( 469 ) 



•39fi. Cephonodes leitcogaster spec. nov. 



S . Similar in colour to //'//<is ; cluiractorised as follows : 



Red band on fifth tergite of abdomen narrow, mesially more or less interrnpted; 

 last two sternites completely creamy wliite, or at least with wliite mesial spots 

 besides the large side-patches ; middle of tail beneath clayisli buff. Apical border 

 of forewing a little narrower. 



(S. Sexual armature widely different from that of /"/Ifis : ninth ami tenth 

 segments (Pi. XLIII. f. 9, dorsal view; f. lo, ventral view) quite asymmetrical, 

 tiie tenth sternite not lying beneath the tergite but at the right side ; tenth tergite 

 separated into two halves, the left lobe reduced to a small piece of chitin, lying 

 close against the right lobe, and visible only in a ventral or a left-side view ; 

 the right lobe (A7) compressed, elongate, curved downward at end, pointed ; tenth 

 sternite (A'c) longer than the tergite, longitudinally concave on its true ujiper 

 surf\ice, the right-side edge not quite so high as the left-side edge, apex curved 

 towards the tergite. Right clasper (PI. LI I. f. 2) broadly sole-sha])ed, ventral 

 margin strongly convex before middle, rounded-angulate, a])ical part of dorsal margin 

 curved inwards, clothed with long bristles ; a tuft of long bristle-like scales at apex 

 of clasper ; left-side clasper much smaller, ventral margin concave from base to 

 l)eyond middle, dorsal margin convex, apex acuminate, clothed at edge witii peculiar 

 thickened long black scales which are widened at end. Penis-funnel (PI. LII. f. 2, 

 I'-f) as in hylas. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Mnseum 3 c?c? from : Antanambe, Bale d'Antongil, March, April, 

 1897 (Mocqucrys ; tijpc) ; and " Madagascar." 



397. Cephonodes titan. 



*Ceph(i>mle^ (1) tiUui Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vi. p. G'.>. n. C (IS'.V.I) (Araboioa :— JIiis. Tring). 



S . The largest species of tiie genus. Body and base of wings above, and, 

 besides, under surface of abdomen black ; tail tawnv-oraiige below; breast orange, 

 palpi clayish buff. 



Ilab. Amboina. 



One ? in the Tring Museum ; not seen in other collections. 



This is the only specimen of Ci'phonodc.'i known from tli(> Jlolnccas. 



39S. Cephonodes picus. 



l>j>hin.T pkiis Cramer, P>ip. E.ait. ii. p. 'A%. t. 148. f. rt. (1777) (Coromandel). 



.SV.«<» hiihtx, Fabi-icius {win Linnu, 1771), Spec. Ins. ii. p. 154. n. 4 {\'^\) (partim) ; id., Maul. his. ii. 

 p. int. n. 4 (17H7) (partim) ; id., Ent. Si/.'it. iii. 1. p. 'ATJ. n. 3 (17'ja) (partim) ; Walk., List l.rp. 

 Jus. n. .U. viii. p. iii. n. 9 (ISoli) (partim); Moore, Proc. Zool. Sue. Loud. p. 7'.i4 (IHiiy) 

 (Balasore) ; Semp., Verli. Zonl. Bot. Ges. Wien .vvii. p. 700. n. IG (I8G7) (larva ; Luzon). 



Sphinx hi/las, Gmelin, Si/sl. Xat. i. 5. p. 2887. n. 05 (1790) (iiartim). 



Ophoiindes hijhts, Hubner, Ve.rz. hek. Sclim. p. 131. n. 1402 (1Sl>2) ; Bull., Trans. Zool.Soc. Loud. ix. 

 p. 522. n. 2 (1877) (partim ; synon. inol. four other species) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 613. 

 n. 60 (1881) (Kurrachi, xii.) ; Swinh., Ibid. p. 514. n. 9 (1884) (Kurrachi, common in xii.) ; id., 

 /.-•. p. 434. n. 1 (188G) (Mliow, ix. xii.) ; Misk., Proc. Hot/. Soc. Qiiccsld. viii. p. 5. n. 2 (1891) 

 (partim) ; Hamps., lllustr. Tup. Specim. Lep. Ilct. B. .1/. ix. p. 4. n. 68 (1891) (Ceylon : partim); 

 Swinh., Cat. Lep. /let. ^flls. Ox. i. p. 2. n. 7 (1892) (partim ; synon. inchuiing three other 

 species) : Kirby, Git. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 627. n. 7 (1«92) (partim) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fniiini Brit. 

 l,.d , .Uidhs i. p. 120. n. 205 (18!I2) (partim) ; Huwe, Bed. Ent. Zcitsriir. xl. p. 35G. n. 1 (1895) 

 (Java), Pagcnst., ./«/ni. A7wi. Ver. Nat. xUk. p. 155. n. 114 (1896) (Sumba) ; Semp., Sclim. 



