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234. Sphinx hannibal Cram. = Protoparce hannibal. 

 Sphinx hannibal Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. iii. fasc. xviii. p. 39. pi. ccxvi. f. A (1779) (Surinam). 

 Cotype : <J, ex coll. J. C. Sylvius Van Lennep ex coll. Pelder. 



235. Sphinx caicus Cram. = Grammodia caicus. 



Sphinx caicus Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. ii. fasc. xi. p. 42. pi. cxxv. f. F (1777) (Surinam). 



Type : <S, ex coll. J. C. Sylvius Van Lennep ex coll. Felder. 

 236. Chromis meeki R. & J. = Chromis meeki. 



Chromis meeki Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 93. No. 4 (1907) (Biagi). 



Type : S, Biagi, Upper Mambare River, British New Guinea, January — 

 April 1906. A. S. Meek coll. 



Besides the series of 18 specimens from Biagi, the Tring Museum now possesses 

 3 (J (J, 10 ?? from Ninay Valley, Arfak Mts., nr. Oetakwa River, Snow Mts., and 

 Mt. GroUath, Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea ; and Angabunga River, and Owgarra, 

 Aroa River, British New Guinea ; from A. E. Pratt and A. S. Meek. 



t237. Theretra alberti Rothsch. = Chromis heliodes (Meyr.). 



Theretra alberti Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. ii. p. 162. pi. ix. f. 9 (1895) (Fergusson Island). 



Type : <J, Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, October— November 

 1894. A. S. Meek coll. 



The Tring Museum series, since 1903, has been augmented by 33 specimens 

 of both sexes, from Ninay Valley, Arfak Mts., Upper Setekwa River, nr. Oetakwa 

 River, and Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea ; Stephansort, and Bongu, Huon 

 Gulf, N.E. New Guinea ; Biagi, Mambare River, and Kumusi River, N.E. British 

 New Guinea ; and Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands ; from A. E. 

 Pratt, A. S. Meek, and C. Wahnes. 



238. Daphnis dohertyi Rothsch. = Deilephila dohertyi dohertyi. 



Daphnis dohertyi Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. iv. p. 307. No. 2 (1897) (Kapaur). 



Type : <?, Kapaur, Dutch New Guinea, December 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



5 <J(?, 6 ?? have been added to the series at Tring, since 1903, from Sudest 

 Island, and Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago ; Ekeikei, British New Guinea ; 

 and Ninay Valley, Arfak Mts., Dutch New Guinea ; from A. S. Meek and A. E. 

 Pratt. 



239. Deilephila dohertyi callusia R. & J. = Deilephila dohertyi callusia. 



Deilephila dohertyi callusia Rothschild & Jordan, ^ov. Zool. vol. xxiii. p. 120. No. 9 (1916) (Choiseul). 



Type : S, North side of Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands, December 1903. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



240. Deilephila placida salomonis R. & J. = Deilephila placida salomonis. 



Deilephila placida salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. xiii. p. 181. No. 8 (1906) (New 

 Georgia). 



Type : <?, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, March 1904. A. S. Meek coll. 

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