Sphiii.r ,i!,-rhi (!), Miiller, Xal>n:^. v. 1. p. (Ul. u. ■-'() (1774). 



/s„y,/c.s- (ilivto, Hiibner, /.<•. (1822). 



ChiirrocamjMi tiUrtn, Walker, /.c. (1856) (partim) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Lis. .lA«.s. /•;. /. C. i. 



p. •_'75. n. G55. t. 10. f. 4. 4a. il.,p.) (1857) (Java ; Darjiling) ; Moore, Pror. Zool. Sor. Loml. 



p. 7'.>4 (1805) (Bengal) ; Semp., Verh. /iiml. Hot. Ges. Wien xvii. p. 700. n. i;i (ISl!?) (larva) ; 



Hull., TniHs. Zoul. Sac. Land. ix. p. 555. e. 6 (1877) ; SnelL, T/jchr/,,: Ent. xx. p. I. n. ;i (1877) ; 



ill, /..-. p. 07 (1877) (Sumatra) : Butl., Pror. Znnl. Soc. Loml. p. 070. n. .-52 (188;!) (Formosa) ; 



Swiuh., ;/;;(/, p. 28s. n. U (1885) (Poena, ii. xi. : Bombay, viii.— x.) : Bull., I.e. p. 37'.l. u. 9:! 



(1880) (Murree, viii.) ; S>vinh., /.-■. p. 434. u. 5 (1880) (Mhow, iii. ix.) ; Cot. >S: Swinh., Cat. 



M„ths Iml. i. p. 15. n. 8:i (1887) ; Pagenst., Jahrh. A«.«. Vrr. .V»/. .\li. p. 100. n. 202 (1888) 



(.Vmboina): Swinh., Jnuni. Bombai/ .V. //. Soc. iii. p. 118. n. 8 (1888) (Karachi, vii. ix.) ; 



Pagenst., /..-. xliii. p. 101. n. 170 (1890) (E. Java) : Swinh., fW;. Up. llel. Mn^. Or. i. p. 15. 



n. 59 (1892); Hamps., in Blanf., Fmnia Brit. hid.. Moths i. p. 85. n. 120 (1892); Semp., 



Srhin. Philipp. ii. p. ;)94. n. 28. t. E. f. 1—4 (/., /).) (1890) (Luzon : Bohol ; Uebu ; Mindanao ; 



vi. viii.— iii.) ; Stand. & Reb., l.o. (1901) (partim). 

 Vtuurorampa -T(7 /or, Butler, Pror. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 411. n. 24. t. .'.9. f. 8 (1880) (Kandahar ; 



descr. of larva) ; Swinh., Trans. Ent. Sue. Loml. p. 346. n. 4 (1885) (Kandahar, vi., common). 

 Thrrctra aleclo, Kirby, Ic. (1892) (partim) ; Huwe, Bcrl. Eitt. Zeit. xl. p. 364. n. K! (1895) (Java) ; 



Dudg., .foiini. Bomlnvi .V. //. Sor. xi. ]). 412. n. 120 (189S) (Sikhim. Bhutan, v.— x., ui) to 



MOOO ft.). 

 Ikdipliila alertij, Bartel, /.-■. (1900) (partim). 



S ? . The tropical subspecies is deep in tint ; tlic ditt'ereuco betweeu it and the 

 I'lilldwing' form is very obvious if a series of both subspecies are viewed side by side. 



ILiI). N.\Y. India, .South ludia, Formosa, eastward to the Key Ishmds, 

 uortlnvaril to Formosa. 



In the Tring JMuseum i'JU-odd specimens from : Hikliim ; Bhutan ; Khasia 

 Hills ; Borneo ; Nias ; Java : Sambawa ; Sumba ; Celebes ; Larat, Tenimlier ; Key. 



/;. T/i. alccto cretica. 



*Sid,iii.r rrrlira Boisduval, .1/^//. S<h: Limi. Paris p. 118. t. 6. f . 5 ( ? ) (1827) ( $ ; cJ <ilia sjnr. ;— 



coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; Bugn., Ami. Soc. Ent. France p. 113 (1839). 

 Ikilrpliila cretica Boisduval, Icon. Uist. Lep. ii. p. 20 (1834) ( ? , non (J) ; Dup., in God., Pup. 



France, Suppl. ii. p. 15. t. 1. f. 3 (1835) ; Treit., in Ochs., Schiu. Eur. x. p. 138 (18.S4) ; Frey., 



.V. Beytr. v. p. 34. t. 404. f. 1 (1843). 

 Sphin.r alecto, Mi5n('trius, Cat. Oljj. Zool. Cawasr p. 258. n. 1237 (1832) : Hiss, in Silberm., Her. 



Ent. ii. p. 169 (1834) (Gsteig, Senaar, Alps). 

 Jkllrjdiila (!) alecto, Rousin, Bnll. Soc. Ent. France p. 27 (1840) (Constantinople). 

 Cliaerocainpa alecto, Walker, I.e. (185li) (partim) ; Men., Enmn. Corp. Anim. Mas. Pelr., Lep. ii. 



Sitppl. p. 91. n. 1517 (1857) (Graecia ; Daghestan) ; Stand. & Reb., I.e. (1901) (partim). 

 Ihilephila alecto, Bienert, Lep. Er<j. Relse Pers. p. 32 (1869) (vii. viii.) ; Led., Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel;/. 



p. 28 (1872) (Gasp. Sea) ; Christ., Sletl. Ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 206 (1872) (Baku) ; id., ITor. Soc. 



Ent. Poss. x. p. 31 (1873) (Shabrud ; Baku) ; Staud., ibid. xiv. p. 298 (1878) (Rhodus, v. ; 



Brus.sa ; Anatolia): Rom., .Urm. Lep. i. p. 71 (1884) (iv. — vii.; west coast of Casp. S. ; 



Helenendorf, Lagodekhij ; Led., Verh. Zool. Bol. lies. Wien p. 197 (1885) ; Christ., I.e. iii. 



p. 54 (1887) (Askhabad); Mina-Pal. i^c Failla-Ted., .V<(^ Sieil. vii. p. 42 (1889) (Sicily V) ; 



Gi-um-Grsch., in Rom., Mem. Lep. iv. p. 511. n. 206 (1890) (Ferghana, common, viii.) ; Hofm., 



Uanp. Gross.se/un. p. 29. t. 48. f. 10 (1893) ; id., Grosssclim. p. 30. n. 10. t. 17. f. 10 (1894) ; 



Holtz, lllnstr. Zeitsc/ir. Ent. ii. p. 03 (1897) (Cilicia, ix.) ; Bartel, /.'■. (190O) (partim). 

 Chaerocain/m alecto varV, Butler, Trans. Zmd. Soc. Lund. ix. p. 555. sub n. (1877) (Turkey). 

 'Theretra alecto, Kirby, /.'■. (1892) (partim). 

 Tlieretra/reijeri id.. I.e. n. 7 (1892). 



cJ ?. Paler than the tr(.>pical form ; l"»l\' above ainl tdrcwing less deep bniwn 

 and the hindwing less briglit red. 



Hah. Ferghana ; Transcaucasia ; Asia MiiKjr : Syria ; North Persia. 



lu the Tring Bluseum 1 larva, 1 pupa, 8 Si, \.>^ ¥ ¥ from: Beirut; Haifa ; 

 Taschkent; Merw ; Kaeadiuii, U.\us. 



