LEPIDOPTERA. 271 



625. PHILAMPELUS SERICEUS, Walker. 



Pliilampelus sericeus, Walker, List Lep. Brit. Mus. Set. 

 pf. VIII. jJ. isi. 



? Sphinx anceus, Cramer. 



a. Silhet. Presented by the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



h. c. d. e. Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Ex- 

 position Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



626. PHILAMPELUS NAG A, Moore. 



Pliilam^ielus Naga, n. sp. — DiiFers from Phil, sericeus in being of 

 a paler colour and more silky in appearance : the fore-iving has an 

 oblique blackish streak from middle of costal margin to near middle 

 of outer margin, another from the middle of this to near base of 

 posterior margin, and one tapering along exterior margin from near 

 apex ; also various small narrow undulating lines. Expanse 4i\ inches. 



I 



a. b. c. d. Darjeeling. From Messrs. Schlagintweit's 

 Collection. 



Genus DARAPSA, Walker. 



Daeapsa, Walker, List Lep. Brit. 3Ius. Het. pt. VIII. p. 182 



(1856). 

 Daphnis, ^^. Hiibner. 

 CniEBOCAMPA, 2Jt. Harris. 



627. DARAPSA HYPOTHOUS, Cramer Sp. 



Sphinx Hypothoiis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. III. p. 165, 



pi. 2S5, f.F. (1782). 

 Darapsa Hypothoiis, Walker, List Lep. Brit. Mus. Het. 



pt. VIII. p. 186. 

 Daphnis Hypothoiis, Hilhner, Verz. lek. Schmett. pi- 134. 



a. b. c. d. e. f. S ^ • Java. From Dr. Horsfield's 

 Collection. 



The larva and pupa of Darapsa Hypothoiis are figured on Plate X., 

 fig. 2, 2a, from Java. " Feeds on the Malati-kosta (Cadamba jasmi- 

 nijlord), — April ; and on a species of Contorta, bearing the native 

 name oi Alluk-antung. January to April." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



