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Acheroiilia slyx, Moore, Lc; Siiell., Tijdschr. Ent. xx. p. 4. n. 14 (1877) (Java) ; id., l.r. xxii. p. 03. 

 n. 1. (1870) (S. Celebes) ; id., I.e. xxxiv. p. 253. n. IGO (1891) (Flores) ; id., in Snellemann, 

 Ftiiimi MhUl. Sinnalm ii. p. 29 (1892) (Ft. de Kock ; Soepajang, iv.) ; Huwe, lierl. Kid.ZeitHrhr. 

 xl. p. 368. n. 43 (1895) (Java) ; Semp., firhmelt. Philipp. ii. p. 390. n. 19 (1896) (N.W. Luzon). 



(S ?. 'I'lic tawny russet scalinjjf of the forewiiig above rednceil i>r absent. 



fjaft. .hijian, Cliina, Maliiv Peninsula eastward over the Malay Arcliijielago 

 to Kisser and Ceram. — Type : Java. 



In the Tring Museum 27 SS, 33 ? ? from: Japan, Loo Choo Islands, China, 

 Penaug, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lombok, Kisser, Celebes, (Jeram. 



A Borneo ? in the K. Naturalienkabinct at Miinchen has velvety black 

 forewings with the markings obliterated, except the stigma, a discal line in costal 

 lialf, a line before liinder angle, and a 3-sliaped sulmiarginal mark at W, whicli 

 are all conspicuous on the dark ground. 



IV. COELONIA gen. now— Tyim^ : /iih:inofata. 



Sphinx, Boisduval (uon Linne, 1758), Fanne Jfudag. Bnurh. p. 76 (1833). 



Protojunre, Butler («o» Burmeister, 1856), Tranx. Zool. Soe. Loud. ix. p. 60C (1877) (partim). 



Pldpiythoiiliux, Kirby {imn Hubner, 1822), Git. Lrp. Hti. i. p. 687 (1892) (partim). 



A connecting link between Acherontia and the Sphingicae, showing also very 

 close afHuities to Hersc and Megacorma. 



S ?. Tongue very long, thicker distally tlian in Her.^e. Palpus without oritice 

 externally at the end of segment 1 ; segment 2 obviously shorter than in IL'rse. 

 Antenna of c? thinner than in Ilerse, more setiform ; of ? not clubbed. Tarsi as 

 in Jlersi', but externo-apical spine of segments of foretarsus not much prolonged ; 

 paronychiam with two lobes on each side. Abdomen above with tufts of raised 

 scales. Distal margin of forewing sinuate posteriorly. Clasper with a large patch 

 of broad, mnltidentate, slightly modified scales. Penis without armatin-e. Lobe 

 covering vaginal oriiice large. 



Larvae : thorax with paired liumps on first and second somite (fiflci/wtafa), 

 or with a middle crest of pointed humps on all three tergites {solani) ; horn 

 recurved as in Acherontia, tubercled {fidrinotutu), or smooth (solmii). — Food-plants : 

 Dalilia, Solarium, Duranta. 



Puj)a with free tongue-case, which is not recurved. LTnderground in a cell. 



Hab. Aethiopian Eegion. 



Two species. 



If Boisduval's description of the larva of solain is correct, the two species 

 differ essentially in the larval as well as iu the imago state, i'.fulvinotata coming 

 nearer Acherontia, solani apj)roaching somewhat Herse. 



Key to the species : 



Hindwing below with the l)asi-abdominal region 



yellow ....... lo. C.J'i(lvinot(ita. 



Hindwing below with the basi-abdominal region 



white . . . . . . . . 11. C solaitL 



