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Cli'ieroi'n inpa i{lrieus,M6nKtTiia,Eniim. Corp. Aiiim. J/»«. Pelr., Le/>. p. '.12.11.1520(1857); Mab., 



A?iii. Sni: Ent. France p. 200 (1870) (Madag.). 

 C/iueraai iiipa traiixfif/iirdlii, Walleugren, M'ii'ii. Ent. Muii. iv. p. 42. n. 42 (1860) ; id., Kimyl. Nc. Yft. 



Ali. Ilundl. V.' 4. p. 18 (Separ.) (18G,'5) ; id., Ofv. Vet. Ak. Fiirli. p. 91.3 (1871) (= idrieux). 

 Cliiieruc(i7nj/a ielr/eii«, Boisduval, S/wc. Iren.Lej). Hct. i. p. 282. n. 80 (1875)(=c/(« = medea'!). 

 Basiutheii (!) klricus (!), Butler, Traiin. Zaul. Sue. Lvml. ix. p. 552 (1877) ; id., Proc. Zm,\. Soe. Lrmd. 



p. 494. n. 44 (1884) (Aden) ; Druce, in Moloney, 11'. Afr. Foreslri/ p. 492. n. 3 (1887) ; Holl, 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe. xvi. p. 112. n. 12 (1S80) (Benita ; Gaboon; Kangwu) ; Karscli, 7'-.'/i/. 



Xachr. xvii. p. 294. n. 5 (1891) (Cameroons) ; Butl., I.e. p. 84.3. p. 12.3 (189G) (Nyassald., Febr.). 

 Ckaeraeaiiipa idreiis (!), SaalmiiUei', Lep. Madat/. p. 13 (1884). 

 Bosiothea idrieiis, id., I.e. p. 120. n. 270 (1884); Moschler, .447). .SVh/.-. Xot. Ges. xv. p. G7. n. l.'iO 



(1890) (Gold Coast). 

 Choerocamjxi idrieun, Dewitz, Mitth. Mihieh. Ent. Ver. iii. p. 26 (1879). 

 Basiothia iiiedeii, Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Iht. i. p. Ii48. n. 1 (1802) (= Idrieiis = idrie.us = elin = onntherhm 



= traiisjigurata^. 

 aiaerocampa idrieiis (!), Fawcett, Trans. Z„ol. Soe. Land., xv. p. 310. t. 40. f. 1- 2 (!.,p ) (1001). 



<??. The greiiii colour of this small insect, fades easily into brown. The 

 antenna of the c? is not much longer and thicker than that of the ? . Tliere is no 

 constant geographical variation ; the Madagascar specimens have apparently the 

 two distinct discal lines of the forewing never dentate. 



S. Tenth tergite elongate-triangular, subcarinate basally, bi-impressed, sinuate 

 at end and slightly curved ventrad ; sternite triangular, obtusely rounded at apex. 

 Proces.s of harpe long, slender, compressed, feebly spatulate, ape.x obtuse : similar 

 to the harpe of //. esmi. Penis-sheath (PI. LVll. f. 25. 26) with a process right 

 and left, both dentate, the right one longer. 



Larva with seven triangular dorso-lateral spots which are brown above and 

 yellow below, spot of eleventh segment elongate, extended on to the horn. 



Halt. Aetluoi)iau Region : Africa ; Madagascar and neighbouring islands ; 

 Aden. 



In the Triug Museum 150-odd specimens from: Sierra Leone; Ugrugu, 

 Niger: Cape t'olony ; Natal; Nyassaland ; German and British E. Africa; 

 Uganda and Torn (Ansorge) ; (ireat Comoro ; Madagascar. 



695. Basiothia laticornis (PI. V. f. 14, S)- 



*(JnalhiHtiipsiH laticornis Butler, Ann. Ma,/. N. II. (5). iv. p. 233 (1870) (Madag. ;-Mu8. Brit.) ; 



Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 121. n. 277 (1884). 

 *Charr<icjnnpa MfoHciala Maljille, Ann. Soe. Ent. Franec p. 345. n. 8 (1879) (Madag. ;-coll. Mabillu) ; 



Saalra., I.e. p. 123. n. 202 (1884). 

 Antiwptiele, lalieornis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. lid. i. p. 543. n. 4 (1892). 

 Mclu/Ki/ns (f) l/ifiwriatuH, id., I.e. p. (ii;0. n. 7 (1892). 



(??. Antenna strongly clublied in lioth sexes, obviously longer and thichiM' 

 in (S than in ?. Body above greyish mars-brown, without pale lateral line on 

 head and thorax, underside paler. 



Wings above like body, somewhat vinaceous cinnamon. Forewing : tlire 



untemedian lines, 2 and 3 closer together, a burnt-umber-brown patch beyond 

 apex of cell ; tliree discal lines, 1 distinct beiiind, 2 indistinct, interspace belween 

 1 and 2 burnt-umber-brown, line ;j as in nmlca parallel to margin, curving coslad : 

 intersjiace between 2 and 3 vinaceous cinnamon, a trace of an oblique apical line. 



Hindwing : margin and basal half somewhat deeper brown than disc ; marginal 



band vestigial. 



r,i(/efHi(lr: disc of forewing mid the whole liindwing, exce|.l "uI.t nmrgin, 



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