of Ledoptera Heterocera from Japan. 273 
Family SPHINGIDAE. 
Sub-family 4CHERONTIANAE. 
Genus ACHERONTIA. 
Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur., iv, p. 44 (1816) ; Roths- 
child and Jordan, Rev. Lep. Sphing., Noy. Zool. ix, suppl., 
p. 16 (1903). 
178. 
Acherontia lachesis, 
Sphinx lachesis, Fabr., Ent. Syst., Suppl., p. 434 (1798). 
Acherontia morta, Hiibn., Verz. Schmett., p. 140 (1822 ?); 
Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 119 (1889); Swin- 
hoe, Cat. Lep. Het. Oxford, p. 31 (1892). 
Acherontia satanas, Boisd., Spec. Gén. Lép., 1, pl. xvi, fig. 1 
(1836). 
Acherontia lethe, Westw., Cab, Orient. Ent., p. 88, pl. xlii, 
fig. 3 (1848). 
Acherontia lachesis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths, i, 
p. 67 (1892); Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1898, 
p- 275 ; Rothsch. and Jord., Rev. Lep. Sphing., Nov. 
Zool. ix, suppl., p. 17 (1908). 
Manduca lachesis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., p. 700 (1892). 
One male and one female specimen taken at Sakura- 
jima, Osumi, in August, 1899. 
Hitherto unrecorded from Japan. There is, however, 
one specimen in the national collection labelled “Japan 
fide Lewis, loc. err.” 
Local distribution. KyYtTSHT. 
General distribution. Throughout INDIA and CEYLON; 
Siam; PENANG; JAVA; CENTRAL and WESTERN CHINA; 
JAPAN. 
Collection number, 15. 
Rothschild and Jordan remark, “ Not yet found in 
N.W. India and Japan.” 
Genus HyYLoIcus. 
Hiibner, Verz., p. 138 (1827); Rothschild and Jordan, 
Rey. Lep. Sphing., Nov. Zool., ix, suppl. p. 116 (1903). 
