CECHENENA. 



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alarmed the anterior segments are strongly retracted into 5, 

 which is then very swollen. The bright colouring, the shining 

 enamel-like surface and the protruding conical ocelli, looking 

 like a pair of staring eyes, give the larva a very striking 

 appearance. The moths visit flowers after dark, and are 

 also attracted by light. There are several broods in the 

 season. 



Genus CECHENENA Rothschild & Jordan. 

 Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 799. 



(Fig. 123). 



Genotype : helops (Walk.). 



Imago. — " <£$. Second segments of palpi divergent, narrower 

 in side-view than first segment, not covering base of tongue, 

 the apical tuft of inner surface small, the naked space longer 

 than broad. 



" There are three types of development in this genus, 

 which perhaps represent each a separate genus. 



" a. Abdomen and fore wing striped, the external stripes 

 of the latter converging apicad ; bristles of comb of mid- 

 tarsus numerous and long ; first segment of hind tarsus as 



Fig. 123. — Cechenena Roths. & Jord. Genitalia. 

 A, C. xgrota (Butl.), harpe ; B, penis-sheath, dorsal side ; C, penis-sheath, 

 right side; D, penis-sheath, left side. E, C. helops (Walk.), harpe: 

 F, penis-sheath, dorsal side ; G, penis-sheath, right side ; H, penis- 

 sheath, left side. I, C. minor (Butl.), harpe ; J, penis-sheath, right 

 side ; K, penis-sheath, left side. L, C. lineosa (Walk.), harpe ; M> 

 penis-sheath, dorsal side ; N, penis-sheath, right side ; 0,;|penis- 

 sheath, left side. 

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