( SOI ) 



c? ? . The type of ncrirotn -is in very bad condition, hnt on comparison we 

 find it to be the same sjjecies as citlmaera, of which catori is only a peculiar 

 aberrant individnal, also in a bad state of preservation. 



Abdomen with a black lateral Hue widening towards base, not distinctly 

 marked on the first segment, thin on the posterior segments ; two rows of dorsal 

 dots as in the allies of R/iac/astis celata. (,'avity of palpus almost closed. 



(S. Tenth abdominal segment of the same type as in Rh. velata, acuta, etc. 

 The harpe (PI. LII. f. 11) compressed, dorsal margin notched, apex acnte, curved 

 upwards. Penis-sheath : a])ical edge produced at botli sides into a dentate process 

 (PI. LVIII. f. 1), the right process (PI. LVIII. f. 2) irregularly toothed, the 

 teeth prominent, the left i)rocess (PI. LVIII. f. 3) long, with minute teeth at 

 both edges at end. 



Ilah. North India to Borneo and Java. 



In the Tring Museum 2 c?c?, 2 ? ? from : Java (Piepers) ; Borneo (D. Cator) ; 

 Perak, viii. (Curtis). 



701. Cechenena helops. 



*rhil<inq„:his he/o/)s Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. J/, viii. p. 180. n. 12 (1856) (" Natal' ccror luci ; 



Moulinein lesfr Boisduval ; — Mus. Brit.). 

 ChucriH-ainpii Agioyw, Boisduval, Spec, Gen. Lep. UH. i. p. 2511. u. 43 (1875) (Moulmein, in Brit, Mus.). 



c? ? . Cavity of palpus sharjily defined. Sides of metanotum tawny, centre 

 grey, this grey patch extended on to the raesonotum and abdomen. First and 

 second segments of the latter with black patch at the sides. Stigma of forewing 

 preceded by another small spot ; a broken ajiical line borders a tawny olive-brown 

 costal band which stops sharply at R^ The pattern of the underside of the same 

 type as in Rhugastis velata, and allies. 



(?. Tenth tergite flat at end, truncate, very feebly sinuate; sternite compressed, 

 outline of under surface strongly curved in lateral view. Process of harpe almost 

 cylindrical, apex obtuse, rounded (PI. LII. f. 12. 13). The two processes of the 

 j)enis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 48 — 53) much shorter thau in C. aegrota. 



? . Side-edges of the vaginal i)late rather sharply raised ; vaginal cavity large, 

 the edge feebly raised, lyre-shaped. 



Ilab. Oriental Region, 



Two subspecies : 



a, C. helops helops. 



Phi/niiipi-lns hclnjis Walker, /.-■. (185(i) ; Butl,, Trans. Zmd. Sor. Lonrl. ix. p. 577. n. 15 (1877) 



(Penang ; N. India ; " Natal '' ; = nrientalis). 

 * Philampelus oiientalis Felder, Bclsc Novara, Lep. t. 77. f. 1 (1874) (Java ;— Mus. Tring). 

 Choerocampa helops, Boisduval, I.e. (1875). 

 Choerocampa orknhdis, id., I.e. p. 25;». n. 44 (1875). 



Philampelus (?) nrlenfnUs, Cotes & Swinhoe, Cat. Mnlhs hid. i. p. 24. n. 130 (1887). 

 Daplmis (J) helops, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 672. n. 16 (1892). 

 ClHwrocampa helojis, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Brit. lud., Moths i. p. 'J27. n. 139 (1802) (Sikhim ; 



Penang ; Borneo). 

 Theretra helops, Dudgeon, Joiim. Bomhay N. JJ. Sac. xi. p. 412. n. 1.39 (1898) (" not seen"). 



S ? . For difierences in colour from following see below. 



FF F 



