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Cli'icroriimjiii ulilfiilaihliai', Boisduval, /.'■. (ISTo) (panim). 



*Cliaer<iraiiiiia jjnellans Butler, Proc. /Caol. Sue. Lnml. p. il'j;). n. ■}. (1S75) (Rawul Pindi ;— Mus. 



Brit.) ; id., '/>»«.?. Zuol. Snr. Loml. ix. p. 0:W (1877) : Cot. .^ Swinh., /..•. i. p. 17. ii. t>2 (1S.>^7). 

 Xi/lnp/iaiir.i cldrnhniiliiic, Moore, I.fp. Cf//h>n ii. p. 17. t. «■'). f. I. 1. a (18^!:i). 

 Deilejihila i>rii.vima Austaut, Lc Xninnil. p. li'.l (I8'.>2) (Japan). 

 Thfi-eh-d olilnihimlme, Kirby, Cal. Lep. IJel. i. p. 053. n. .37 (1801); Iluwe, Berl. Enl. Xril. xl. 



p. 31'),"). n. 22 (ixn.5) (Java); Dudg., Jmirii. Bmuhaii N. 11. S<ic. xi. p. 412. n. 12.5 (1898) 



(Sikhim, 1800 ft. ; Bhutan, 2;')00-30()0 ft. ; vi.— ix.). 

 Threira puellarh, Kirby, /.-■. i. p. (if.-t. n. 39 (1892). 

 Thmtmpro.r;mii, id., /,c. p. 931. n. 11(5 (1892). 

 Deihphila nhlenlandhir, Bartel, in Riihl, drosssrhm. ii. p. 108 (1900). 



<S ? . Individuals from Celebes are mostly darker in tint than those from other 

 localities, lioth the fore- and the hindwing being much shaded with blackish brown. 

 1 11(11 vidnally variable iu size. In Japan, China, anil the Himalayas there is possibly 

 a smaller and paler spring form. 



Ifa/j. Ceylon, N.W. India to Japan, eastwards to New Guinea. 



In the Tring Museum 3 larvae, 1 pupa, 12il-odd specimens from : Ceylon ; 

 South, N. West, and North India ; China ; Japan ; Formosa ; Penang ; Snmatra ; 

 Borneo ; Philippines ; (_'elel>es ; Java ; Snmba ; Amboina ; Kei ; (Jerman and 

 British N. Guinea. 



/j. Til. oldenlandinc Jirmata. 



Di'ihjihild ohkiilundiae, Boisduval, in Vay. Aafrii/idip p. 184 (1832) (Sidney ; larva descr.) ; Foistb., 



in Vol/. Favorite p. 18 (1839) (Austral.). 

 C/iiirmcnmjin olileuliimVirie, Walker, I.e. (1851!) (partim) ; Koch, I mlo- Austral. Lep. Vmina p. .OS 



(18(15) ; Misk., Pme. Rny. Hoc. <}ueenxhl. viii. p. 12. n. 18 (1891) (partim). 

 *(:liaeroeiiiiip>ifiriH<ila Walker, I.e. p. 148. u. 3G (185(1) (Australia ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Swinh., Cnl. Lep. 



Ilel. .Uux. (I.e.. i. p. 2il. D. 77 (1892) (N. S. Wales). 

 Cluieroraiiipa li/eclii.'<, Herrich-Sch. {iioii Carmer, 1775), Aimxerenr. Selim. ii. f. 557 (18(39). 

 Ch'jerocanqia oldenlandUie, Boisduval, Spee. Gen. Lep. Met. i. p. 242. n. 22 (1875) (partim). 

 *Chaerocampa arr/entata Butler [iioii Stephens, 1828), Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 8. n. 15. t. 2. f. 3 



(1K75) (Moreton B. : Sydney ;— Mus. Brit.) : id.. Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. r(59. n. 30 



(1H77) (Moreton B. ; Sydney ; X. Austr.). 

 Therelr,ijirmot„, Kirby, Cal. L>-p. Ilet. i. p. G54. n. 40 (1892). 



6 ? . Rather reddish in tint, especially the pale band of the hindwing ; sides of 

 abdomen tawny ; interspace between lines 4 and .j on the forewing above generally 

 more white tlian in the preceding. 



Ilab. Australia: K S. Wales ; Queensland ; N.W. Australia. 



In the Tring Museum 5 larvae, S c?<?, 17 ? ? from: Mackay ; Dawson River; 

 Townsville ; Brisbane ; Pt. Darwin. 



737. Theretra pinastrina. 



Sphinx pinadrlna Martyn, Psyche t. 29. f. 81. t. .30. f. 85 (1797) (hab. ?). 



Cliueroeeinipa silhetensis, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 240. n. 19 (1879) (India ; .Java ; 



Manila ; Celebes). 

 Chaeroeiinipd pinastrina, Miskin, Proc. Roij. Soe. Qucensld. viii. p. 11. n. 1(1 (1891) (Brisbane; 



Rockhampton ; Java ; India ; Ceylon). 



c^?. i'j/perside, iorewiug : a brown obliejue discal band as in oldenlandiac ; 

 line 4 more distinct ; interspace between 3 and 4 more or less silvery, the broader 

 interspace between 4 and 5 not silvery. The amount of black on the hindwing 

 variable ; there is sometimes a narrow discal band consisting of two indistinct 

 lines, besides the marginal band. One white line on abdomen. 



