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h. D. phtcida torenia. 



*lhqihnis loi-eitia Druce, E,it. Ma. Man. xix. p. IG (1882) (Fiji :— coll. Druce); Waterh., Aid Ident. 



Ins. ii. t. 12G. f. 1 (1«83) : Kirby. Cal. Lq,. II,t. i. p. 072. n. U (18112). 

 ^Dophih tnreitia Druce sub-sp. msacea Rothschild, Nov Zcnii.. i. p. 85 (1894) (Lifu ; — Mus. Tring). 



S ?. Proximal edge of olive-green discal area of fore wing straight, ver}' feebly 

 or not at all incurved in front ; antemediau line i^uite absent or barely visible. 

 Hab. Lifu; Fiji. 

 In the Tring Museum 3 c? c?, 4 ? ? from Lifu. 



431. DeilepMla minima. 



*lhiphiiis luiiuin,! Butler, TritHs. Z<ml. So,: Lund. ix. p. 573. n. 7. t. 92. f. 5 (1877) (S. India ;— 



Mus. Brit.) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. .Uolhs hid. i. p. 21. n. 114 (1887). 

 Ikqihnh (?)miiih,ui, Kirby, Cat. Li-p. Het. i. p. 672. n. 12 (1892) (S. India). 

 Diqihn'm minimus, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ltd.. .Uoths i. p. 97. n. 152 (1892) (S. India). 



(?. A small species, representing ijlacida in South India and Ceylon, and 



doubtfully distinct. Abdomen without white subbasal dorsal belt. Forewing : 



antemediau line curved in front ; discal band less obliijue than in placida, wider 

 behind and narrower before middle. — —Sexual armature as in plucida,, but proximal 

 tooth of tlie boat-shaped process of the harpe higher, and the long process of the 

 penis-sheath of placlda represented in minima by a very short one (PI. LV. f. 31, 32). 



Larva described by Butler, I.e. 



Hab. South Lidia and ( 'eyion. 



Two subspecies ; but see ApjK-udix. 



(t. J), minima minima. 

 *nai>luils miaiiita. Butler, I.e. 



S- Very small and pale. Discal lines of forewing not obviously dentate. 

 Process of penis-sheath in one of the two s])ccimens dissected longer (PI. LV. 

 f. 3::^) than in the other. 



Hab. South India. 



Two cJcf in the British Museum. 



b. 1>. ndnima crnestinu. 



*Daphnis ernestina Moore, Lep. Ceylon iii. p. 534. t. 211. f. 1 (1887) (Pundoloya, December ; — Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lvp. Het. i. p. 672. n. 15 (1892) (Ceylon) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fmina Brit. 

 hid.. .Maths i. p. 96. n. 150 (1892) (Pundoloya, Ceylon). 



(?. Larger than the preceding, darker iu colour, esi)ccially the hind wing above 

 and the basi-discal area of the forewing below. Process of pcnis-sheath shorter 

 (PI. LV. f. 31). 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Two 6S in tlie British Museum. Another specimen in coll. Druce. 



432. Deilephila protrudens. 



*Doplnii.i prolrndens Felder, Rsisc Novara Lep. t. 76. f. 7 (1874) (Gilolo ;— Mus. Tring) ; Butl., 

 Trans. Zo„l. Sor. Lnnd. is. p. 572. n. 4 (1877) ; Misk., Pror. Roy. Sue. QnrenM. viii. p. 20. 

 n. 34 (1891) (Brisbane ; Rockhampton ; Cardwell ; Halmeira [V] ; "Capo of Cood Hope [V] " 

 frr. lori) : Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ihl. i. p. 672. n. 7 (1892) (Gilolo) ; Pagenst., in Chun, Znolofjiea 

 xii. 29. p. 15. n. 14 (1900) (Bismarck Archipelago). 



Chuerocumpa protrudens. Boisduval, Sp,:,;. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 225 n. 2 (1875) (Halraahera). 



Choeroeampa neriustri Boisduval, I.e. 



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