NOVITATBS ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. 1919. 193 



LIST OF TYPES OF LEPIDOPTERA IN THE TRING MUSEUM. 

 By lord ROTHSCHILD, F.R.S. 



I. SFHIITGIDAE. 



1. Sphinx fasciatus Rothsch. = Herse fascialus. 



Sj>hinx jascialus Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. i. p. 94 ( 1894) (Lifu). 



This species must be very rare, as it has not been recorded again since the 

 Tring Museum received the 5 specimens in 1893. 



Type : ?, Lifu, Loyalty Islands, received from Watkins and Doncaster. 



t 2. Phlegethontius lixi Rothsch. = Herse luctifera (Walk.). 



Phlegethontius lixi Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. i. p. 94 (1894) (Nicura Brit. N. Guinea). 

 MacrosUa luctifera Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mas. xxxi. p. 35 (1864) (New Guinea). 



Type : $, Nicura, British New Guinea. Lix coll. 



3. Acherontia styx crathis R. & J. = Acheroniia styx crathis. 



Acherontia styx crathis Rothschild and Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. ix. Suppl. p. 23 (1903) (Java). 

 Type : o, Java. 



4. Coelonia brevis R. & J. = Codonia brevis. 



Codonia brevis Rothschild and JoTda,n, Nov. Zool. vol. xxii. p. '281. No. 1. figs. 1-3 (1915) (Jliarimariva). 

 Type : S, Miarimarivo, Madagascar, received from BI. E. le Moult. 



to. Meganoton cocytioides Rothsch. = Meganoton rujesceris severiim (Misk.). 



Meganoton cocytioides Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. i. p. 89 (1894) (Fort Maokay). 



MacrosUa severina Miskin, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, vol. viii. p. 25. No. 42 (1891) (Cape York). 



Type : $, Fort Mackay, Queensland, received from Watkins and Doncaster. 



(j. Meganoton hyloicoides Rothsch. = Meganoton hyloicoulcs. 

 Meganoton hyloicoides Rothschild, Ann. Mag Nat. Hist. (8) v. p. 5U6 (1910) (Ninay Valley). 



Type : 3, Ninay Valley, Central Arfak Mts., Dutch New Guinea, November 

 1908 to January 1909. A. E. Pratt coll. 



7. Sphinx analis Feld. = Meganoton analis. 



Sphinx anaiis Felder, Reise Novara Lepid. t. 78. f. 4 (1874) (Shanghai). 

 Type : J, Shanghai, ex Felder coll. 



8. Poliana micra R. & J. = Poliana micra. 



Poliana micra Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol, ix, Suppl. App. p. 809. No. 766. fig. 6 (1903) 

 {Ganale River). 



Type : cj, Ganale River, SomaUland, April 13, 1901. Baron Carlo von 

 Erlanger coll. 

 13 



