flavipes. 
albicincta. 
quinque- 
cincta. 
melano- 
ptera. 
tritonias. 
cyanopasta. 
cyaniris. 
tetrazona. 
782 CHAMAESPHECIA; LOPHOCEPS; CONOPIA. Bv M. Gaedf. 
spot is elongate, not very high. The dark margin on the hindwing is not so broad as on the lorewing. Both 
wings beneath somewhat yellow at the costal margin. <$ 18—20 mm. Upper Burma. 
Ch. flavipes Hmps. (94 b). Body bluish-black, palpi and tibiae orange. Abdomen with narrow orange 
segmental margins which become broader on the sides. Anal tuft below orange. Wings hyaline, the margin; 
and all the veins black. Forewing with a broad distal margin in which there are fine yellow streaks between 
the veins. The segmental margins of the $ abdomen are broader yellow. 14—16 mm. Ceylon, Madras. 
Ch. albicincta Hmps. Body with a metallic blue gloss. The 4th and 6th abdominal segments are 
finely margined with white, the base of the antennae and part of the palpi w hite. Legs with white patches. 
Abdomen beneath coppery brown, the 4th. 5th and 6th segments margined with white. Forewing violettish- 
black. A hyaline stripe below the cell, a hyaline triangle in the cell-end, short postcellular hyaline streaks 
between the veins 3 and 7. A few scales at the cross-vein and in the marginal area. Hindwing hyaline, 
margin and veins finely black. ^ 16 mm. Ceylon. 
Ch. quinquecincta Hmps. Thorax bluish-black, abdomen black with 5 broad yellow bands. Anal 
tuft and legs bluish-black, the latter with some white spots. Wings hyaline, margins and veins smoky brown. 
The costal margin and the cross-vein of the forewing bluish-black. 24 mm. Burma. 
Ch. melanoptera Le Gerf. Body bluish-black. The 1st and 2nd abdominal segments yellow, the 4 
last segments chiefly yellow', all of them beneath almost quite yellow'. Legs with white spurs. Wings violettish- 
black. A hyaline streak below the cell of the forewing. A similar short hyaline spot in the base of the cell 
of the hindwing and below it. Forewing beneath yellowish-white at the base at the costal margin, with 
traces of a small hyaline spot behind the cell. $ 16 mm. Tonkin. 
15. Genus: Cliamaesphecia Splr. 
Proboscis strong. Veins 7 + 8 of forewing stalked, 10 and 11 fused in the terminal halves. Veins 
3 4- 4 of hindwing stalked, 5 absent, 6 from the centre of the cross-vein. Type: empiformis Esp. from 
Europe. 
Ch. tritonias Hmps. Body violettish-black. Collar, thorax and patagia with yellow' patches. Palpi 
yellow and partly black. Abdomen with yellow bands on the 2nd to 6th segments. Legs yellow' and black. 
Wings yellowish hyaline. Margins and veins of forewing dark red-brown. Costal margin and marginal area 
with yellow scales. Cross-vein golden yellow edged with black. The dark distal margin penetrates into the 
fork of veins 7 + 8. Hindwing with blackish-brown veins and margins; yellow scales in the proximal 
half of the wing and at the inner margin. $ 40 mm. Assam. 
Ch. cyanopasta Hmps. (94 c). Body black with silvery blue scales, collar orange. Forewings violettish- 
black with bluish-green scales. An orange streak below the base of the cell, a triangular spot in the cell, 
a round spot behind it. Veins fine dark. Hindwing hyaline with dark cross-vein and margins. $ 26 mm. 
Quetta. 
16. Genus : l^ophoceps Hmps 
w 
Proboscis normal. Palpi highly erected. Antennae thickened towards the ends, with a small pencil 
at the apex and a hair-tuft between the bases of the antennae. Tibiae with hair around the spurs. Veins 7 + 8 
of forewing stalked, 11 absent. Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing stalked, 5 absent, 6 below' the upper cell-angle. 
Type: abdominalis Hmps. from Africa. Cf. Vol. XIV, p. 524. 
L. cyaniris Hmps. Body black, with a greenish-blue lustre. Palpi brown and white. Legs spotted 
white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins narrowly black, fringe brown. Costal margin and cross-vein of fore¬ 
wing broader dark. 22 mm. Assam. 
L. tetrazona Hmps. Body black, with a greenish-blue gloss. Abdomen orange on the 2nd to 5th seg¬ 
ments. Palpi and legs partly white. Abdomen beneath white on the 4th and 5th segments. Wings hyaline. 
Veins and margins of forewing with a greenish-blue gloss. Costal margin, cross-vein, and distal margin broadly 
dark. Short hyaline postcellular streaks. Narrow black margins on the hindwing. $ 18 mm. Assam. 
17. Genus: Conopia Hbn. 
Like the preceding genus, but no hair-tuft between the antennae, no hair around the tibial spurs. 
A great part of the species have been described as “ Sesia ” or “Aegeria”. Type: siomoxyformis from Europe. 
Cf. also Vol. XIV. p. 525. 
