( 50f) ) 



ClHicroi'amiKi {[) nerii, Mi''a(-trii''S, Eiiiiiii. Cdi-ji. Aai:u. Mu<. I'etr., Lip. ii. SiijijtI. p. '.I'J. ii. lo2.') {IHiu) 

 (Gall. mer. ; Odessa) ; Ramb., Lej>. AmUil. p. XZ'l (1858) ; Mab., A,i„. Sor. Ent. Fiawe p. 298 

 (1879) (Madag.) ; Barrett, Lep. Urit. I,i.-<. ii. p. 62. n. 4. t. 5.3. f. 1. a. b. c (1895). 



Diijihnis nerii var. in/ei-nelulfii Saalmiiller, l.f/i. Mad. p. 12.3. u. 294 (1884) (Madag.) ; Kirby, Cut, 

 Lep. Ilet. i. p. 672. sub n. 1 (1892). 



c??. First segment of posterior tarsus considerably longer than the tibia 

 and than segments 2 to 5, long apical spur of hindtibia as long as segments 

 'J and 3 together. 



(?. Tenth tergite (PL XLIV. f. 18. 19) long, rather strongly curved, apex 

 rounded-truncate; sternite (PI. XLIV. f. 10. 20) much shorter than tergite, broad, 

 somewhat rounded at the sides, narrowed from middle to apex, which is pointed. 

 Clasper rather strongly dilated dorsally before ajiex; large scales somewhat sjjotted 

 with brown at and before end ; harpe (PI. XLVIII. f. Ifi) : basal process prominent, 

 apical process obtuse, densely dentate on the upper surface. Penis-sheath (PI. 

 LV. f. 28, as seen from the right side) : apical margin dorsally produced into 

 a rounded lobe which bears the left process ; this process short, triangular, 

 pointing ])roximad ; the right process horizontal, sliorter tlian in the allied 

 species. 



?. Vaginal plate (PI. XL*!, f. 1) regularly folded distally of mouth of vagina, 

 the edges of the latter raised, much wrinkled, a semicircular, antevaginal ridge 

 rather prominent. 



Larva green, with a large ocellus on third segment in adult stage, the 

 ocellus smaller in young larva; a white dorso-Iateral line from fourth segment 

 to horn, accompanied by white dots ; anterior segments generally pale ; horn 

 long in early stages, becoming ^liort and stumpy later on. — Food-plants : 

 Xe)iuni ; Vinca ; Tabcrn<i. 



Pupa clayish brown, about five times as long as broad ; a series of more 

 or less rounded black spots in which the stigmata are situated, a black mesial 

 line 01) thorax, and minute black dots on thorax an<l abdomen ; cremaster black, 

 conical, ending in two short points ; visible part of profemur very small. 



llab. Aethiopian Region inclusive of Malag.issic Subregion, eastward to Ceylon 

 Xorth India, Caucasia ; northward as a wantlcrer to the northern j)arts of the 

 temperate zone. 



Fresh specimens are purer green than worn ones. Tiie green colour fades 

 easily into yellow. 



\i\ the Tring iluseum 4 larvae, 3 i)Ui)ae, TU-odd specimens from : various 

 places in Europe; Beirut, Syria; Sierra Leone, southward to Cape of Ciood 

 Hope, eastwards to Abyssinia ; N.W. India ; S. India ; Ceylon ; Sikhim. 



428. Deilephila hypothous. 



Sphinx liypotliiiiia Cramer, Pap. E.ri)/. iii. p. 165. t. 285. f. i) (1780) (Amboiiia). 

 Daphnix hippalhcKs {]), Hnbner. IV,-. h,!.: Sriim. p. 1.34. n. 1440 (18-'2). 



<??. Antenna thicker tlian in //c/v/, especially in tS . First segment of hind- 

 tarsus as long as tibia and as segments 2 to ."). In pattern similar to ni'ri/', but 

 very much darker olive-green ; prouotum not green ; forewing with a white apical 

 spot above and below, the white apical line SC* — SC', whicli borders the olive- 

 green triangular patch, not jirolonged beyond SC'' as in nerii. 



cJ. Tenth tergite shorter and broader than in nerii; sternite nearly as long 

 as the tergite, more strongly chitiiiised and narrower than in nerii. Large scales 



