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14. Hippotion eson. (Tab. V., fig. 11.) 



S/ihinx eson, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. ccxxvi. fig. C (1782). 



Isoples eson, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Bchmett. p. 135 (1822 ?). 



Deilephila eson, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 71 (1833). 



Charocampa eson, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 137 (1856) ; Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heteroc. 



i. p. 232 (1875); Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol. ix. p. 555 (187G). 

 Theretra eson, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. vol. i. p. 651 (1892) ; Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. xix. 



p. 579 (1897). 

 Larva. — Charocampa ason, Barrett, Ent. Month. Mag. 1900, p. 140. 



" The caterpillars were of a juicy green, and had a horn on their tails " (Barrett). 

 Hab. — Transvaal; Barberton (Eendall). — Natal; Durban (Boss). Cape (Brit. Mus.). Pemba 

 Island (Burtt). Sierra Leone (Coll. Dist.). 



In the Transkei Miss Barrett reared this Moth from larvae found by a neighbour on his 

 arum HHes "in a httle flower-house." Mr. Eoss found the larva common at Durban, but 

 nearly always ichneumonized. 



15. Hippotion celerio. (Tab. VI., fig. 7.) 



Sphinx celerio, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 491 (1758) ; Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. csxv, fig. E (1777) ; Esp. Eur. 

 Schmett. ii. p. 83, pi. viii. figs. 1-8, p. 176, pi. xxii. fig. 1, p. 201, pi. xxviii. fig. 1 ; ii. (2) p. 34, 

 pi. xlv. fig. 3 (1779-1782); Hiibn. Ear. Schmett. Sjihing. figs. 59, 146 (1803?), figs. 167, 168 

 (1807 ?) ; Oebs. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 205 (1808) ; Godt. Lep. France, iii. p. 43, pi. xviii. fig. 2 (1821). 



Sphinx tisiphone, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 492 (1758) ; Mus. Ulr. p. 359 (1764). 



Deilephila celerio, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 128 (1828). 



Hippotion celerio et ocys, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135 (1822 ?). 



Deilephila albulineata, Montr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon (2), xi. p. 250 (1864). 



Deilephila inquilina, Harris, Ex. Eng. Ins. p. 93, pi. xxviii. fig. 1. 



Hippotion celerio, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, ii. p. 16, pi. Ixsxiv. fig. 4 (1882). 



Charocampa celerio, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heteroc. i. p. 238 (1875) ; Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. vol. ix. 

 p. 557 (1876) ; Hamps. Faun. Brit. Ind., Moths, vol. i. p. 87 (1892). 



Theretra celerio, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. vol. i. p. 652 (1892) ; Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 

 vol. xix. p. 579 (1897). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Pretoria (Distant), Johannesburg (Cregoe), Barberton (Eendall). — Natal; Durban 

 (Ross). West Africa; Sierra Leone (Coll. Dist.). — Found almost throughout the Palsearctic and 

 Oriental Eegions ; through the Malayan Archipelago to Australasia. 



The larva in Britain feeds on vine, Virginia creeper {Amioelopsis hederacea), and also 

 sometimes on Galium, Epilohium, and Fuchsia. 



On the island of St. Helena the larvae are very destructive to the vines, devouring the 

 young shoots and leaves immediately they appear in the spring months of October and 

 November. They very quickly destroy every vestige of foliage on a large vine.* 



Butler states that the examples from Australia and Fiji Islands are more brilliantly 

 silvered than those from elsewhere. 



Genus THEEETRA. 



Theretra, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135 (1822 ?) ; Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, ii. p. 21 (1882). 



* Mellish, 'St. Helena,' p. 181. 



