( 787 ) 



c? ? . A rai-p insect ; ive have seen only two specimens. Antenna long, 

 reaching beyond end of cell of forewing. External row of spines of first segment 

 of foretarsns double. White mesial line of abdomen simple. A whitish snb- 

 niarginal liand on forewing above nearly straight from a]iex to near hinder angle. 



Early stages not known. 



Hull. Sikhim. 



A ? in the Britisli Mnsenra ; a rC in coll. Charles Obertliiir. 



743. Theretra orpheus. 



*Chonnmmpii (irpliriis'i'ivn\ch''!^i-hii{X&\\ Aiissrrriir. Silini. i. f. Iil4 (18ri4) (Cajw of Good Hope ; 



coll. Standinger). 



(??. Antenna clubbed as in the three preceding species. Cavity of palpus 

 sharply defined, the scaling aronnd it more regnlar tlian in fiirneri, etc. Long 

 spurs of hindtibia shorter than usual : liristles of midtarsal coml) long, ("ross-veins 

 of hindwing straiglit, D- not or very feebly curved. 



<S. Tenth tergite as in the allied species, bnt frcbiy diliited at the end, which 

 is rounded-truncate and faintly sinuate; sternite narrow, rounded at end, with a 

 minute mesial tooth. ( 'Jasper with one single large scale, which is olituse at 

 end : liarjie short, without free ]irocess (PI. LII. f. 2^). Penis-sheath without 

 armature ; the dorsal edge jjroduced into a lobe, which is bent into the interior 

 of the cylinder. 



?. Vaginal i)lato triangular, narrowly truncate ; vaginal cavity a little before 

 middle, its anterior edge raised, more strongly chitinisrd than the sides, with some 

 longitudinal wrinkles ; no separate lobes. 



Early stages not known. 



Hal/. Aethiopian Region : ( 'ontinental Africa; Comoro Is. 



Three subspecies : 



fi. Til. orjihena jirliii.'s subsji. uov. 

 Ch,irr'.i'<ii,ijHi nriilinm. Miisclilcr, Ahh. .Snil: Niil. (ir.^. xv. p. >\H. n. LO-i (180O) (Acrra, v.). 



6. A i)ale and narrow-winged form. Sides of basal segments of ab<lomen 

 scanu'ly deeper lirown than tlu^ other segments ; middle strijie of mesothoracic 



tegnia greenish olive. First discal lino of forewing thin, not iieavier than second ; 



lines in basal third of wing thinner than in the following subspecies, disc washed 

 with greenish olive, this (colour more obvious between npjier angle of cell and 



ilJM-al lines, where the wing is rnsset or Pront's brown in iir/>/i. u/ji/irns. 



Hindwing and underside of liolli wings ]ialcr than in the Ibllowint;'. 



J/ii/,. West Africa. 



Ill ciill. Charles Oberlhiir 1 6 (liJl><') 'rom .bihiinn Albrechls llnlie, Ciinii'roons 

 (( 'onradtj. 



Ii. 'I'll, orijlieiis iii-jtliciis. 



Chnirniiiiiiiiii nrj.hriix llenicli-Scliiiffcr, Ir. (18,')4) (Cape) : W.iik,, l.int /,'•/-. Inn. II. .1/. xx.xi. p. liO 



(I8lil). 

 ('I,„i-m-iiii,/iii (iriiheUH, Boisduval, Sjicr. drn. /,./<. //./. i. p. ■1\1. n. -J? (lH7;'i). 

 I'limna or/ilii-iix, Butler, Triim. Zmjl. Sur. Lmiil. i\. p. .'i.OU. n. Id (IH77). 

 I'aiiwm (?) ni-j,/ii'iiH, Kirhy, Cut. Le/i. IIH. i. p. (102. n. 5 (1«'.I2). 



*r,iiiarrii iiitlnhnniii RotliKnhild, Nov. Zimii,. i. p. 79. t. .1. f. Ki (1894) (Nalul ;-.Muh. Triiig). 

 I'n,„in-a „riiliiir„„ (!), Distant, .\iiii. .Utnj. .W II. (7), t. ill. p. IWi (IM'.'H) (DclaKoa liay ; ^ viiri„hm, 



= vaijiim fc.\ errore I). 



