( 469 ) 



390. Cephonodes leucogaster spec nov. 



<S. Similar in colonr to /////'is ; characterised as follows : 



Eed baud on fifth tergite of abdomen narrow, mesiall}' more or less interrupted; 

 last two sternites completely creamy white, or at least with white mesial spots 

 l)esides the large side-patches ; middle of tail beneath clayish buff. Apical border 

 of forewing a little narrower. 



(?. Sexual armature widely diiTerent from that of ////las : ninth and tenth 

 segments (PL XLIII. f. 9, dorsal view; f. 10, ventral view) quite asymmetrical, 

 tlie tenth sternite not lying beneath the tergite but at the right side ; tenth tergite 

 separated into two halves, the left lobe reduced to a small piece of chitin, lying 

 close against the right lobe, and visible only in a ventral or a left-side view ; 

 the right lobe (A7) comjiressed, elongate, curved downward at end, pointed ; tenth 

 sternite (A>) longer than the tergite, longitudinally concave on its true upper 

 surface, the right-side edge not quite so high as the left-side edge, apex curved 

 towards the tergite. Right clasper (PI. LI I. f 2) broadly sole-shaped, ventral 

 margin strongly convex before middle, rounded-angulate, a))ical part of dorsal margin 

 curved inwards, clothed with long bristles ; a tuft of long bristle-like scales at apex 

 of clasper ; left-side clasper much smaller, ventral margin concave from liase to 

 beyond middle, dorsal margin convex, aj)ex acuminate, clothed at edge witli jiocnliar 

 thickened long black scales which are widened at end. Penis-funnel (PL LIL f. 2, 

 i'-f) as iu hyla.\. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c?t? from : Antanambe, Bale d'Antongil, March, April, 

 1897 (MoC(|uerys ; tijpe) ; and " Madagascar." 



397. Cephonodes titan. 



*Cei,hiiii«lex (I) titnii RothsctiiM, Nov. Z(i(il,. vi. p. G'J. n. (IS'.IIO (.Vmljoiaa ;— Miis. Tring). 



S- Tiie largest species of the genus. Body and base of wings above, and, 

 besides, under surface of abdomen black ; tail tawny-orange below; breast orange, 

 p!i]]ii clayish buff. 



Il((h. Amboina. 



One ? in tlie Tring Museum ; not seen in other collections. 



This is the only specimen of Ccjihonotli's known from the Moluccas. 



39S. Cephonodes picus. 



Sphiitj- jiiniH (Jnuiier, I'n/t. l-lcul. ii. p. .'JH. t. 148, f. ii. (1777) (Coromandel). 



Seiiit lii/liiK, Fulii'icius (noii Linnd, 1771), fijia;. Inn. ii. p. l.'')4. n. 4 (17KI) (partim) ; id., ,}fnitl. his. ii. 

 p. '.)!!. n. 4 (17H7) (partim) ; id., EnI. S,/aI. iii. 1, p. :«',). n. .S (17',):)) (partim) ; Walk., Li.-:! Lrp. 

 I (IK. II. M. viii. p. t'i. n. 1) (IK.V(l) (partim); Moore, I'rnr. Hoot. Sur. Loud. p. 71)4 (1805) 

 (Halasore) ; Semp., Vn-li. Ziml. Hut. Ces. Wien .vvii. p. TDO. n. 10 (18117) (larva ; Luzon). 



Klihiiu lii/hu, (iiiielin, .%»^ .Wnt. i. 5. p. 2;W7. n. Ho (17'.)0) (partim). 



Ci-lilmiiijikx lii/l,i«, Uiiliner, V/'r.~. Ink. Srhm. p. 131. n. 14U'J (IH2i!) ; Hutl., Trans. Xonl. Snr. Liniil. ix. 

 p. .022. n. 2 (1877) (partim ; .sytion. ind. four other Hpecies) ; id., /Voc. Zuul. Kov. Loml. p. 61.S. 

 n. CD (1881) (Kunacdii, .vii.) ; Swinh., ibid. p. l>\i. n. '.) (1884) (Kurraclii, coniraon in xii.) ; id., 

 l.i: p. 4:i4. n. 1 (J88C,) (Mhow, ix. xii.); Misk., Pmr. Itiiij. Sw. Qumiixld. viii. p. h. n. 2 (1891) 

 (p;irtim) ; Hamp.i., JUimlr. Ti//j. Njinriiii. Lc/j. Ilet. B. .1/. ix. p. 4. n. (iK (18'.)1) (Ojlon ; i)artira); 

 Swinh., (Jilt. Lep. Ilet. Mim. (U. i. p. 2. ii. 7 (1H'.)2) (partim ; synori. including three other 

 upccien) ; Kirby, Cat. In/i. Ilet. i. p. 027. n. 7 (I8'.)2) (partiui) ; Hamps., in Klanf., Fiuiiiii lirit. 

 ImI, M„ll,H i. p, 120. n. 20.5 (18;i2) (partim) ; Iluwe, Hnl. hhit. ZeitHi-hr. xl. p. :!.'>(!. n. 1 (18'.).'')) 

 (Java), I'agenKt.,./«/i/A. A'/m«. Vn\ Mut. xlix. p. I.'j.'j. n. 114 (18%) (Sumba) ; Semp., .SV/im. 



