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Achtroiilia slyx, Moore, I.e.; Sncll., Tijdfchr. Eiit. xx. p. 4. n. 14 (1877) (Java) ; id., he. xxii, p. 63. 

 n. 1. (1879) (S. Celebes) ; id.. I.e. xxxiv. p. -253. n. It'.O (18'.)1) (Flores) ; id., in Snelleraanii, 

 Fiiuvn Miiltl. Simalni ii. p. 29(1892) (Ft. de Kock; Soepajang, iv.) ; Huwe, Berl.Eiit. Zeitsdu: 

 xl. p. 3G8. n. 43 (1895) (Java) ; Semp., Srhmrll. PhiVipi,. ii. p. 390. n. 19 (1896) (N.W. Luzon). 



S ?. Tlie tawny rnsset scaling of the forewing above reihiced ur absent. 



Unb. Japan, China, Malay Peninsula eastward over the Malay Archiiielago 

 to Kisser and Cerain. — Type: Java. 



In tlie Tring Mnseuiu 27 J J, 33 ? ¥ from : Japan, Loo Choo Islands, ('hina, 

 Penang, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lombok, Kisser, Celebes, Ceram. 



A Borneo ? in the K. Naturalienkabiuet at Miinchen has velvety black 

 forewiugs with the markings obliterated, except the stigma, a discal line in costal 

 half, a lino lieforo hinder angle, and a 3-shaped submarginal mark at W, wliich 

 are all conspicuous on the dark ground. 



IV. COELONIA gen. wow— Ty^m : Julvinotata. 



Sphinx, Boisduval (non Linne, 17.58), Faii/ic .Vmbii/. Bniirh. p. 76 (1833). 



Prolojiin-ri', Butler (««» Burmeister, 1856), Tnms. ZixiJ. Soc. Lund. ix. p. 606 (1877) (partim). 



PhlegethoiiliuK, Kirby {mm Hiibner, 1822), Gil. Lri,. Ihl. i. p. 687 (1892) (partim). 



A connecting link between Aclierontia and the Sji/'i/u/icar, showing also very 

 close aiiiuities to Herse and Megaconna. 



<S ?. Tongue very long, thicker distally than in Herse. Palpus without orifice 

 externally at the end of segment 1 ; segment 2 obviously shorter than in IIi'r.se. 

 Antenna of S thinner than in Herse, more setiform ; of ¥ not clubbed. Tarsi as 

 in JJerse, but e.xterno-apical spine of segments of foretarsns uot much prolonged ; 

 j)aronyehium with two lobes on each side. Abdomen above with tufts of raised 

 scales. Distal margin of forewing sinnate posteriori}-. C!lasper with a large patch 

 of broad, mnltidentate, slightly modified scales. Penis without armature. Lobe 

 covering vaginal orifice large. 



Larvae : thorax with paired humps on first and second somite (fidvinotata), 

 or with a middle crest of pointed humps on all three tcrgites (solani) ; horn 

 recurved as in Aclierontia, tubercled {fidriiwtatd), or smooth {sol(iiii). — Food-jilants : 

 Jlithlia, Solunuin, Ihirauta. 



Pupa with free tongne-case, which is not recurved. Underground in a cell. 



Hab. Aethiopian Region. 



Two species. 



If Boisduval's description of the larva of solani is correct, the two species 

 differ essentially in the larval as well as in the imago state, C . fidvinotata coming 

 nearer Aclierontia, solani approaching somewhat Herse. 



Key to the species : 



Hindwing below witli tlie basi-abdominal region 



yellow 10. C. fidvinotata. 



Hindwing lielow with the basi-abdominal regiim 



white 11. C'. solani. 



