CEPHONODES. 



GENUS CEPHONODES. 



CeJ) ho nodes, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 131 (1822); 

 Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, ii., p. 31 (1882). 



This genus is the tropical representative of Ile/uan's, being 

 found almost throughout the Ethiopian, Indo-Malayan, and 

 Austro-]Malayan regions. The body is green, and the abdomen 

 is rather pointed at the tip, and tufted. The wings are longer 

 and more pointed than in Heniaris, and transparent, except 

 the nervures, and the borders, which are green, and often very 

 narrow. Sometimes the abdomen is marked with a reddish 

 belt, but is frequently uniform green. 



One opaque-winged species, C. croatica (Esper), which 

 inhabits South-eastern Europe, is sometimes referred to this 

 genus, but will probably be ultimately separated under a 

 generic name of its own. The fore-wings are green, with the 

 hind margin broadly reddish-brown, and the hind-wings are 

 red ; the body is green, and there is a red belt followed by a 

 yellow one on the abdomen. 



CEPHONODES HYLAS. 



Spliinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mant. Plant., p. 539 (1771); Donovan, 



Ins. China, pi. 43, fig. 2 (1799). 

 Cephoiiodes hylas, ISIoore, Lepid. Ceylon, ii., p. 31, pi. 92, 



figs. 4a, b (1875). 

 Ilcniaris picus, Saalmiiller (nee Cramer), Lepid. IMadag. i., 



p. 117, pi. 3, fig. 40 (18S4). 



This moth is common in the warmer parts of Asia and 

 Africa, its range extending from China and Japan to South and 

 West Africa. It expands upwards of two and a quarter inches. 

 The tliorax and the first and last segments of the abdomen 

 are greenish -yellow, whilst the fourth and fifth segments, as 



