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B. Forewing with the pale apical line simple. 



a. Abdomen without pale subbasal band minima. 



b. Abdomen with pale subbasal band. 



a'. Teguhe and subbasal band of forewing bright 



olive-green .. nerii. 



b 1 -. Tegulse and subbasal band of forewing blackish 



or brownish olive-green placida. 



46. Deilephila nerii. 



Sphinx nerii, Linn. Syst. Nat., X., p. 490 (1758). 

 Daphnis infemelutea, Saalm. Lep. Mad., p. 123 (1884). 



Habitat.— Europe ; ^Ethiopian Region ; W. Asia; Punjab; Sikiiim ; 

 S. India ; Ceylon. 



147. Deilephila hipothous. 



Sphinx hypoihous, Cram. Pap. Exot., II ., p. 165, pi. 285, f. D. (1780). 



Habitat.— Sikhim ; S. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Malacca ; Sumatra ; Bor- 

 neo ; Java ; Sumba ; Celebes ; Amboina ; Tenimber Is ; Key Is. 



Subsp. pallescens, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 6. 



Baphnh magnifica, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) XIX., p. 461 (1877). 

 „ gloriosa, Roths. Nov. Zool., I., p. 85 (1894). 



Habitat.— New Guinea ; Fergusson I. ; New Meklenberg ; Solomon 

 Is. ; Queensland. 



149. Deilephila layardi. 



Daphnis layardi, Moore Lep. Ceyl. II., p. 16, pi. 84, f. 1 (1882). 



Habitat.— Ceylon. 



148. Deilephila placida. 



Darapsa placida, Wlk., VIII, 186 (1856). 



Daphnis angustans, Feld. Reis. Nov., pi. 76, f. 6 (1874). 



Chcerocampa hesperus, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. Het., I. p. 228 (1875). 



Daphnis horsfieldii, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc, IX., p. 572 (1877). 

 „ andamana, Druce. Ent. Mo. Mag., XIX., p. 16 (1882). 



Habitat.— Andamans ; Singapore ; Sumatra ; Java ; Lombok ; Samba wa ; 

 Sumba ; Amboina ; Key Is. ; New Guinea ; Solomon Is. ; New Hebrides ; 

 Queensland. 



Subsp. torenia. Druce. Ent. Mo. Mag., XIX., p. 16 (1882). 



Daphnis rosacea. Roths. Nov. Zool., I., p. 85 (1894). 



Habitat.— Lifu ; Fiji. 



152. Deilephila minima. 



Daphnis minima, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc, IX., p. 573, pi. 92, f. 5 (1877). 

 „ ernestina, Moore Lep. Ceyl., III., p. 534, pi. 211, f. 1 (1887). 



Habitat. — Bombay ; Karwar ; Ceylon. 



Genus Dahira. 



Type. 

 Dahira, Moore P. Z. S., 1888, p. 390 , ruUyino&a. 



