( -no ) 



liliiclvisli liniwii, isaliL')l;i-c(iliiiu- at iuuil iui^Il'. i'nderxiile ol' win.ii^s chiy-colonr, 



forcwinj^ brown from l)ase to first discal line. 



(?. Tontli abdominal tergite nitlu'r stout, I'celjly sinuate ; stcrnitc broad and 

 short, ronndod at end, luit mesially produced into a ])oint. Process of iiar])e long, 

 subcylindrical, jiointcd, horizontal, feebly curved dorsad at end. Penis-slieath with 

 a slender process on eacli side, the left one dentate at the distal and proximal edges, 

 the right one only at the distal edge (I'l. LVU. f. 32). 



Early stages not known. 



llfih. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Jluscuiu "J <j 6 iVoni ^ladagascar. 



711. Hippotion batschi (I'l. V. f. 10, S). 



Chaerocanipa hat^clii Keferstcin, .lal,i-h. A/.-. Erfiirl (2). vi. p. 14. t. 2. f. -i (1878) (Tamatave) ; Mab.^ 

 Aim. Soc. Eal. Fraiire ]). 2',i!) (IH71)) ; Saalm., Lep. Machifj. p. 122. n. 281 (1K84). 



Clidcrncampaf haUchi, Butler, Tnins. Znnl. S„r. Loud. ix. p. HCl. n. 79 (1877). 



*Clioen)campa hwiiilU id., Ann. M(i(/. .V. //. (.'>). iv. p. 2:)4, a. 18 (IST'J) (Madagiisoav ;— Mus. Urit.); 

 Saalm., I.e. n. 282 (1884). 



.UetopsUas balschi, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. (ICO. ii. 4 (1.^02). 



Mdiips'dim htimilU, id.. I.e. n. 5 (1892). 



The type oi kiimilis is a discoloured specimen. 



cj?. Very close to sarlacoruin; j)erhaps not distinct. Abdomen without 

 yellowish lateral area; underside russet-brown like upper, much darker than in 

 s'icl((cornm. Forewing with only one distinct line and this not ipiite so obli(j[ue 

 as in that species. Sexual armature not different. 



llalj. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Museum '''^ 6 S , \ i' from Madagascar, without special locality. 



712. Hippotion butler i. 



Panarm hitlevi Saalmiiller, Lep. Madag. p. 118. n. 27.'). t. 5. f. 51 ( J ) (1884) (Nos.si-bc). 

 McUqMus huUeri, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 660. n. 5 (1892). 



? . Not seen. According to figure, differing from batschi especially in the 

 forewing having from apex to inner margin near angle an irregular whitish band 

 which shades off jiroximally. 



Jlub. Nossi-be : 1 ? in Mus. Frankfurt a/M. 



71;;. Hippotion roseipennis 1*1. V. f. II, S). 



■'■Diodosid,, rnsnpeiwis Butler, A,n,. .!/»,/. -V. //. (."i). x. p. 4:!.!. n. 3 (1882) (Delagoa Bay ;— Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Kirby, Gil. Lep. Jlel. i. p. i;42. n. '.I (lx:i2). 



J?. Head and thorax without pale lateral stripe. External row of spines of 

 foretibia double. Antenna obviously clubbed in both sexes. Wings similar in 

 sliape and j)attern to those of batschi and mdntonun; but prominent discal line 

 of forewing more curved, more distal behind, and hiudwing with a pale submarginal 

 band from anal angle to near costa nearly as in bulmminac. The tropical sjiecimens 

 have the pale band of the hiudwing rather broader than those from Uelagoa Bay. 



6 . Tenth tergite rounded-pointed, not sinuate ; sternite broad, rounded- 

 truncate, distinctly incised mesially. Process of harpe rather short, stout, little 

 curved, compressed at end. Penis-sheath (PI. LVU. f. 31) : one or two small 

 subajiical teeth on the left side, a pointed, triangular, apical process on the right. 



Early stages not known. 



