C 7fi2 ) 



(? ? . Ojieniiig ol' jialpus sharply defined, the scaling- boideriug it very regular. 

 External rows of spines of first protarsa! segment donbled and trebled. Lines 

 ■J and 4 of forewing generally absent, soiuctiiues vestigial, line o represented by 

 vein-dots, closely ibllowed by 0, which ends at tip of wing, lines 7 and S not 

 marked ; a brown ]iostdiscal cloud between U- and R''. The brown marginal border 

 of the underside of the forewing joined along U- to the brown liasal area ; u series 

 of prominent discal dots over both wings. 



cJ. Tenth abdominal tergite rather broad, little narrowed to end, concave 

 below, convex above, apex ronuded, slightly sinuate ; sternite narrow, curving 

 n[iwards, pointed, forming a hook. Clasper with four large friction-scales ; hai-])e 

 (PL IJL f. IT) with two heavily chitinised processes shaped like ox-horns, one 

 hori/.outal, the other vertical. Penis-sheath (PI. IjVIII. f i:j) with a single and 

 rather heavy suliapical tooth. 



Early stages not known. 



I [ah. W^est Africa. 



In tlie Tring Museum -i i S , 1 ? from the Niger: Warri, vi. (Dr. Roth); 

 Agberi, vii. (Dr. Ansorgc) ; Assaba (Dr. Cross) ; Ogrugu : also 1 S from the Congo 

 (Bentley). 



CLXIL THERETRA.— Typus : hcs.vi.s. 



Sphiii.r Liuuc, ,%«/. Nal. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim : type : un-Uata). 



Threlni Hiibiier, IVrv. Uk. Srhiii. p. 135 (1822) (partim : type: nrssiis = e<jiic-flii-.}. 



IsDjiles id., /.(■. (182'J) (partim ; type : muii). 



Xiihiiihaiws id., I.e. (1822) (partim ; type : anuhns). 



Onus id., I.e. p. l.SG (1822) (partim ; type : gimmii). 



Tliaiiiwix id., /.(■. p. 1,S8 (1822) (partim : type : respertilio). 



Deile/ihila, Stephens (;i./ii Laspeyres, 180U), llhisli: Bi-il. JCnI.. lliuixi. i. ],. 123 (1829) (partim). 



Ch'ieroru,ii/ui Uuponchel, in God., Piiji. France, Sup/il. ii. p. 15',! (1».%) (paitim ; tyjio ; iierii). 



Danijisu Walker, Lixt I.ep. Ins. II. M. -piii. p. 182 (1856) (partim ; type: ehocriliis). 



(htalhislijiisis Wallengren, Or/V. Vet. Ah. Fm-h. xv. p. 137 (18;'i.s) (type : eiipensu). 



Pcn/em, Moore {im,i Walker. 1856), Prue. Znnl. Sue. I.uml. p. 5116 (1872). 



Paiiariv, Butler {ww Walker, 18.0r,), Tim,/:. Zuul. Sor. Luml. ix. p. 550 (1877) (])artim). 



Ilulhii Moore, Lep. Ceuhn ii. p. 19 (1882) (type : hilecille!). 



Gmllinlhliljiis, id. {non Wallengren, 1858), I.e. p. 21 (1882). 



Melop.'iilnx, Kirby {nun Duncan, 1836), Cut. Lep. /let. i. p. 660(1892) (partim). 



S ? ■ Second segment of palpns on innerside with apical tul't of scales directed 

 ventrad (PI. LIX. f. 27) : ajiex of first segment densely and r(>gu]arly scaled on 

 innerside, with cavity at apex on outerside (Pi. LIX. f. Ki). 



Larva strongly tapering in front, one or more ocelli. 



Pupa with strongly compressed and prominent tougnc-case. 



/la/j. Oriental and Aethiopiau Regions, a few sjieeies uorlliward (o Jajian, 

 two ranging to the ('asi]iau Sea and Constant imiple res[iec(ively. 



Twenty-nine species. 



Key to the species : 



f. Hindwing red ....... A. 



Hindwing not red, or only with a 

 narrow, i]|-<lefiiied, reddish tawny 

 ^>'d-ud ....... ^ r. 



h. Base of hindwing black r. 



Base of hindwing red like disc . . . . il. 



