( 505 ) 



C%in»ui„jja erokles (!), id. I.e. xxxii. p 240 (1871). 



Chnei-ucaiiijHi erotiis var. iKqxn; Boisduval .^/«r. Gi-n. Li'ji. II,'i. i. p. 2.j0 sub n. M (1875). 



Cliiierni-diiijjd erotoid'x, Butler, l.r. ix. p. 5M. n. 77 (1877) (Australia ; Navigator I.). 



Chaei'iainijia era.'', id., l.r. n. 78 (1877); Swinh., CW*. Lqi. lid Mux. Ox. i. p. 11. n. 84 (180-') 



(Sydney). 

 Thcrelm (rotii.f, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 650. n. 113 (ISOJ). 

 Theretm erotiis var. a. Gnathnthlibtix erotinile.i, Kirby. I.e. 

 Theretva ei;ittt.t var. b. Deil. emx, Kirby, I.e. 



c??. Underside generally more reJdisli huvny than in the western form; 

 mar',Mnal band of Mudwing narrow in ?, individually variable in width, never so 

 bi'oad as iu western ? ?. 



llah. Papuan Subregion : Moluccas and Tenimber Islands eastwards to Tahiti. 



In the Triug Museum 3 pujjae, 120-odd specimens from :' Guam, ix. — xi. ; 

 German N. Guinea ; Hon I., Dutch N. Guinea, vii. (Doherty) ; Milne Bay, Brit. 

 N. G. (Meek) ; Louisiades; Trobriand and d'Entrecasteaux Is. (Meek), i. iii. iv. x. ; 

 Florida, Guadalcanar, Isabel, and Kulambangra, Solomon Is. (Meek) ; New 

 Hanover (Webster) ; Lifu ; Apia, Upolu (Woodford). 



42.'3. Chromis heliodes. 



Deilephila heliodex Meyrick, Traiix. Ent. Soc. Lmicl. p. 45G (1880) (N. Guinea). 



Therdra heliudex, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hel. i. p. 659. n. 114 (1802). 



*Theretm iilberti Rothschild, N(iv. Zool. ii. p. 162. t. 0. f. ( (J) (1895) (Fergusson I.;— Mus. Triog)- 



cJ?. Antenna, much slenderer than in erotus, not incrassate distally. Fore- 

 tarsus of (? normal, scent-organ of foreco.xa vestigial ; first segment of hindtarsus 

 in both sexes as long as segments 2 to 5 together. Distal margin of forewing 

 straight ; hinder angle far less obtuse than in erotKS. Mesonotum with a yellow 

 spot in front on each side. 



6. Tenth tergite as strongly compressed as in erotns, but not dilated before 

 end, being sabre-shaped ; sternite broader than in the preceding, apex evenly 

 nituided. Harpe as iu erotus. Penis-sheath (PL LIV. f. 25) with tlie two 

 jirocesses found in Deilephila nerii, but botii short. 



?. Vaginal plate more evenly rounded distally than in I'rotus. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Papuan Subregion. 



In the Tring Museum 2 c^cJ, 2 ?? from: Fergusson I., d'Fntrecastea.ux 

 Islands, ix. x. 1894 (A. S. Meek) ; Area R., Brit. N. Guinea (Weiske) ; Bongu, 

 lluon Golfe, and Stephausort, German N. Guinea. 



CXV. DEILEPHILA.— Typus: iwrii. 



Spkiiix LiuuL', Si/xt. yat. ed. x. p. 480 (1856) (partim). 



Spectrum Scopoli, Iiitr. Hint. Nat. iii. p. 413 (1777) (partial). 



Deilephila Laspeyres, Jenaische Ally. Lilerulur-Zelt. iv. p. 00 (IHUO) (partim ; type ; nerii). 



Elpeiiur Oken, Lehrh. Nat. iii. 1. p. 760 (1815) (partim ; type : nerii). 



Duphidx Hiibner, Ver::. htlc. Sehin. p. 134 (1822) (partim ; type : eaenx = metjaeneux). 



Chuerueaiiipa Duponchel, in God., Lfp. France, Suppl. ii. p. 159 (1835) (partim ; type : neni). 



.Vetopxilus Duncan, in Jardinc, Nat. I.ibr. xl. p. 154 (1836, 1843) (partim : type : nerii). 



Darapsa Walker, List Lep. Lis. B. .1/. viii. p. 182 (1856) (partim). 



Charroeampa (!), Menetries, Ennm. Cnrp. An'im. .IJiis. I'etr., Lep. ii. p. 02 (1857). 



c??. Genal process triangular, obtuse, shorter than pilifer. Head broad, 

 somewhat crested transversely on occiput. Eye large, not lashed. Palpus obtuse, 

 large. Antenna S setiform, heavier than in Acosmeri/u; somewhat clubbed iu ? ; 



