272 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus J)AVimiS,.Hubner. 



Daphnis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134. Walker^ List Lep. 



Brit. Mus. Set. pt. VIII. p. 187. 

 Deilephila, pt. Boisduval, Ind. Metli. 

 Ch^eocampa, Curtis. 



628. DAPHNIS NERII, LinncBus Sp. 



Sphinx Nerii, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. I. 2, p. 798 (1767). 



Falricius, Spec. Ins. II. p. 142; Mant. Ins. II. 



p. 93 ; Ent. Syst. III. I. p. 360. Cramer, Pap. 



Exot. 111. p. 51, pi 22% f. D. 

 Daphnis Nerii, Hubner, Verz. heh. Schmett. p. 134. 



Stephens, Cat. Brit. Lep. p. 29. Walker, List Lep. 



Brit. Mus. Het. pt. VIII. p. 188. 

 Deilephila Nerii, Boisduval, Ind. 3Ie'th. p. 47. 

 Chserocampa Nerii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. XIII. pi. 626. 



a.h.c. (J ? . Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 



c. N. India. Presented by Colonel Hearsey. 



d. Madras. From Captain J. M. Jones's Collection. 



The larva and pupa of Daphnis Nerii are figured on Plate X., 

 fig. 3, 3a, copied from the original drawings of General Hardwicke 

 in the British Museum. " Larva found full-grown at Dum-Dum in 

 the beginning of November, which changed to a pupa on the 20th, 

 the imago coming forth on December 21st. Another full-grown larva 

 found on May 7th, changing to pupa on the 11th, the perfect insect 

 emerging on the 24th. Feeds on Nerium Oleander.''^ — (Hardwicke, 

 MS. Note.) 



Genus PERGESA, Walker. 

 Peegesa, Walker, List Lep. Brit. Mus. Ret. pt. VIII. p. 149 (1856). 

 Deilephila, ^^. Ochsenheimer. Boisduval. Stephens. 

 Theeetea et Oeeus, pt. Hiibner. 

 Ch^eocampa, ^^. Westivood. Stephens. 



629. PERGESA ACTEUS, Cramer Sp. 



Papilio Acteus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. III. p. 93, pi. 248, 



/ A. (1782). 

 Pergesa Acteus, Walker, List Lep. Brit. Mus. Set. 



pt. VIII. p. 153. 

 Oreus Acteus, Siibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 136. 



