( "6 )^ 



? . The edge of the month ol' the vagina rather high, elevated to a thin smooth 

 ridge, which gradually fades away distally. 



Larva with one large eye-spot on fourth segment ; a pale stripe from fifth 

 si'gmeut to horn, vestigial or absent from thorax ; horn short and stout in adnlt 

 larva, long and »^-shapod in younger stages ; ground-eolonr green or tawny. — 

 Food-plants: I'ltis ; Cisgag. 



Hal'. South and South-East Africa. 



In the Triiig l\[useum several larvae, 8U-odd specimens from: Cape Colony; 

 Natal ; Transvaal. 



7311. Theretra alecto. 



S/i/ihir (ilrctii hinni\ .%s/. Xal. ud. x. p 4!)-J. ii, IS (17;jK) ; Auriv , A'. Sr. Vrl. Al.. Iliui'll. .\ix. u. 



p. I3H. n. 175 (18.S-') (rue. erit.). 

 Imiilux ulecto, Hiibner, Verz. hrk. Sriiw. p. IPi.'i. n. 145.) (182-2). 

 Charrn-iimpa alealo, Walker, Uat Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 130. u. :; (ISoi'i) ; StauJ, & Reb., Oil. Liji. 



id. iii. p. Um.n. 757(11101). 

 Cliuerorampii uti-rln, Boisduval, Sjic: Gcii. Lip. Hit. i. p. 2'Z'i. n. G (1875). 

 Theirtm alecto, Kirby, Oit. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 650. n. 6 (1892). 

 Ihllrphila alerto, Bartel, in Rithl, Grosssclim. ii. p. 113 (1900). 



c? ?. Cavity of palpus not well defined proximally, owing to some long scales 

 jirojecting over it. E.xternal row of spines of first protarsal segment single, or 

 jiaitially doubled. Line 5 of forewing heavy, sometimes also 1, lines 2 and 4 weak, 

 (J and T vestigial or absent. Dorsal lines of the abdomen often absent, sometimes 

 rather plainly marked. 



c?. Tenth abdominal tergite rather narrow, underside feebly concave apically, 

 elolhed with erect hairs, apex rounded, feebly sinuate; sternite obtusely pointed, 

 aj)e.\ curved upwards, strongly convex beneath. Clasper with numerous friction- 

 scales ; harpe slender, feebly -~ -shaped, pointed. Penis-sheath (PL LVIIL f. 11) 

 at the right side with a short multidentate process, and at the left with a long 

 oblique row of teeth situated upon a slightly elevated ridge, which ends in a slender 

 jirocess that lies closely upon the sheath. 



?. Vaginal armature of tlie same type as in eson (PI. XLI. f. l.j) ; the 

 ridge before the mouth of the vagina rather thin, but well chitinised and smooth, 

 becoming gradnally lower postically, forming a kind of halfmoon. 



Larva : seven eye-spots, the five posterior ones often reduced and incomplete ; 

 pale dorso-lateral stripe of thorax not so prominent as in 7/. ceh'rto ; horn rather 

 short iind stout in hist stage. — Food-plants : Vitis ; I'si/chotria ; Pacdcria ; etc. 



Chi'ysalis: tongue-case strongly eomj)ressed, prominent; eremaster c<mical, 

 somewhat dejiressed. 



Ilah. Oriental llegion, extending into the Palaearetic IJegion : from the 

 Casjiiaii Sea and Asia JL'nor to the Key Islands ; not in China, Japan, and Ceylon. 



Two subspecies : 



a. Tli. ulecfo alecto. 



Spliiiu u/tc.'y Linnu, /.--. (175H) (India) ; id., J/(«. Lud. Uli: p. 357 (1704) ; Houtt., Xatuvl. Hist. i. 

 11. ji. 4511. n. 18 (1767) : Linui-, %v/. .\V(/. ed. .\ii. p. 802. n. 20 (1767) : Drury, Utnxli: Ex. 

 Li.H. ii. p. 4K. & hide.c t. 27. f. 4(1771-73) (Madras) : Fabr., H,i«l. Ent. p. 546. n. 31 (1775) ; 

 Gram., Piqi. Exnt. ii. p. 62. t. 137. f. I) (1777) ; Goczc, Eiil. Uri/ti: iii. 2. p. 173. n. 20 (1780) ; 

 Fabr., N/w. /«». ii. p. 1.52. n. .52 (1781) ; id., .Umil. /h.v. ii. p. !I7. n. 56 (17S7) ; Gmel., %«'. 

 Xnt. i. 5. p. 2384. n. 20 (17'.I0) ; Fabr., Eiit. Syst. iii. 1. p. 376. u. 5'J (1793) ; Herr.-Scb., Eur 

 6'. Am. ii. 1'. Ko. 11. 10. Sj,/,;,,,/. t. 2. £. 4. 5 (18471. 



