( T4!l ) 



n. BusL' lit' hiii<l\viiig lihu'k ; ;i lai'iTc palo anal 



area ....... 704. //. echixlus. 



Base of hiiiilwiiig ruil, or no pale anal area . . o. 



0. First segment of palpus with conspicuous 



white lateral line close to eye . . . 7n5. //. raf/fcsi. 

 First segment of palpus without conspicuous 



white lateral line close to eye . . . 7U6. //. hocrhaciae. 

 ji. Forewing with some anteracdian and several 

 discal lines, the first line outside tlie cell 

 widened to a band ..... 1^)1. II. lirt'iuMfs. 



Forewing witliout lines, except an oliliquc 



apical one 708. 11. scrofa. 



098. Hippotion geryon. 



*Chii('r(iciim/i(i r/fn/iiii Boisduval, Sjier. Gvii. Li'ii. Ili'i. i. p. 241. n. ■_'l. t. 7. f. 3 (1>^75) (Antananarivo ; 



Xossi-be : — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 ClKKi-'iraiiqid f/rri/tm. Butler, Tmnx. Zoul. Sue. Lund. ix. p. 031 (1.S77) ; Mab., Ann. Sue. Enl. France 



p. 2;i8 (18711) ; Saalm., Lep. Madatj. p. 123. n. 289 (1884) (Xossi-be). 

 Thcictra g,ri/n„, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 653. n. 36 (1892). 



S ? . The pink colour of the scaling of the antenna is a very conspicuous 

 character of this species. 



<J. Tenth abdominal segment of the same type as in Xijloiiliaiws : the tergite 

 gradually narrowed, truncate, feebly sinuate ; sternite with parallel sides, convex 

 beneath, rounded-truncate. Process of harpe obtuse, irregularly curved, pointing 

 dorso-distad, apex somewhat flattened. Penis-sheath with two subdorsal series 

 of teeth, both longitudinal, one at the right, the other at the left side, the latter 

 a little more jiroximal than the former. 



Early stages not known. 



Huh. Malagassic Subregion : Madagascar ; Comoro Is. 



This stands in a similar relation to velox as osiris does to celen'o. 



In the Tring Museum I'J cJc^, 11 ? ? fi'om : Madagascar; Great Comoro. 



•i''-'. Hippotion velox. 



fijiliinj- rel',.r Fabricius, Enl. S,/xl. iii. 1. ].. :',78. n. i;8 (1793): Auriv., Ent. ThUkr. .wiii. p. 153. n. 86 



(18!)7)(=r,<,iO- 



Siihinx [Deielphila (!)] elf/!l, Giu'rin. in Ueless., ]'n;/. Ind. ii. p. 80. t. 25. f. 1 (1S43) (Pondicherry). 



Chaerurinnpa veh>.i; Walker, List Lei). Lia. B. M. viii. p. 146. u. 3 (1856) ; Bull., Tnins. Zmd. Sue. 

 Ltmd. i.x. p. 561. n. 40 (1«77). 



*ramu-ra lirjiiinia Walker, /.r. viii. p. 156. n. 3 (1856) (Ceylon ; Cape York ; — Mus. Brit.) ; Boi^d., 

 Sjter. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 288. n. 6 (1875) {= riyil on p. 246!); Butl., I.e. ix. p. 051. 

 n. 16 (1877 (syn. partim) ; Maass., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 55 (1881) (= rhjil) ; Misk., rnie. 

 Rnii.Siie.Qiieeiidd. viii. p. 0. n. 11 (1891) (Brisbane; Mack ay ; C.York); Swinh., Cat. Lep. 

 Het. Mhs. Ox. i. p. 13. D. 51 (1892) : Kirby, / .■. n. 11 (1892) (= n„Mi). 



*Splihi.r p!,n, ,nj.c Herrich-Sch., Au.Ksenin: Selim. f. 478 (1856) (Java ;— coll. Staudinger). 



Paiiaera riijil, Moore, in Horsf. tt Moore, Cat. Lep. Iii>t. ilus. E. I. C. i. p. 270. n. 622 (1857) ; 

 Walker, /.-■. xxxi. p. 32 (1864) ; Moore, Pr„e. Z<,„l. Sac. Lond. p. 793 (1865) (Bengal) ; Semp., 

 Verh. ZauL Bot. Ge.-<. Wieii xvii. p. 699. n. 9 (1867) (larva) ; Butl., Trans. Z„al. Soe. Land, ix- 

 p. 551. n. 15 (1877) ; Swinb., Proe. Zool. Sue. Loud. p. 287. n. 5 (1885) (Poena, ii. ; Bombay, 

 ix.: descr. of larva): Swinb., Trans. Ent.Sar. Lond. p. 163. n. 10 (1890) (Rangoon ; Mandalay): 

 Pagenst., ./.(// //y. \as.<i. Vrr. Xal. xliii. p. 101. n. 174 (1890) (E. .Tava) ; Kirby, Cat. Lr/,. II, I. 

 \. p. 663. u. 10 (1892). 



*Chaer<)eumpa sieiiilwei Moore. Pme. Ziml. Sue. l.nnd. p. 3l'i2. n. :! (1862) (Formosa ; — Mns. Brit.). 



Anceryx phuenyx. Walker, Le. xxxi. p. 36 (1864). 



