not known. 



f/ok Sikhim. 



A ? in the British Jlnsenm ; a c^ in coll. Charles Oberthiir. 



743. Theretra orpheus. 



*Ch'irrrHYin,pii i,r/Jiriis UeTl-wh-f^chdiTev, Aiis.'irj-rnr. Srlnii. i. f. \iU ( 1 S.-,4) (Ciipo of (inod Plope ;— 

 coll. Standiiiger). 



c? ? . Antenna clnlibed as in the three prec(>ding species. Cavity of palpus 

 sharjily defined, the scaling around it more regular than in fiinirri, etc. Long 

 sjiurs of liindtibia shorter tliau usnal ; bristles of raidtarsal comli long. Cross-veins 

 oi' hindwiug straight, D- not, or very feebly curved. 



S. Tenth t.ergite as in the allied species, but feebly dilated at the end, which 

 is ronnded-tninc.ate and faintly sinuate; sternite narrow, rounded at end, with a 

 minute mesial tooth. ( 'lasper with cue single large scale, which is obtuse at 

 end: harpe shoil, without free ]ii-ociss (PI. TjII. 1'. '!:',). Penis-shenth without 

 iii'mature : the doi'saJ edge produced into a lobe, wliich is bent into the interi<n' 

 of the cylinder. 



?. Vaginal plate triangular, narrowly truncate ; vaginal cavity a little before 

 middle, its anterior edge raised, more strongly cjiitinised tlian the sides, with some 

 longitudinal wrinkles ; no separate lobes. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Aefhiopian ]{egion : ( 'ontinental Africa ; Comoro Is. 



Three subspecies : 



II. Til. orpheus peliiis snlisp. iiov. 



(■/,„ri-n,;niij,(i i-r/Jinis. Mi3sclik-r, Ahli. Si'id: Niil. Off:, xv. p. 08. n. 1,'J2 (1890) (Accra, v.). 



S. A jiale and narrow-winged form. Sides of basal segments of alidomen 

 scarcely deeper brown than the other segments ; middle stripe of mesothoracic 



tegnla greenish olive. First discal line of forewing thiu, not heavier thau second ; 



lines in l)asal third of wing thinner thau in the following subspecies, disc washed 

 with greenish olive, this colour more obvious between upper angle of cell and 



(li-cal lines, where the wiug is russet or Prout's brown in or/i//. o/'p/nytfi. 



llimlwing and underside of both wings paler tliaii in the fullnwing. 



/hk West Africa. 



In coll. diaries Oberthiir 1 c? (fi/p'') from .Tdhann Albrechts ILjIic, Camcroons 

 (Conradt). 



6. T//. orpheus orpheus. 



C/„ierorn,„j.fi .n-ph',„< Herricli-ScliiifTer, /..-. (1854) (Cape) : Walk., Lii<t Lep. /»,v. B. .1/. xxxi. p. 30 



(1804). 

 ChiicfocdnqHi oi'iiheii.i, Boisduval, Spec. Ghi. Lqi. lift. i. p. 247. n. 27 (1875). 

 I'liiiwra orpheiix, Butler, Tmiix. Znol, Sue. Lund. ix. p. 550. n. 10 (1877). 

 I'aiiwm {?) urphPH.1, Kirby, Ciil. Li'ik 11,1. i. p. 002. n. 5 (18'.I2). 



*P,(,mcm mttdlensix Rothschild, X(iv. Zcmu.. i. p. 79. t, 5. f. V.', (1.S94) (Natal ;— Mu.'.. Trini;). 

 I'niKin-a nrphiieiiH (:), Distant, .1////. .!/»;/. .V. //. (7). t. iii. p. ISO ( is;);)) (Dela^oa Hay : -= lua-h./usa 



= vagans ex errore '.). 



