( '79 ) 



(?. Tenth tergite very sleuder, ronnded at end, upperside convex, but not 

 subcarinate ; sternite broad, sides parallel, apex truncate with the angles rounded. 

 Process of havpe short, broad, hollowed out distally, the ridges bordering the cavity 

 notched (PI. Lll. f. 18). Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 41) : the band-like armature 

 narrow, the proximal edge of the left-side lobe dentate; the right-side process 

 short, dentate. 



Larva green or brown ; a white dot on third thoracic segment ; a white ocellus 

 with brown centre and black edge on fourth segment, a similar but smaller ocellus 

 on the fifth and a small blind white ocellus on the sixth ; a pale stripe from the 

 fifth or si.xth segment to burn, gradually fading away below, the pale sides with 

 darker oblique shades. — Food-plant : Cissus. 



a'. 77^ jnpoiiira \. veru. saifiniu. 



*Dci!fj/l'ihi jiiiiuiiira var. i kiiI/hiik Staudinyer, ia Rom., Man. Lrji. vi. p. 2"28. n. 214. t. 4. f . 2 ( jj ) 



(IH92) (Amur;— coll. Staadinger). 

 Deileph'da Japonica var. siii/uiui, Bartel, l.r. ii. p. 110 (19011) ; Kirby, Nov. Zuui.. i. p. 101 (1S94). 

 Chiicrocampa japonica var. siiifumi, Staudinger & Rebel, I.e. n. 75Ga(1901). 



(??. A pale form; sides of thorax, base and discal interstices of forevviug 

 more whitish than in the summer specimens, external area of hindwing also paler. 



//. T/i. jiiponicn f. aest. '/uponica. 

 *Cft"Ci'w'f(/iijia j'ipoii'rra Orza, /.<'. 



(? ¥ . A darker form. The differences are ceri/ slight and the two forms inter- 

 grade completely. 



TlaL Japan ; Corea ; Amurland ; China ; Formosa. 



In the Tring Museum s larvae and 80-odd specimens from : Hakodate ; 

 Yokohama; Amurland; Wei-hai-wei ; Ta-tsien-lu, W. China; Taipeh, Formosa. 



733. Theretra lycetus. 



Sjihhi.i- li/ietiix Cramer, P:(/j. E.ivt. i. p. 9t;. t. (U. f. u (1775) (Bengal ; Coromandel ; Ceylon) ; 



Goeze, Ent. Beyti: iii. 2. p. 220. n. 57 (1780) ; Fabr., Sjiec. 7«». ii. p. 148. n. 38 (1781) ; id., 



.Uu'il. Ins. Ii. p. 90. n. 42 (1787) ; Gmel., Si/st. Nat. i. 5. p. 2381. n. 70 (1790) ; Fabr., ICU. 



Hi/xt. iii. 1. p. 371. n. 45 (1793) ; Lep. & Serv., Enc. MHh. x. p. 400. t. DO. f. (182.^,)- 

 Xi/lophancH hi^'elun, Httbner, Ver^. hek. Sdim. p. 13(;. n. 1457 (1822). 

 Cliiicrociiiii/i(i li/celiix, Walker, Lid Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 143. n. 20 (1850) ; Horsf. and Mooro, 



Col. Lrp Lix. Mils. E. J. C. i. p. 277. n. 043 (1H57) (N. India) ; Cot. & Swiuli., Cil. Mollis 



Jnd. i. p. 17. n. 94 (1887) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Famui Ilril. Iml, Molhs i. p. 87. u. 124 (1892) 



{= riisimi = pruiiosa : " (//rmcHs" alia spec. ; Mussorie ; Sikhini ; Ceylon). 

 Cliiieriicitiiipa Ii/cetus, Boisduval, Spur. (Jhi. Up. Ilet. i. p. 202. n. 48 (1875). 

 *CI(aeTiic(unpu roshia Butler, I'rw: Znol. Sou. Loml. p. 248. n. 2ii. t. 37. f. (1875) (Masuri ;— Mas. 



Brit.) : id., Tm/is. Znol. S,,,-. /,,««/. i.-c. p. 559 u. 31 (1877) ; Cot. & .Swinh., I.e. 1. p. 17. n. 91 



(1H87) (Sikhim). 

 *(%ieriii;imji(i jii-iiiios,( Butler, /'roc. /.wjl. Sor. Loml. ]). 022 (1875) (Cuylon : -Mus. Brit.); id., 



7'ra/M. /Cool. So,: Loml. ix. p. (137 (1K77) ; Cot. & Swinh., /..-. p. 20. n. 108 (1887). 

 Xijliijihiiiifs jinoiosii, Jloorc. Lr/i. Cri/lun ii. p. 19. t. 84. f. 2 (18H2). 

 riorilin lijrelus, Kirby, fol. Lrji. 1/rl. i. p. 053. n. 32 (1892) ; Uudg., .lour,,. liumhuij .V. //. So.-, xi. 



p. 412. n. 124 (1898) (Sikbim, I811O ft.. \v. vi. viii. x.). 

 Tloirtlra /.«,„,,, Kirby, I.e. n. 33 (1892) (N. India) ; Huwc, Ihrl. Enl. Zdl. .\I. p. .■i05. n. 21 ( 189.'.) 



(Java). 

 I'lieirlm j,ri'iiosi,, Kirby, /.,■. n. .'il ( IK92) (Coylon). 

 CI,arror(,iiijia j,,jio,io;i, I'iuperH (i,o„ Orza, 1807), V'lj'/fc/i;'. EiU. s.\. p. 42. n. HO. I. 1. f. 0. 7, 1. 4. f. 7 



(1897) (Java, larva . cil. Boibd. excl.). 



