I 



LEPIUOPTU^RA. 267 



Aclierontia Atropos, var., Walker, List Lep. Brit. Mus. 



mt. pt. YIII. p. 2S4,. 

 Acherontia Medusa, De Cerisy, MS. Mus. E.I.G. (1826). 



a. b.c. d. 1^ ^ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 

 c. ^ . Pinaug. Presented by Dr. Cantor^ 1854. 

 /. ? . Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 

 [J. h. c^ ? . Madras. From Captain J. M. Jones's 

 Collection. 



The larva and pupa of Ach. Styx are figured on Plate IX. fig. 1, la, 

 from India, copied from the original drawings made by Lady Isabella 

 Eose Gilbert. 



615. ACHERONTIA SATANAS, Boisduval. 



Acherontia Satanas, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. des Lep. 



Blanches, p. 5, pi. 16,/ 1 (1836). 

 Acherontia Lethe, Westwood, Cabinet Orient. Ent. p. 87, 



pi. 42,/ 2 (1847). 

 Sphinx Atropos, var., Cramer, Bap. Exot. III. p. 74, 



pi. 237,/ A. 

 ? Acherontia Morta, HUhner, Verz. helc. Schmett. p. 140. 

 Acherontia Circe, Be Cerisy, MS. Mus. E.I.C. (1826). 



a. b.c.d. ^ ^ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 

 e.f. c? ? . Silhet. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 

 (/. ? . China. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 



The larva and pupa of Ac7i. Satanas are figured on Plate IX., fig. 2, 

 2a, from Java. " Feeds on the Tambaku, Kechubung (JVicotiana Ta- 

 bacum). January and February. Common." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



Genus SPHINX, Linnceus. 



Sphinx, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. I. 11.^. 796 (1767). Walker, List 



Lep. Brit. Mus. Ret. pt. Nlll. p. 211. 

 Ageius, Lethia, et Phleoethontius, pt. Hiibner. 



616. SPHINX CONVOLVULI, Linnceus. 



Sphinx Convolvuli, Linnaius, Syst. Nat. I. 2, p. 798 

 (1767). Brury, Ins. I. pi. 25,/ 1. Cramer, Bap. 

 Exot. III. p. 55, pi. 225, / B. Fabricius, Spec. 

 Ins. II. p. 150 ; Mant. Ins. II. p. 97 ; Ent. Syst. 



