( 746 ; 



pale feiTiiginous, rest linriit-nmber-brown ; marginal liaiid of both wings vestigial ; 

 no lines, bnt both wings with minute, short, transverse, bnrnt-umber-brown bars. 



cJ. Tenth abdominal tergite similar to that of meilea, but very feelilj- sinuate ; 

 sternite more pointed than in medea. Process of harpe, in side-view, gradnally 

 narrowed to a point, slender, geutlv curved, sabre-sha[)ed, slightly dilated ajiically 

 in ventral view. Penis-sheatb with both the right and the left process prolonged, 

 oblii|Ue, pointing somewhat distad, the left one slender (PI. LVII. f. 27). 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cjtj, 1 ¥ from : Sirabe ; Madagascar. 



696. Basiothia charis. 



Chnnricampa chnrm Boisduval, in Deleg., I'o//. Afr. Aiislr. p. .O!)."). ii. 10. b (1847) (Nntal ; )inm. niul.\): 



Wall., K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Uamll. v. 4. p. 18 (Separ.) (1805) ; Boisd., Sjiei: Gen. Lfp. IIH. i. p. 23(j. 



n. 16. t. 6. f. 4 (1875) (Natal) .; Westw., in Gates, Malaheleld. p. 354 (1881). 

 *Chtierocninpa cliitris WaX^LtiT, Lkt Leji. luii. B. .)/. viii. p. l.'ii;. n. 15 (185G) (Natal ; — Mus. Brit.) ; 



Men., Eiwm. On-ji. Aiiim. .Uus. Petr., Lep. p. 93. n. 1540 (18.^7) ; Butl., Tniii^. Zoul. Soc. Luml. 



ix. p. 557. n. 20 (1877) ; Mab., Ann. Soc. ICut. Fninee p. 298 (1879) (Madag. ex en-ure >.) ; 



Saalm., Lej). Mail. p. 122. n. 286 (1884) ("Madag." m: loci); Holl., rnins. A me:: Enl.Suf. 



xvi. p. 03. n. 15 (1889) (Benita ; Kangwi'). 

 *Cliucrocamjia celeriuniiui Walker, I.e. n. 10(1850) (Congo ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Butl., /.r. u. 21 (1877). 

 Clmerocanipa celeriiui (!), Boi.sduval, I.e. p. 2.S8. n. 17 (1875). 

 Thei-etm elmris, Kirby, Cnl. Lep. Eel. i. p. 052. n. 28 (1892) (Natal). 

 Thereira celerimilna, id., I.e. n. 29 (1892). 



cj ? . Similar to schenki ; abdomen with a double line above. First segment 

 of palpus very strongly convex at end ; fringe near eye rather more prominent than 

 in schenki. 



The type of celerionina is a discoloured specimen of this species. 



cJ. Tenth segment similar to that of schenki, but the tergite more curved and 

 distinctly sinuate, and the sternite rather shorter, subcarinate below. Process 

 of harpe subcylindrical, straight, smooth, obtnse. Armature of penia-slieath 

 (PI. LVII. f. 29): the apical margin produced on the left side into a dentate 

 process, a similar, Imt shorter, process on the right side, besides some snbmarginal 

 teeth. 



$. Edge of vaginal aperture more strongly chitinised than in schenki, forming 

 a semicircular ridge, 



Early stages not known. 



llah. Africa : Sierra Leone, Gaboon, South and East Africa. 



In the Tring Bluseum 80-odd specimens from : Sierra Leone ; ( 'ape ( !olony ; 

 Natal ; German E. Africa ; Masindi, Uganda, i. (Ansorge). 



697. Basiothia schenki. 



*Ouierncamim xehenhi Moschler, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 339 (1872) (Natal ;— coll. Staudiiiger) ; 

 Butl, Trans. Znol. Soe. Lond. ix. p. 557.' n. 19 (1877) ; Mcischl., )'.)■/,. Zn„l. Bnl. Uex. Wkn 

 xxxiii. p. 287. n. 80 (1884) (Caffraria) ; Westw., dn Gates, MalahchUl p. 354 (1881) ; Dist., 

 Natural. Traiiminl p. 230 (1892) (ix., Pretoria). 



Clioerocamjia protocharix Moschler, Stett. Eiil. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 340 (1872). 



Thereira sehcnclci (1), Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 052. n. 27 (1892). 



<??. First and second segment of palpus strongly convex, iirst with a fringe 

 along eye representing the crest of t/iet/ea. Antenna very thick in S : hook abrnjit. 

 E.xternal row of spines of first jirotarsal segment donbled. White mesial line of 

 abdomen always simple. 



