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Mandated; Hiibn. Tent, ined atropos. 



A. Hindwing above with large black patch on basal half, lachesis. 



B. Hindwing above with the basal half yellow styx. 



89. ACHERONTIA LACHESIS. 



SpMnx lachesis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 434 (1798). 



Spectrum charon, Billb. Enum. Ins., p 83 (1822) non descr. 



Acheronlia morta, Hiibn. Verz., p. 140 (1827). 



satanas, Boisd. Spec, Gen. Lep. I. pi. 10, f. 1 (1836), 

 lethe, Westw. Cat. Or. Ent., p. 87, pi. 42, f. 2 (1848). 

 circe, Moore Cat. Lep. E. I. C, p. 267 (1858). 



Habitat.— China ; N. & S. India ; Ceylon to Ceram and Amboina. 



88. Acherontia styx. 



Sphinx styx, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent., p. 88, pi. 42, f. 3 (1848). 



Acherontia medusa, Moore Cat. Lep. E. I. C, p. 266 (1857) non descr. 

 „ ariel, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. , I. p. 6 (1875). 



Habitat.— India ; Ceylon ; Burma. 



Subsp. Medusa, Butl. Tr. Zool. Soc, IX. p. 597, pi, 92, f. 10 (1877); id. 

 111. Het. B. M., Ill, p. 3, pi. 41, f. 5. 



Acherontia crathis, Roths. Nov. Zool. IX. Suppl., p. 23 (1903). 



Habitat. — Japan ; China ; Malay Peninsula to Kissen and Ceram. 



Genus Meganoton. 



Type. 



Meganoton, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. Het., I. p. 58 (1875) nyctiphanes. 



A. Hindwing with pale spots on disk nyctiphanes. 



B. Hindwing without pale spots on disk — 



a. Abdomen with yellow lateral patches rr/fescens. 



b. Abdomen without yellow lateral patches analis. 



167. Meganoton nyctiphanes. 



Macrosila nyctiphanes, Wlk., VIII, p. 209 (1856). 



Pseudosphinx cyrtolophia, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 259. 



Habitat.— -N. & S. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans ; Malacca ; Borneo ; 



Palawan. 

 168a. Meganoton rufescens. 

 Diludia rufescens, Butl., P. Z, S„ 1875, p. 260. 



„ rubescens, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc, IX. p. 615 (1877). 

 Habitat.— Sikhim ; Assam ; Andamans ; Borneo ; Mindanao ; Sula Is. 

 Subsp. Severina, Miskin Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., VIII, p. 25 (1891). 

 Meganoton cocytioides, Roths. Nov. Zool., I. p. 89 (1894). 

 Habitat. — N. Queensland. 

 1686. Meganoton analis. 



Sphinx analis, Feld. Reis. Nov., pi. 78, f. 4 (1874). 

 Diludia grandis, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 260. 



„ tranquillaris, Butl. P. Z. S., 1877, p. 641. 

 Habitat.— China ; Sikhim ; Khasis. 



