( 788 ) 



c? ? . Foivwiiig washed with Pront's liVowii or russet at iimer marp'iii jiroxiiunJIy 

 find distally of pale discal double line, and also between njiper angle of cell and 

 discal lines. 



H(ib. Sonth Africa : ('ape ( 'olony ; Natal. 



In tlie Ti'ing Jlnsenm 7 t?c?, 2 ? ? IVoui Natal. 



c. Til. orphms iittensa snbsp. nov. (PI. V. f. 13, f?). 



(?. Darker and broader-winged than the previons. Lines ol' n]>perside of 

 alxlonien and forewing less distinct ; pale band of forewing cons))icnons beliiml. 

 where it is creamy, and costal margin not jiale beyond apex of cell. Underside of 

 wings : grnnnd-rolonr ciniiaraon-rnfons, lines of forewing thinner than in the 

 preceding forms. 



Hah. (irande Comore (L. Hnmblot). 



One li {ti/pr) in eoll. Charles Obei'thiir, here ligiired ; a second S kindly given 

 to the Tring Mnsenm. 



744. Theretra pallicosta. 



*C}iiif,-iimiiipii /irillii-nsfii Walker, />/</ Lfp. ///<. li. M. viii. p. 14.'). ii. ?i\ (IS.'JO) (Silhct ; Iloncr- 



kong ; — Mus. Brit.); Moore, Pmr. Zmil. 8i>r. Limd. p. ('i7{'j (18157) ; Butl., Tmiiss. Z(u,l. .S'oc. 



Lnm\. i.t. p. 5C0. n. T.O.Cl.SV:) ; id., lUn><U: Tiiik S/jrrim. Lpjk llel. Ii. M. Hi. p. 1. 1. 41. f. 2 (1879) ; 



Cot. &L Swinh., Cat. .Uothn Tml. i. p. 20. n. lOfi (18K7) ; Swinh., C>tt. Lep. Ilet. .!/««. Ox. i. p. \U. 



n. CO (18il2) (Silhet ; Assam ; Ceylon) : Hamps., in Blanf., Fauiiii Sri/. Tml.. M.^lha i, p. lU. 



n. 144 (18S2) (Ceylon ; Assam : Silhet ; E. Pegu ; Hongkong). 

 Chiiernrampa eiillieosln {l),Mi'nvtn<'s, Enuin. C'lr/i. .liiim. .1/h.s-. Prir., Li'ji. ii. Siippl. p. ill n. Ijlj 



(1857). 

 dnatlinlliVihus ixillirostii, Moore, Lip. Cei/loii ii. p. ^'1. t. 84. f. (IS8L'). 

 TheirlrapaUlcdsIn, Kirby, Cat. Lip. Hit. i. p. CiW.\ n. 112 (1802) ; Dudg., Journ. Bomhay N. If. Sor. 



xi. p. 415. n. 144 (1898) (•' not seen "). 



c??. 0])ening of palpns partly covered by single long scales of the first an<l 

 second segments. External row of spines of the first pvotarsal segment donbled 

 and trebled. Tlinrax with a white mesial liin'. Tiines of forewing straight, nearly 

 jiarallel to margin, one only distinct and this ilentatc ; costal edge and stigma 

 bnflish white. 



ij . Tenth abdominal segment of th(> ordinary shape, tergitc feebly sinnate, 

 sternite rather narrow, jiointed. ( 'las]ier with 10-odd large scales; har])e long, 

 slender, horizontal, ajiex rounded in dorsal view, flattened. Penis-sheath : aijiical 

 edge dorsally ronnded-jn'odnced, symmetriciil ; on the right and tlie left side a 

 dentate ]iroeess pointing ])roxiin:\d, the left process the slenderer and slightly 

 longer. 



Early stages not known. 



I/ii/j. Ceylon to Burma and Hongkong. 



In the Tring Mnsenm U JJ, (i ? ? from : Ceylon ; Karwar ; Khasia Hills ; 

 Jaintia Hills, Burma. 



T4."). Theretra castauea. 



*Piri/isa eustmim Moore, Pror, Zool. Snc. Lmiil. p. 5lili (1872) (Bombay: — Mns. Brit.) ; Bntl., 

 Tmnn. y.„ol. Limil. ix. p. 549. n. If) (1877) ; Waterh., Aid lilnil. Ins. i. t. M (1881) ; Swinli.. 

 Prnr. Zniil. Sm: Liml. p. 288. n. 7 (1885) (Sattara, vi.) ; Cot, & Swinli . Cut. MhIIik /ml. i. p. in. 

 n. 57 (1887). 



Melopsihis ciist/iiieiis, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Hit. i. p. (lijl. n. 17 (1892) (Bombay). 



