' 781 ; 



above, apex i-munled : sternite broad, sides somewhat obliquely rounded, apex 

 uarrowed to an obtuse point. Process of harpe slender, horizontal, distally 

 gradually curved dorsad. Band-like armature of penis-sheath : the left lobe rather 

 shorter than in oldcnlnndiap, with heavy teeth at the proximal edo-p, with few teeth 

 at the distal edge (PI. LVII. f. 4-J). 



?. Tiie anterior and lateral edge of the cavity raised, smooth, halfmoon- 

 slia])ed. 



Larva not known. 



Ilah. Africa. 



Two subspecies : 



a. Th. najns perkco subsp. nov. 



$. Paler tlian the following form; discal line 5 of forewing above not distinctly 

 heavier than line I! ; hindwing withont distinct brown discal line. Tenth abdominal 

 tergite slenderer. 



Length of forewing: 22 mm. 



Ihih. Ogrugu, Niger. 



One i in Tring Museum. 



Another specimen, also a cJ, in the Briti.sh Museum from Pt. Lokkoh, Sierra 

 Leone, difters from tlie iifpe in the fourtli discal line of the forewing being tliinner, 

 vestigial, in the white dorsal line of the abdomen not being divided, and in the 

 hindwing lieing paler. 



h. 111. cd/iis o(i](is. 



^Iiliiiij: cujiiH Cramer, I.e. (1777) (Cap. b. .sp.) ; Cioeze, Enl. Jlei/li: iii. ■_'. p. 222. n. C,') (17.90). 



Sjihinr celKem Esper, And. Srlim. ii. p. 203. t. 2H. f. 2 (1782). 



Spliiiur gordiiis StoU, in Cram., Pap. ICrot. iv. p. 147. t. 867. f. a (1782). 



Xi/lopluiiipx giirli/x Hubner, Verz. Iiek. Srliin. p. i:!(). n. 14.58 (1822). 



Xylnpliaiiei' riiiiix, id., I,r. p. 1.%. n. 1459 (1822). 



Chaerocaiiipu r/ordhis^ Walker, Lint Lip. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 138. n. 19 (1856). 



Ghaerommpa cajiis. id., I.e. viii. p. 1H9. u. 20 (ISfjG) ; But!., Triiiix. Zooi. Sor. Lmiil. i.v. p. hhH. n. 2li 



(1877) {= ri'lai'HO '^). 

 Chijerwaiiijia epiiieis Boisduval, in Deleg., I'l/i/. .\fr. Austi: p. 595. n. 108 (1847) (Zululd., nmn. 



iiHil.); id., Sjiei: Gen. Li-p. Ilel. i. p. 24t. n. 2.S (1875) (Cape; Caffr.); Miisehl,, Vcrh. Zool. Hut. 



Gen. Wim xxxiii. p. 287. n. 81 (1884) (= guriliux ■ Caffrari.i). 

 Choerneampa cnjun. Boisduval, I.e. i. p. 245. n. 24 (1875). 



(.'hiteroriimpa eeliienn, Butler, /.'■. ix. p. .')."i8. n. 25 (1H77) (Natal ; Zululd. ; Cape). 

 Tlientra enjux., Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ihl. i. p. li5'.J. n. .'i5 ( 1892) (= ee/iieiin =ijt)Vi1iun = ijnrtijx = e/iieles). 



i ?. Line .') of forewing above nnu-li heavier than lino H ; brown cliseiil line of 

 hindwing above distinct. 



Hal/. South and South East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 24 iS, 12 ? ? from : Cajie Colony : Natal. 



730. Theretra oldenlandiae. 



S/ilihi.e iilileiiliiiiiliiie Kabricius, ^jint. F.nt. p. 542. n. 21 (1775) (Ind.) ; Goeze, F.nl. Jlei/lr. iii. 2. 

 p. 207. n. 12(1780); Fabr., .Sy;«-. //«. ii. p. 148. a. .■17(17«1); id., .!/««/. /»«. 11. p. 9(1. n. 41 (1787); 

 (jmcl., Sijul. Nut. i. .5. p. 2:i81. n. 75(1790) : I''abr., Kiil. .S'l/s/. iii. 1. p. :i70. n. 1 1 ( 179:'.) ; I,owin, 

 ///«. A'. S. Wales p. 4. t. 3 (1822) ; Thon, Knt. .\irli. i. p. (J. t. 1. f. :i (1«28). 



Sphiiij: ilmiieiiK Cramer, /.'■. ii. p. 5li. t. 132. f. i' (1777) (E. Ind.). 



Cltneroffi i/ijui fihlenln inline^ Walker, List l^ep. Ins. Ii. SL viii. p. 142. n. 25 (1850). 



Choeriieniiipii oliletilititiliaii, Boi8duval, Sjiec. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. j). 241. n. 'i'l (1875). 



Clmerociiwjia rlraneiis, id., I.e. p. 20,'!. n. 49 (1875). 



Tlieretrii ilmnri/s, Kirby, Cut. Le/i. Iht. i. p. 1154. n. i'.K (1892). 



ClinertKiunjiii li/eelns. HampKnn, I.e. \i. 87. n. 124 (1892) (Hiib »yn.), 



