( 505 ) 



Cliir'rni-uiiqju ernides (!), id. I.e. xxxii. p '240 (1871). 



Clinerucaiiqia erolus var. mjior, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lip. Hel. i. p. 2a0 sab n. ?,\ (1875). 



Cliiierimiiiqm erntvld"!!, Butler, I.e. ix. p. 56fi. n. 77 (1877) (Australia ; Navigator I.). 



Chuemcoinpa eras, id., l.r. n. 78 (1877) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Hct Mux. Oe. i. p. 22. r. 84 (1892) 



(Sydney). 

 TUa-clva crotits, Kirby, Cal. Lep. Met. i. p. 651). n. 113 (1892). 

 Theretni emtux var. a, Gnathotlilibus erotoides, Kirby, I.e. 

 Theretra erotiix var. b. Deil. eras, Kirby, he. 



(??. Uoderside general!}- more reddisli tawny than in the western form ; 

 marginal band of hiudwing narrow in ?, individually variable in width, never so 

 broad as in western ? ? . 



Hub. Papuan Subregion : Moluccas and Tenimber Islands eastwards to Tahiti. 



In the Tring Museum 3 pupae, 120-odd sj)ecimens from : Guam, ix.— xi. ; 

 (iernian N. Guinea ; Ron I., Dutch N. Guinea, vii. (Uolierty) ; Milne Bay, Brit. 

 N. G. (Meek) ; Lonisiades; Trol)riaud and d'Entrecasteanx Is. (Meek), i. iii. iv. x. ; 

 Florida, Guadalcanar, Isabel, and Kulambangra, Solomon Is. (Meek) ; New 

 Hanover (Webster) ; Lifu ; Apia, UpoJu (Woodford). 



425. Chromis heliodes. 



Deilfphila lietiucks Meyrick, r/viz/.v. Eitt. Sue. Lmiil. p. iM (1889) (X. Guinea). 



Theretra heVmdrx, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Het. i. p. 659. D. 114 (1892). 



*TheTelra (dherli Rothschild, Nov. ZooL. ii. p. 162. t. 9. f. 9 ( i) (1895) (Fergusson I.;-Mus. Triug). 



c??. Antenna much slenderer than in crotas, not incrassate distaliy. Fore- 

 tarsus of S normal, scent-organ of forecoxa vestigial ; first segment of hindtarsus 

 in both sexes as long as segments 2 to ."i together. Distal margin of forewing 

 straight ; hinder angle far less obtuse than iu iTotas. Mesonotum with a yellow 

 sjiotin front on each side. 



S. Tenth tergite as strongly compressed as in erotits, but not dilated before 

 end, being sabre-shaped ; sternite broader than in the preceding, apex evenly 

 rounded. Harpe as iu erolus. Penis-sheath (PI. LIV. f. 25) with the two 

 processes found in De'dephila nerii, bnt both short. 



?. Vaginal jilate more evenly rounded distaliy than in crotus. 



Early stages not known. 



Hah. Pajjuan Subregion. 



In the Tring Museum 2 SS, 2 ?? from: Fergusson I., d'Entrecasteaux 

 Islands, ix. X. lsU4 (A. S. Meek); Aroa R., Brit. N. Guinea (Weiske) ; Bongu, 

 Hnon (iolfe, and Stcjiliansort, German N. Guinea. 



CXV. DI]ILEPHILA.— Typns: nerii. 



SiAnix Linncj, 6>/. Nat. ed. .\. p. 489 (1856) (partim). 



S/mlruin Scopoli, /ulr. llinl. Nul. iii. p. 41.3 (1777). (partiin). 



Drilejihilii. Iva-spKyres, ./umiKehc. .Mlij. Llteratiir-Zeit. iv. p. 99 ( I8i)'.l) (partiin ; typo : iirrii). 



Elliemir Oken, LrUrh. Nat. iii. 1. p. 7(;o (IHl.'i) (partim ; tyi)e : lur'ii). 



Ddpluns Iliibncr, Vrrz. hrh. Schm. p. i:U (1822) (partim ; type : eacim = iiiei/aedriix). 



Cli',eri,rati,/ja Diiponchc-I, in (lod., Lip. Fnnire, Siippl. ii. p. \U'd (183.'j) (partim ; type : iirrii). 



.i/'lo/mlu- Duncan, in .Jaidine, .Vn/. Llhr. xl. p. 154 (IHIill, 184.3) (partim ; type ; inrii). 



hanipm Walker, lAnt Lep. Im. Ii. .1/. viii. p. 182 (18.')(;) (partim). 



C'haeror,im/ia (1), Men^HrieB, Eimiii. Curt). Aniiii. Mhh. I'etr., Le[}. ii. p. 92 (1857). 



d?.Genal jirocess Iriangnlnr, obtuse, sliorter than pilil'rr. Head bi'oii,d, 

 Bomewhat crested transversely on occiput. Kye large, not lushed. I'aljius obtuse, 

 lurgu. Aiilennu i setiform, heavier than iu Aco-vnenjj:, somewhat clubbed in ? ; 



