THERETRA. 



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Imago. — <^2. Head and thorax olive-green, thorax suffused 

 with ferruginous ; a grey lateral stripe from palpus to end of 

 thorax ; a deep orange dorso-lateral streak ; abdomen with 

 a broad olive-green dorsal stripe, on each side of which is 

 a broad, shining golden stripe. Fore wing : costa green up to 

 SC 1 , the green spreading over front half of base of wing, 

 hinder half of base occupied by a black and a white patch ; 

 rest of wing and costal area dark olive -brown to SC 2 ; some dark 

 brown lines from apex to inner margin ; a broad median band, 

 pale ochreous from apex to SC 1 , then pale brown, becoming 

 pink near inner margin ; marginal area dusky brown. Hind 

 base black, shading to dusky brown at apex ; an 



wing 



Fig. 111. — Theretra nessus (Drury). 



ochreous band, broad at anal angle, extending towards apex as 

 a submarginal band. Underside suffused with reddish 

 ochreous. Second segment of palpus more triangular than 

 in the other species of Theretra, the opening of the palpus large, 

 some single long scales protruding from it. External row 

 of spines of first protarsal segment doubled and trebled. 

 Expanse : <? 90-120 mm., 2 94-130 mm. 



$. Tenth tergite sinuate ; sternite slightly spatulate. 

 rounded at end. Clasper with over twenty large scales ; 

 harpe (fig. 110 A) very stout, short, curved at end, the upperside 

 somewhat concave, the interno- dorsal edge of the upperside 

 irregularly notched, raised proximally into a broad, compressed 

 tooth, tip of harpe acute in side-view, obtuse in subproximal 

 view. Penis-sheath (fig. 110 B) armed with an elongate 

 kidney-shaped, multidentate, apical lobe. 



