( 779 ) 



c?. Teuth tergite very slender, rouiuled at end, njiperside convex, but not 

 subcarinate ; sternite broad, sides parallel, apex truncate with the angles rounded. 

 Process of harpe short, broad, hollowed out distall)-, the ridges bordering the cavity 

 notched (PI. LII. f. 18). Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 41) : the band-like armature 

 narrow, the proximal edge of the left-side lobe dentate; the right-side process 

 short, dentate. 



Larva green or brown ; a white dot on third thoracic segment ; a white ocellus 

 with brown centre and black edge on fourth segment, a similar but smaller ocellus 

 on the fifth and a small blind white ocellus on the sixth ; a pale stripe from the 

 fifth or sixth segment to horn, gradually fading away below, the pale sides with 

 darker obliij^ue shades. — Food-plant : C/'ssus. 



a'. T/i. japoiiicii \. veru. suifinin. 



*Dc'depliiUi jdixiHira var. ? suif'iiia Staudinger, in Rom., Man. L-'p. vi. p. 2"iS. n. •J14. t. 4. f. i ((^) 



(1«92) (Amur ;— coll. Staudinger). 

 Ihilfphilajaponica var. snifumi, Barbel, l.r. ii. p. 110 (1900) ; Kirby, Nov. Zoni,. i. p. 101 (1894). 

 Cliiii rocanipa jrqwiitca var. ■ini/uiui, Staudinger & Rebel, l.r. n. 7.yGa (1901). 



(J ? . A pale form ; sides of thorax, base and discal interstices of forewing 

 more whitish than in the summer specimens, external area of hindwing also paler. 



//. 77t. Jiiponica f. aest. japonica. 

 *Cli"(^i'oi'(iiitim jiiimnha Orza, /.<'. 



c? ? . A darker form. The differences are eery slight and the two forms inter- 

 grade completely. 



llab. Japan ; Corea ; Amurland ; China ; Formosa. 



In the Tring Museum 8 larvae and 80-odd specimens from : Hakodate ; 

 Yokohama; Amurland; Wei-hai-wei ; Ta-tsien-lu, W. China; Taipeh, Formosa. 



733. Theretra lycetus. 



Sphinx li/c-etiis Cramer, Paj). Exot. i. p. 96. t. 61. f. D (1775) (Bengal ; Coromandel ; Ceylon) ; 



Goeze, Ent. Ueytr. iii. 2. p. 220. n. 57 (1780) ; Fabr., Spec. Lim. ii. p. 148. n. 38 (1781) ; id., 



Mant. Inn. ii. p. 9ii. n. 42 (1787) ; Gmel., Sysi. Nat. i. 5. p. 2381. n. 76 (1790) ; Fabr., Eul. 



Si/sl. iii. I. p. 371. n. 45 (1793) ; Lep. & Serv., Eiic. MM. x. p. 466. t. 66. f. 6 (1825). 

 Xijlophcmes li/retus, Hiibner, Vers, hel: Schm. p. 136. n. 1457 (1822). 

 Chaerocampa bjcetns, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 143. n. 26 (1856) ; Horsf. and IMoore, 



Cat. Lep Ins. Mm. E. I. C. i. p. 277. n. 043 (1S57) (N. India) ; Cot. & Swinh., Oft. Mutlis 



Ind. i. p. 17. n. 94 (1887) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fan,i,> lint. Inch, Muths i. \\ 87. n. 124 (1892) 



{= rosina = prunosa ; " (/rrt?!C»s " alia spec. ; Mussorie ; Sikhim ; Ceylon). 

 Cliiierocampa lycetus, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 262. n. 48 (1875). 

 ^Chaerocampa rosina Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Luiiil. p. 248. n. 26. t. 37. f. 6 (1875) (Masuri ;— Mus. 



Brit.) : id.. Trans. Zuol. S»c. Lond. i.x. p. 559 n. 31 (1877) ; Cot. & Swinh., I.e. i. p. 17. n. 91 



(1.S87) (.Sikhim). 

 *Chiicr<jcumpu primosa Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 622 (1875) (Ceylon; — Mus. Brit.): id., 



Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 637 (1877) ; Cot. & Swinh., /.-■. p. 20. u. 108 (1887). 

 X\jhiphanes prnnosa, Moore, Lep. Ceylon ii. p. 19. t. 84. f. 2 (1882). 

 rlrrctro lycetus, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Uct. i. p. 653. n. 32 (1892) ; Dudg., .hnmi. Bombay N. II. Soc. xi. 



p. 412. n. 124 (1898) (Sikhim, 1800 ft., iv. vi. viii. x.). 

 Theretra rosina, Kirby, I.e. n. 33 (1892) (N. India) ; Huwe, Bcrl. Ent. Zcil. xl. p. 365. n. 21 (1895) 



(Java). 

 Theretra prnnow, Kirby, I.e. n. 34 (1892) (Ceylon). 

 Chaerocampa japonica, Piepers (non Orza, 1867), Tijdschr. Ent. xl. p. 42. n. 86. t. 1. f. 6. 7, t. 4. f. 7 



(1897) (Java, larva ; cit. Boisd. excl.). 



