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and middle discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique, and in the 

 same straight line ; vein 3 three times as far from base of wiiio- 

 as from end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far from 3 as from base of wing. 

 Hind wing excavated at vein 2 and produced into a prominent 

 lobe ; vein 7 nearer to 6 than to 8 ; middle discocellular slightly 

 outwardly oblique, and lower slightly inwardly oblique ; vein a well 

 developed ; vein 3 well before end of cell : vein 2 about equidistant 

 from end of cell and base of wing. Hind tibiae fringed, and with 

 two pairs of spurs. 



The type species, which is the sole representative of the genus, is 

 of very wide distribution, the series in the British Museum being 

 from localities ranging from Australia to the N.W. Himalayas. 



.5. Genus Rhopalocampta. (Plate I. fig. 13.) 



Rhopalocampta, Wallengren, Rhop. Caffr. p. 47 (1857). 



H\\>e, forestall. Cram. 



Choaspes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 158 (1881). 



Type, benjamini, Guerin. 



Antennae : club moderate, about as long as shaft, crescent-shaped, 

 not bent into a hook, very similar to those of Ismene, but less robust 

 and with a longer shaft. Fore wing : no discal brand in male ; 

 inner and outer margins subequal ; cell just more than two-thirds 

 the length of cosla ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell ; vein 

 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; upper discocellular minute ; lower and 

 middle discocellulars almost erect and in the same straight line, the 

 lower the longer ; vein 3 three times as far from base of wing as 

 from end of cell. Hind wing produced into a lobe ; vein 7 twice as 

 far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars very faint, almost erect ; vein 

 5 wanting; vein 3 from just before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to 

 base of wing than to end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, 

 and furnished in the male with a long tuft of hairs attached close to 

 the proximal end, and reaching well beyond the distal end of the 

 tibia. 



This genus is confined almost entirely to Africa and the Malay 

 Archipelago, benjamini alone being found in India, China, and Japan, 

 while the range of anchises extends to Aden. 



( benjamini, Querin 1. 



\japonica, Murray. 



Siibcaudata, Felder 2. 



ramanatek, Boisd 3. 



Ubeon, Druce 4. 



*jiccwida, Butler 5. 



*pansa, Hew 6. 



f anchises, Gerst 7. 



( taranis, Hew. 



forestall, Cram 8. 



r arbagasfes, Gu^n 9. 



\ *margarita, Butl. 



! pisistratus, Fahr 10. 



\ valmaran, Wallgr. 



*fervida, Butl 11. 



I'keithloa, Wallgr 12. 



\ Stella, Trim. 



ratek, Boisd 13. 



bixa,\iVD.rx 14. 



chalybe, West 15. 



JMMO, PlotZ 16. 



{ iphis, Hrwry 17. 



\ Jupiter, Fabr. 



hanno, Tiotz 18. 



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