( 7(1(1 ) 



Thrrelm eqiicMna, Hiibner, IVc:. he!.: Srlmt. p. II!."). n. 144(1 (IS'JJ). 



Chaerociunjiu nex.siis, Walker, i;.s7 Lqi. Ins. 11. M. viii. p. 140. n. 22 (1850) (Canara ; Ceylon; 

 Silhet : Hongkong : Java) ; Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lrp. Ins. .}fiis. K. I. C. i. p. 27(). 

 n. C40. t. 11. f. 2. 2a (/.,/;.) (1857) (Java) : r.titl., 7',v,».«. Z„ol. Siw. L,.„>1. ix. p. .-)G5. n. 71 

 (1877) ; Moore, Piw. Zonl. Snr. J.nml. ]i. 5!15 (1877) (Pt. Blair) ; Butl., ihii!. ji. (513. n. .54 

 (1881) (Belgaum, x.) ; Cot. & Swinli., Cut. Mnlh^ /„>!. i. p. 19. n. 105 (1887) ; Swinh., Jnnni. 

 Bnmliiii/ iV. n. Snc. iii. p. 118. D. '.I (18KK) (Kar.aehi, x.) : Leech, P,n,: Znot. Hoc I.mnl. p. 584. 

 n. 111(1888) (Yokohama); Swinh., 7'/r//K. Enl. Snr. I.mnl. p. 1M. n. 17 (1800) (Moulmein) ; 

 Pagenst., .laln-h. Xiiss. Vr,-. XaL xliii. p. 101. n. 179 (1890) (E. Java) : Misk., Pf><: 7?n//. .s',«'! 

 Qnfcnslil. viii. p. 1.5. n. 28 (1891) (Brisbane) ; Swinh., Oil. Lrji. Net. Miis. Il.r. i. p. 18. n. 119 

 (1892) ; Piep., Tijdsdn: Eiil. xl. p. 98. t. 1. f. 1.3. 14 (horn of /.) (1897). 



Cliarriiciiiiijia iiessiii: var. riihimmhis Schaufuss, Xiiiiq. Oiios. i. p. IK (1870) (Java). 



Clinerocii iiipa eqneslris, Boisduval, Spec. Gni. I.i'[>. Hel. i. p. 2ri0. n. 45 (1875). 



Pri-^esii wc.s.f//.'.', Snellen, Tijihrhr. Kill. xx. p. 2. n. 10 (1877) (Java). 



('hocrnmiii/iii eqiip.ilris/id., I.r. xxii. p. (17. n. 18 (1877) (S. Celebes): Pagenst., .Ax/oVi. Xiiss. IV)-. 

 iXat. xli. p. 1(18. n. 210 (1888) (Amboina). 



Therelm iieisus, Moore, Lej). Cei/lon ii. p. 22. t. 8{>. f. 1 (18S-_'); Kirby, Gil. Lr/i. Il,i. i. p. (',59. n. 107 

 (1892); Hamps., in Blanf., /•'«/)»(( Brit. Iml., Mnlhs i. p. 99. n. 157. fig. 5(1 (1892); Huwe, 

 Beil. EhI. Zeil. xl. p. 3C5. n. 2H (1895) (Java) ; Semp., Srhni. Plullpp. ii. p. 401. n. 45. t. c! 

 f. I. 2. 3 (!.,p.) (189C) (Luzon: MincJanao : Palawan; Penlan : ii. vii. — ix. xi ) ; Pagenst., 

 Ahh. Sen!,: Xal. Ges. xxiii. p. 444. n. 425 (1S97) (Celebes) : Dadg., Jmini. nomJiini X. II. Sn: 

 xi. p. 412. n. 157 (1898) (Sikhira ; Bhutan, 2000 ft.; vi.— viii. ; /. >.^- /i. descr.) : Leech, Trans. 

 Eiit Sor. Lmul. p. 280. n. GO (1898) (Yokohama ; Kiushiu). 



C'lioeroainijia iiessn.i, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Sor. Lniiil. p. 514. n. 5 (1SS4) (Karachi) : id,, l.r. p. 288. 

 n. 10 (1885) (Belgaum ; Bombay, ix. — xi.). 



c??. Second segment of palpus more tri.angnlai' than in tlic allied species of 

 'I'lierefrn, the opening of the paljins large, .some single hjng scales protniding from 

 it. Exieriial row of sjiines of first protarsal segment donlilcd and trebled. The 

 lines on the forewiiig, above and below, are rather variable in detail : the first 

 discal line of the underside is generally thinner and more olivionsly dentate in the 

 Japanese, Chinese and Indian specimens than in the individnals from the Malayan 

 and Papnati Siibregions. The dirty yellowish Imff area of the hindwing is often 

 very much redneed in length as well as in width. Tiie doi'sal area of the abdomen 

 shows vestiges of lines. 



c?. Tenth tergite of the usnal type, sinuate ; sternite slightly spatulate, rounded 

 at end. ( 'lasper with 20-odd large scales; harpe (PI. LII. f. 21) peculiar, very 

 stout, short, curved at end, the ujiperside somewhat concave, the externo-dorsal 

 edge of the npperside irregulai'ly notched, raised proximaliy into a broad, compressed 

 tooth, tip of liarjie acute in side-view, obtuse in snbjiroximal view. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. LVIII. f. 14) armed with an elongate kidney-shajied, mnltidentate, apical lobe. 



? . Kdge of vaginal cavity not obviously raised to a ridge. 



Larva with rather small ocellus on fourth segment, followed by a still smaller 

 spot on fifth segment ; a pale dorso-lateral sti-ipe from iiead to horn, area beneath 

 this stripe with oblicpie bands or stripes. — Food-plants : JHoscorca ; Bairinytonia 



Hull. Oriental Kegion : C'eylon, N.W. India to Ja]ian, eastwards to Lifu. 



In the Triiig Musenm Kid-odd s])ecimens fi'om : Ceylon; Bombay; Khasia 

 Hills; Sikhini ; P)uxa, Bhutan; Yokohama, vii. viii.; Kanagawe near Tokio, v. ; 

 Malay Pen.; Borneo; Sumatra; Nias ; Java; Lombok ; Alor ; Tenimber; 

 Amboina; Dutch, German, and British N. Guinea ; Louisiade Is.; d'Entrecasteanx 

 Is. ; Trobriand Is. ; Queensland : Lifn. 



718. Theretra rhesus. 



*(.'lini>rnriini]i'i rheKiis Boifdnval, .S/)ci'. Geii. I.i'/i. Ilil, i, |i. 251, n. aO (l.'<75) (Philippines ;— coll. 

 Charles Oberthiir). 



