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Subfamily Acherontiin^. 



Genus ACHERONTIA Hiib. 



25. A. Atropos Linn. Sphinx Atropos Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 348, No. 

 8 (1764). Acherontia Atropos Hiib., Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 139, No. 1494 (1816). 



The specimens of this insect I have received from Gaboon are a 

 little smaller than those I have received from Europe. There is, 

 otherwise, no discernible difference between the West African speci- 

 mens of the " Death's Head Hawk moth" and those of Italy, France 

 and Germany. 



Subfamily Sphingin^. 



Genus PROTOPARCE Burm. 



26. A. fulviiiotata Butler, Trans. Z. S. Lond. vol. ix. p. 606 (1876). Mac- 

 rosila solani (part) Walker, Lep. Het. viii, p. 206, No. 13 (1856). 



1 have one fine female of what I take to be this species, which 

 is abundantly distinct from the Solani of Boisduval. 

 Kangwe (Good). 



27. P. Convolviili Linn. Sphinx Convolvidi Linn., Syst, Nat. i, ii, p. 789, 



No. 6 (1766). 



I have several bred specimens of the species showing the female 

 much lighter than the male. 



Genus NEPHEEE Hiib. 

 tZonilia, Walker.) 



28. N. Accentiffera De Beauvois. Sphinx Accentifera De Beauv.,_Ins. rec. 

 en Afrique, etc., p. 264, pi. xxiv, fig. 1 (1805), var. Variegata Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 15, No. 31. 



A number of fine males and females of this species are at hand 

 from Benita and Kangwe. Mr. Butler assures me that his variegata 

 is a variety of accentifera. 



29. N. Peneus? Cramer. Sphi^ix Peneus Cram., Pap. Exot. i, p. 139, plate 

 Ixxxviii, fig. D (1779). Nephele Peneus Hopffer. Peter's Reise nach Mossambique, 

 plate xxvii, fig. 11 (1862). 



It is with some hesitation that I refer the specimens before n)e to 

 Peneus of Cramer. His figure is wretched, whatever it may be in- 

 tended to represent. The figure given by Hopfl^er is altogether too 

 light in color for the forms received from West Africa, but otherwise 

 they agree with it. The species of Nephele are apparently somewhat 

 variable. 



Kangwe (Good), Benita (Reutlingerj. 



