( 7,54 , 



l.eii^tli oi' lurcwini;- : f{, 2ii mill. 



Ilab. ? Doubtless African. 



r>no i in the Storlcliolni Mnscnni fcx Cdll. Sclirnilicrr). 



Similar tn //. /■ih-<f//u'/i///s in I lie forcwin.i;-, nnd to //. ci'lrrio in tlu; iiinilwinj;-. 



Titii. Hippotion eson. 



Sphhu-.cion Cnimcr, J'<f/i. I'.joI. iii. p. .07. t. 2-.'i;. f. c (177'.») ; Coq. & I.nr-.. Hull. S,<r. Enl. Frawr 



p. .')? (180.0) (parasite). 

 Isaples eson, Hiibner. I'',;-:, hel. S.hm. p. VAb. ii. 1452 (1822). 

 J)('/!('lih'l)i rsii/i, Boisduval, Fuiine Madiiij. Houib. p. 71 (1881-i) (Maiirit. : I'oiirli. : Mad.ig. : Cap. 1). 



sp. ; '■ Coromandel " (ilia spec. ; larva, pupa). 

 ^'Arir;-'/ivrw/)«, c.<o», Boi.sduval, in Deleg,, Vni/. Afr. Aii.itr. p. .011,") (IS47) (Xatal) : Oiicn., in Tins.. 

 r.V/. .Udflai/. p. 29 (18(1,0) ; Boisd., fipp.r.Gen. Lvp. UH. i. 2^2. n. 9 (1875) (larva) ; Yins , /'.(/), 



ISniii-h. p. l:i (1891) ; Schan.s iV- Clem., Siei-i-a Li-ane Lep. p. 18 (1893). 

 ('/,iirr,HC(„ij,ii e.^011, Walker, L!sl Lr/i. /iix. II. .1/. viii. p. l:!7. n. 17 (1806) (partim) ; Wallengr., 



A'..H(//. Nc. !>'■ AL: llamll. v. 4. p. is (Separ.) (18(1.0) ; Butl., Trans. Znol S"r. Limd.xx. ]). 000. 



n. 10 (1877); Mali., Aim. S„c. i:,it. Framr p. 29!i (1x79) (Madag.) ; Saalm., Lrp. .Uaiha,. 



I>. 122. n. 2,82 (1884) : Druce, in Moloney, II'. Afr. Fnrrslrii p. 4'.I2. n. 4 (1,S87) : Holl., Tran^. 



.\,iHr. Kill. Si,r. xvi. p. i;.4. n. 14 (1889) (Benita) ; Karsch, /■;/(/. .Xarhr. .wii. p. 204. n. i", (1.S91 ) 



(Cameroons) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fcmmi llrit. Iml., Muths i. p. 80. n. 121 (1892) (partim). 

 *Cliiieriicaiiqia (jrarilix Butler, Pror. Znol. Soc. Lmid. p. 8. n. 1,'i. t. 2. f. 2 (1870) (Congo ; SieiTa 



Leone ,— Mus. Brit.) ; id., Tranx. Znul. Hoc. Lond. ix. p. 506. n. 1 1 (1877) ; Maass., Hhll. Fid 



Zeit. xli. p. 50 (1881) (= eson') ; Saalm., I.e. n. 283 (1884). 

 Oharrontinpa t/ii/i'lia, Westwood {noii Linm', 17,08), in O.ates, MaAnheU'ld. p. ,355 (1881). 

 Therrtrii eKoii, Kirby, Cat. Lci>. llcl. i. p. 051. n. la (1892) : Holl, in .Smith, Throvijl, FiiJ.-n. Cumilr. 



Afr. p. 412 (1897) (Somaliland). 

 Therctra gracilis, Kirby, I.e. n. 14 (1892). 

 Chaerocamjxi eson var. //raeilis Butler, Fme. Ziml. S,i,-. Lund. p. 84.'-i n. 124 (IS'.iii) (Xyass.'iland, ii.). 



c??. Widely distributed over the Aethopian region. "Variable in size. Forc- 

 winw with nine lines. The pale snbanal clond of tbe hindwing sometimes absent, 

 rarely enlarged to a submarginal band. 



■i . Tenth tergite gradually narrowed, rounded at end, not sinuate (PL XLV. 

 f. Is); sternite parallel at sides, apex obtusely rounded, almost truncate. 

 Process of harpe (PL LII. f. 26) long, slender. Penis-sheath (PL LVII. f. 35) 

 armed at the left side with a short row of teeth, on the right side witli a prominent 

 dentate process, which points obliquely disto-laterad. 



? . Anterior and lateral edges of the vaginal aperture somewliat raised to 

 a ridge which terminates abrnj)tly jiosteriorly on each side of the opening 

 (PL XLI. f. 15). 



Larva with ocellus on fourth segment. 



Cremaster of pupa flattened, triangular, witli some acute lateral teeth pointing 

 anad, two ajiical ones recurved. 



JIab. Aethiopian Region : common. 



In the Tring Museum '2 larvae, 2 pupae, 150-odd specimens from: Sierra 

 Leone ; Gold Coast ; Niger : Congo ; Torn and Uganda (Dr. Ansorge) ; British 

 and German E. Africa; Nyassaland; Delagoa Bay ; Xatal; Cape Colony; (ireat 

 Comoro ; Madagascar ; Manritius ; Bourbon. 



7(14. Hippotion echeclus. 



Chaeriiewnpu eson, Walker {nnn Cramer, 1778), List Lep. Ins. 1>. .lA. viii. p. 137. n. 17 (1850) 

 (partim) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fwina Bril. Iml, Mnths i. p. 85. n. 121 (1892) (partim) ; Semp., 

 Hehm. Phdipp. ii. p. 394. n. 29 (1896) (Luzon ; Bohol ; Cebu ; iii. x. xi.). 



*Clioeroeampa eeheehis Boisduval, S/iee. Gen. Lep. Met. i. p. 2.33. n. 10 (1875) (Philippines : — coll. 

 Charle.s Oberthiir) ; Snell.. Tijdschr. Enl. xxii. p. 65. n. 9 (1879) (S. Celebes). 



