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Last abdomiual steruites black in middlf, 



red belt complete above .... 



c. Abdomea with broad black and red belt, 



beneath black, witii yellow patches . 



Abdomen with blood-red belt, yellow beneath 



Abdomen without belt ..... 



/'. Border of ibrewing less than 2 mm broad 



before SC"' 



Border t)f forewing about ',' mm. broad 



before .SC^ 



</. Abdomen above uuicolorous .... 



Abdomen above washed with ferruginous 

 behind ....... 



/<. Border of forewing nearly 4 mm. wide at SC° 



Border of forewing about 1 mm. wide at SC"'. 



/. Underside of abdomen Idack with white 



spots ....... 



Underside of abdomen ochraceous . 



:^'-io. C. h>/lns. 



3911. ('. wood/onli 



30;i. ('. apu!<. 

 ■ ,/■ 



3'.>2. i\ ,canthiis. 



old. C.janus. 



394. C. trocliiluft. 



4UU. C. fi/tiensi^. 



398. C. pious. 



399. C. armattis. 



389. Cephonodes kingi. 



.Udcivi/lo.t.^itm Lii«ji McLeay, in ICing's Sun:. An"!!-. ii. p. 405. n. KiT (1827). 



MtdTiKjIoxxa cnuiiiiKjhaiiii, Boisduval (mjn Walker, 1856 ; non Schaufuss, 1870), Spec. Geii. Lrp. flil. 



i.'l). .'no. n. (!'J(1875). 

 Ilcinans hylax, Butler {win Liune, 1771), Triui«. Zuol. Soc. Loud, ix. p. 522. n. 24 (1«77) (partial). 

 Ilrinarh Lhir/i,Kirhy, 'Trans. Zoul . Sor. Lund. ix. p. 233 (1877) (Australia ;= iniinin'jhaini of Boisd.): 



Misk., Proi: Ron. Sue. Quecnshl. viii. p. 4. n. 1 (1891) (Brisbane : Rockhampton ; synon. 



partim) : id., I.e. p. 60 (1891) (= hiu:kUindi). 

 ^Cephonodex hnchhimli Butler, Ann. May. X. II. (5). xiv. p. 404 (1884) (Pt. Darwin ;— Mus. Bnt.) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lej>. Hel. i. p. 627. n. 1 (1«92). 

 . Ihiniiris biirUandi, Swinhoe, Cut. Lep. Ilct. Mn.i. (M: i. p. 2. u. 5 (1892). 

 Ceplwnodex Lhigi, Kirby, I.e. n. 2 (1892). 



c? ?. Sides of proximal segments, the si.xth and seveutli segments, and base of 

 tail yellow, fifth and a mesial patch and sixth as well as (mostly) apex of fourth 

 black, without red scales : underside yellow, pal])i whitish, sternite of fourth segment 

 and middle of third black, greater part of tail lilack ; bases of wings below yellow : 

 distal marginal band of forewing 4 to 5 mm. broad at SC'', dentate between veins, 

 or even (with intergradations), in ? ? mostly less dentate than in 6 6, but there are 

 sj)ecimens of both sexes with dentate and with non-dentate edge. 



S. Ninth and tenth segments practically symmetrical, the asymmetry found in 

 other sjiecies just indicated ; tenth tergite (PI. XLlll. f (i. 7) as in woor/forc/i, 

 slightly tapering to end, divided by a mesial groove, apically incised, the left lobe 

 (/ in figure) a little longer than the ri(///f ; sternite elongate-lanceolate, apex 

 acuminate, ri(//it side more convex at base than left. Left clasper long, not always 

 as narrow as in figure, with almost parallel sides, slightly narrowed towards end, 

 ajiex rounded ; right clasper larger, bnt als<i narrow, widest beyond middle, ventral 

 edge shallowly emarginate distally, ape.K obtusely acuminate, somewhat curved 

 ventrad (PI. LL f. 25). Penis-fimnel compressed, large, but short, triangular ; 

 lienis-sheath rather stout for this genus, without hooks. 



Larva beneath with a line at each side, often also with interrupted mesial line ; 

 ground-colour green or black, extent of black very variable. Green form : a thin 



