1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 303 



(636) 3. Hippotion eson (Cramer) 

 Sphinx eson Cramer, 1779, Pap. Exot., III. p. 57, PI. ccvi, fig. C. 



Hippotion eson Rothschild and Jordan, 1903, Nov. Zool., IX, Suppl., part 1, p. 7o4 

 There are twenty-nine specimens, most of which were taken at 

 Faradje in November and December 1912; two are recorded as from 

 Medje, one caught in July, the other in August; one is from Nian^ara, 

 June 14, 1913, and one is from Avakubi, August 20, 1913. 



(637) 4. Hippotion balsaminse (Walker) 

 Choerocampa balsamince Walker, 1856, List Lep. Het. B. M., VIII, p. 138. 

 Hippotion balsatnin(p Rothschild and Jordan, 1903, Nov. Zool., IX, Suppl., part 1, 



p. 579. 



Twelve examples, all captured at Faradje in November and Dec- 

 ember 1912, except one which was taken at Avakubi, October 20, 1909. 



Centroctena Rothschild and Jordan 



(638) 1. Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce) 

 Panacra rutherfordi Druce, 1882, Ent. Mo. Mag., XIX, p. 16. 



Centroctena rutherfordi Rothschild and Jordan, 1903, Nov. Zool., IX, Supiil., part 1, 

 p. 790, PI. X, fig. 9, 9 . 



There are two examples, one taken at Medje in July 1910 and the 

 other at Panga, September 18, 1914. 



Striphnopterygidae 

 Jana Walker 



(639) 1. Jana eur3rmas Herrich-Schseffer 



Jana eurymas Herrich-Sch.effer, 1854, Aussereur. Schmett., PI. xxi, fig. 98. 

 AuRiviLLius, 1901, Bihang Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl., XXVII, Afd. IV, 

 No. 7, p. 24. 



There are four males ranging in expanse of wings from 80-105 mm. 

 Three were taken at Medje in July and August 1910, and one at Isiro, 

 in July 1913. " 



(640) 2. Jana camerunica Aurivillius 



Jana camerunica Aurivillius, 1893, Ent. Tidskr., XIV, p. 206; 1901, Bihang 

 Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl., XXVII, Afd. IV, No. 7, p. 23. 



The collection contains one male and two females, all in poor condi- 

 tion, being more or less torn and rubbed. One of the males was taken at 

 Avakubi, October 18,1909, the other at Medje in July 1910, the female 

 was captured at xAvakubi, May 27, 1914. The specimens from Avakubi 

 are remarkably large, the male having an expanse of 150 mm. or six 

 inches, the female expanding 160 mm. or six and three-eighths of an inch. 



