THEOPHILA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
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G. apicalis Hmps. 2. Distinguished from javanica by much more yellowish brown colouring, the 
antennae are ochreous, the abdominal dorsum has a light stripe, in the forewing the distal line is less angular, 
and the dark apical spot is much larger, in the hindwing the transverse lines are more distinct. Trincomali 
(Ceylon). 
G. sikkima Moore (= variegata Hmps., thwaitesi Mr. [presumably a good form ?]) (57 g). $. Body 
red-brown mixed with grey. Forewing ochreous-brown, in the dorsal and marginal area hued with red-brown, 
near the base two dark spots, a very much curved subbasal line, two almost straight median lines, the distal 
one of which is contiguous with an oblique streak crossing the cell-apex, an undulate submarginal line, a dark 
apical spot. Hindwing red-brown, towards the margin ochreous, with two indistinct undulate lines, the dorsal 
area dark red-brown, with a greyish hue, at the anal angle two dark spots. Hindwing beneath with two dark 
spots in the cell and more distinct lines than above. $. Yellow, thorax hued reddish-brown, forewing at the 
distal margin and anal margin reddish-brown, hindwing at the base and near the anal angle hued reddish-brown; 
transverse lines like in the J, but less distinct. Expanse of wings: 42, $ 62 mm. Sikkim. Ceylon. 
G. hainana Mr. °. Thorax dark rusty reddish, abdomen greyish rusty-reddish, head, legs, and body 
beneath of a brighter rusty red. Forewing dark rusty red, at the anal margin somewhat brighter, in the centre 
spotted by purple brown and flesh-coloured scales, with one short, oblique, subbasal line and two sinuate 
discal lines somewhat darker, the discocellular spot of a bright rusty red, margin spotted iron-grey. Hindwing 
yellowish rust-coloured with short, purple brown basal, median and narrower discal bands and a subbasal white 
stripe formed of moon-spots and being above purple brown. Beneath the wings are bright rust-coloured; the 
forewing is lighter towards the base, with a dark, light-spotted margin, a black discal transverse line, the hind¬ 
wing with a distally convex discal line, two discocellular spots and an indistinct median band, whilst the anal 
angle is dark brown and spotted white. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Hainan. 
G. richteri Weym. (57 g). $. Brownish ochreous, the fore wing at the margin and before the apex 
lighter ochreous with three brown bent transverse stripes and a particularly distinct dark brown, almost straight 
longitudinal stripe extending from the base of the costal margin to the apex of the wing. Hindwing with two 
brown transverse stripes and a broad brown distal margin. Beneath the forewing is in the posterior half 
light ochreous, the brown longitudinal stripe is broader than above, at the costal margin there is a large 
red yellow spot in which the two dark transverse stripes start. Hindwing beneath of a reddish-yellow 
ground-colour, but very much dusted with brown, in the cell two black oblique punctiform spots, behind 
it two bent transverse bands. Length of forewing: 20 y 2 mm. The $ is larger: 32 resp. 33 mm, the dark 
longitudinal stripe of the forewing is only traceable in the marginal half, whereas the basal half neither shows 
any transverse bands. East Celebes. 
G. ochracea Wkr. <$. Ochreous. Forewing somewhat darker in the basal half, along the anal margin 
and at a sublimbal band. Hindwing a little lighter and brighter than the forewing, with a somewhat darker, 
postmedian transverse band being expanded in the anal angle, and a similarly coloured basal patch, at the 
anal margin with whitish fringes. Length of body: 24 mm, expanse of wings: 60 mm. Sarawak. 
G. aroa B.-Bak. $. Blackish-brown. Collar and patagia light ochreous-grey. Abdomen with a white 
apex. Costal margin of forewing ochreous-grey as far as beyond the cell; the median area brownish. Hindwing 
blackish, apex and margin brown. Forewing beneath orange-yellowish with a black marginal area, hindwing 
beneath blackish with a brown marginal area. Expanse of wings: 55 mm. Aroa River, New Guinea, in February. 
G. kebeae B.-Bak. (57 g). tf. Head and thorax yellow, abdomen brown with a creamy anal tuft, 
legs brown, antennae blackish. Both wings yellow, somewhat orange, with traces of a post median band or 
streak. Expanse of wings: 50 mm. Kebea, New Guinea. 
5. Genus: Tlieophila Mr. 
In this genus the palpi are likewise absent. It is described in Vol. II, p. 190. 
T. religiosae Helf. (= huttoni Ww., sherwilli, affinis and bengalensis Hutt.). Also here Hampson 
describes a species by a name selected quite ad libitum (huttoni Westiv.) and places the legitimate, by 11 years 
older name religiosae Heifer to the synonymy. Bod}^ greyish-brown. Margin of both wings more or less crenulated. 
Forewing greyish-brown with obliquely curved, antemedian and median, indistinct dark lines: a dark line 
beyond the discocellular, a transverse postmedian line, one or two twice curved submarginal lines, a large choco¬ 
late apical spot. Hindwing darker, at the dorsal margin speckled brown with white, a slightly curved sub- 
marginal line. Hindwing beneath with postmedian and submarginal lines. In some specimens the first segment 
apicalis. 
sikkima. 
hainana. 
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richteri. 
ochracea. 
aroa. 
kebeae. 
religiosae . 
