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Genus Hippotion. 



Type. 



Hippotion, Hiibn., Verz., p. 134(1827) , celerio. 



Isoples, Hiibn., Verz. ; p. 134 (1827) .. eson. 



A. Hindwing not red velox. 



B. Hindwing red or ferruginous, at least on basal area. 



a. Hindwing with black postmedial band celerio. 



b. Hindwing without black postmedial band. 



a'. Hindwing with the base black echeclus. 



b ' . Hindwing with the base red. 



a-. Palpi with prominent white lateral line near 



eye raffled. 



b 2 . Palpi without prominent white lateral line 



near eye boerhavite. 



127. Hippotion velox. 



Sphinx velox, Fabr., Ent. Syst. III., I., p. 378 (1793). 



vigil, Guer. Deless, Voy. Ind., II., p. 80, pi. 25, f. 1 (1843). 

 Panacra lignaria, Wlk., VIII., 156 (185G). 



Sphinx phamyx, Herr. Schaff. Ausser. Eur. Schmett., f. 478 (1856). 

 Chcerocanipa swvrihm, Moore, P. Z. S., 1862, p. 362. 



yorleii, Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het., I., p. 248 (1875). 

 Panacra rosea, Roths., Nov. Zool., I., p. 79, pi. 6, f. 14 (1894). 

 lifuensis, Roths., Nov. Zool., I., p. 79 (1894). 

 griseola, Roths., Nov. Zool., I., p. 80 (1894). 

 „ pseudovigil, Roths., Nov. Zool., I., p. 80 (1894). 

 Habitat.— N. & S.India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans ; Nicobars ; Penang ; 

 Java ; Christmas I. ; Lombok ; Sumba ; Tenimber Is. ; Amboina ; Buru ; New 

 Guinea ; d'Entrecasteaux Is. ; Louisiades ; Queensland ; Lifu ; Fiji. 

 123. Hippotion celerio. 

 Sphinx celerio, Linn. Syst. Nat., X., p. 491 (1758). 



„ tisiphona, Linn. Syst. Nat., X., p. 492 (1758). 

 Phalcena inquilmus, Harris, Esp. Engl. Ins., p. 93, pi. 28, Lep. f. 1 (1781). 

 Hippotion ocis, Hiibn. Verz., p. 135 (1827). 



Deilephila albolineata, Montr. Am. Soc. Linn. Lyon (2), XI. p. 250 (1864). 

 Habitat. — Old World except far north and New Zealand. 

 121. Hippotion echeclus. 

 Olicerocampa echeclus, Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het., I., p. 233 (1875). 



„ elegans, Butl., P. Z. S., 1875, p. 8, pi. 2, f. 1. 



Habitat. — Assam ; Madras, Madura ; Burma, Bassein : Sumatra ; Philip- 

 pines ; Java ; Lombok ; Celebes ; Sumba. 

 122a. Hippotion rafflesi. 

 Clmrocarrqm rafflesi, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc, IX., p. 556 (1877). 



vinacea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M., IX., p. 57, pi. 1 57, f . 2 and pi. 175 

 f . 2, 2 a (1893). 





