228 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE FEMALE OF CHARAXES EERVENS, Butl. 



By Percy I. Lathy. 



Very closely allied to C. harpax, Feld. The yellowish white bands 

 of both wings wider, that of the fore wings extending nearly to anal 

 angle, and of the hind wings terminating on second median nervule. 

 The markings of the under side more distinct. 



Hah. Nias. In Coll. H. J. Adams. 



Dr. Butler, in his " Account of the Butterflies of the Genus 

 Charaxes in the Collection of the British Museum" ('Journal' 

 of the Linnean Society (Zoology), vol. xxv. No. 163, p. 396), de- 

 scribes a male of this species, and places it between C. mars, 

 Stgr., and C. qffinis, Butl. Now that the female is known, its 

 position must be altered, its place being in front of C. harpax, 

 Feld. 



Lynton Villa, Sydney Eoad, Enfield : Aug. 15th, 1898. 



HETEROCERA OCCURRING IN BRITAIN AND JAPAN. 

 By Richard South. 



SPHINGES. 



SPHINGIDiE. 



Acherontia atropos, Linn. — Is represented in Japan by a 

 form described by Dr. Butler as medusa, in which the abdominal 

 bands and stripes are narrower. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. (= orientalis, Butl.). 



S. pinastri, Linn. — Japanese specimens are mostly referable 

 to the dark form caligineus, Butl. 



S. ligustri, Linn. (== constricta, Butl.). 



Deilephila galii, Schiff. 



Chosrocampa elpenor, Linn.— Three slight aberrations of 

 this species have been named respectively macromera, fraterna, 

 and letvisii by Dr. Butler. 



Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn. (= planus, Walk. = argus, 

 Men.). 



S. tilije, Linn. — Represented in Japan by S. christophi, 

 Staud. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. — Common. 



Macroglossa (Hemaris) fuciformis and bombyliformis are repre- 

 sented in Japan by very closely-allied species. 



