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6*. Mid tibiae with the spurs unequal. 



a\ Hind tibia with the long terminal spur 

 at least half the length of 1st tarsal 

 joint, which is shorter than 1st mid 



tarsal joint Angonyx. 



I s . Hind tibise with the long terminal spur 



shorter, or 1st hind tarsal joint longer 



than the 1st mid tarsal joint. 



a . Abdomen with sharply marked pale 



mesial line. 



a 1 . Palpi and eyes large ; hind tarsus 



with the 1st joint longer than 



tibia Elibia. 



b 1 . Palpi and eyes smaller; hind tar- 

 sus with the 1st joint not longer 



than tibia Ampelophaga. 



b 6 . Abdomen without sharply marked 



pale medial line Eurypteryx. 



Genus Chromis. 



Type. 



Cliromis, Hubn. Verz., p. 138 (1827) erotus. 



Gnathothlibus, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon., IV., p. 43 (1860) ... erotus. 



145. Chkomis erotus. 



Sphinx erotus, Cram. Pap. Eot., II., p. 12, pi. 104, f. B. (1777). 



Chccrocampa andamanensis, Kirby. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 242. 



Habitat.— Ceylon,; Andamans ; .Nicobars ; Borneo ; Java ; Celebes ; 

 Sambawa ; Sumba. 



Subsp. eras., Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe Lep, p. 185 (1832). 



Gnathothlibus crotoides, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon., IV., p. 43 (1860). 



Chcerocampa sapor, Koch. Stett. Ent. Zeit., XXXII., p. 293 (1871). 



Habitat. — Moluccas ; Tenimber Is. ; Guam ; New Guinea ; Lovisiades ; 

 Solomons ; New Hanover ; Lifu ; Tahiti. 



Genus Deilephila. 



Type. 



Deilephila, Lasp. Jen. Allg. Liter-Zeit., IV., p. 99 (1809) ... nerii. 



Elpenor, Oken., Lehrb. Nat., III., I., p. 760 (1815) nerii. 



Charocampa, Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl., II., p. 159 (1835) nerii. 



Metopsilus, Duncan, Jardine's Nat. Libr., XL., p. 154 (1836). nerii. 



A. Forewing with the pale apical line widening to a spot 



near apex. 



a. Forewing with the green subbasal area recurved 



below costa , layardi. 



b. Forewing with the green subl asal area not re- 



curved below costa .....i... ....... ..,••< i.-. hypolhou$. 



