( 759 ) 



nitbcr stuutfi' than in eson^ of nearly the ^aiue litrm. I'cnis-slioath (PI. IjVII. 

 f. ;J3) : a row of teeth transversely over the sheath, endinu- in a dentate ridge on 

 the right side, the row curved and oblii|ue. 



?. Vaginal aperture more distal than in r.vo//, with slightly raised seiiii- 

 circnlar edge. 



Early stages not known. 



llah. Australia : Tasmania to (^lueensland. 



In the Tring Museum ;50-odd specimens from : Mackay, Queensland ; Dawson 

 \\. : r.risbaue ; Adelaide ; Victoria. 



Tii'.j. Hippotion balsaminae. 



*Cli(teioc((iii/i(t huUam'niiie Walker, Lint Lcp. las. B. M. viii. p. l.iS. n. 18 (1856) (Natal ; — Mus. 



Brit.) ; Guer., in Vias., Vo//. Jladag. p. id (1865) ; Butl., Tntn^. Zuol. Sor. Lunil. ix. p. 500. 



n. 33 (1877) : Mai... A)i,i. Sor. E„t. Frame p. "JOO (187'.l) : Saalm., L,-j). .Vmlaf/. p. li'.;. n. 2'.ll 



(1884) (Xossi-bu) ; Druce, in Moloney. IK. Afr. Fm-estrij p. 4!):i. n. 7 (1887); Holl., Trnnn. 



Aiuei: Eiit. Sur. xvi. p. G.'l n. 17 (188'.i) (Benita) ; Fawc, Trtoix. Ziml. S,,,: Luml. w. p. ;!(l'.i. 



n. 12.t. 48. f. 1. 2(/.,yy.)(l'.i01). 

 ClmeriiraiiijM hilsaiiihiw. Boisduval, SjtfC. (Jen. Lep. Hct. i. p. 'lU'l. n. ;U (187.')). 

 I'kn-etra halxaminae, KWhy, Cut. Lej). J I i:l. i. p. 654. n. 46 (I8',>'J) ; Pagenst., Julirb. ll'rs-.-. J«.s/. 



Hamhurij x. 2. p. 37. n. 101 (18ii;5) (Quilimane, I'J. i. 03). 



S ? . Both wiugs narrow, sharjjly pointed. Striping of forewing resembling 

 tliat of //. eson and //. hoerhni-iae : first and second line forming a band, line 5 

 generally accentuated by vein-dots. Hindwing blackish from base to disc : then 

 clayish, margin again brown, this marginal band narrow and rather sharply delined. 

 Underside (if wings somewhat more yellowish than upper, sometimes with distinct 

 reddish tint. 



6. Tenth tergite sharply sinuate, the lobes acute ; sternite gradually narroweti, 

 ending in an acute hook. Process of harpe horizontal, slightly (\;-shaped, rather 

 stout, dilated at end aud here somewhat concave on the upperside. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. LVII. f. 3ii) with a curved series of teeth on the right side and one or two 

 teeth on the left. 



Larva green; with a brown dorsal mesial line, interrupted, aud green on 

 thoracic segment ; a black ocellus on fourth segment, a red une on fifth, both with 

 white ring. — Food-plant : Jussieua. 



Tongue-case of pupa prominent ; cremaster short, jidinteil, with dentate. " 



llab. Aethiopian Uegion. 



In the Tring Museum (iu-odd specimens from: Sierra Leone; Gold Coast; 

 >«iger ; Torn and Uganda (Ansorge) : British and (ierman E. Africa : Nyassaland ; 

 Delagoa Bay ; Natal ; Madagascar. 



710. Hippotion saclavorum (PI. V. f. ij, 6). 



*I)rilejiliil(i mchn-orwii Boisduval, Fanm: Mud(t,j. iSuurb. p. 71. n. I.t. in. f. i'. ( is;;;;) (Madag. ;— 



coll. Charles Oberthltr). 

 Cliiierocanqxt .stirlaci'iiiia id.. N//tr. (iiii. /,r/i. Ili'i. i. p. 251. ii. .Ui ( 1.S75). 

 Cliaenirampa ndrhicorniii. Butler, Truiif. Zonl. Sue. Lund. i.\. p. 55s. n. 27 (1877) : ilab., Ann. Sue. 



Ent. France p. 298 (187'.l). 

 Theretrwaeliivorinn. Kirby, C'll. I.r/,. Il,t. i. p. i;54. n. 47 (ISiH'). 



(J?. P>ody and forewing above clayish isabella-colour ; abdomen yellowish at 



sides, c.Kcept on basal segments. Underside of body almost white. Forewing, 



"/'("•f, with three faint discal lines followed by a heavier double line which ends at 

 tip of wing : between it and outer margin traces of two more lines. Hindwing 



