( 509 ) 



Clineriu/aiii/iK (!) nrrii, Mi'-aL'tric's, Eiiiuii. Coi-/t. Aiii.it. Mm. Pfh:, Lrp. ii. tSiipjil. p. \>-2. ii. ly'Ji (lISiTj 

 (Gall. mer. ; Odessa) ; Ramb., Lej>. Aiirlal. p. 132 (185«) ; Mab., Ann. Sor. Enl. Fmiire p. 298 

 (1S79) (Madag.) ; Barrett, Lcp. Brif. Inx. ii. p. 62. n. 4. t. t&. f. 1. a. b. c (1895). 



Diijihni.'i nerii var. Jn/ei-neluteu SaalmuUer, Lep. .Mini. p. 123. n. 294 (1884) (Madag.) ; Kirby, Cot. 

 Lpp. Bet. i. p. (572. sub n. 1 (1892). 



(??. First segment of ]iosteri(ir tarsus considerably long-cr tlian the tibia 

 and tlian segments 2 to 0, long ajiical sjuir of bindtibia as long as segments 

 ',' and 3 together. 



(J. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIV. f. is. 19) long, rather strongly curved, apex 

 ronnded-trnncate ; sternite (PI. XLIV. f. Ii). 20) mnch shorter than tergite, broad, 

 somewhat rounded at the sides, narrowed from middle to apex, which is pointed. 

 (;las]ier rather strongly dilated dorsally before apex; large scales somewhat spotted 

 with brown at and before end ; harpe (PI. XL VIII. f. 16) : basal process prominent, 

 a]iical process obtnse, densely dentate on the upper surface. Penis-sheath (PI. 

 LV. f. 28, as seen from the right side) : apical margin dorsally produced into 

 a rounded lobe which bears the left process ; this process short, triangular, 

 pointing proximad ; the right process horizontal, shorter than in the allied 

 species. 



?. Vaginal plate (PI. XLI. f. 1) regularly folded distally of moutli of vagina, 

 the edges of the latter raised, much wrinkled, a semicircular, antevaginal ridge 

 rather prominent. 



Larva green, with a large dcelhis on third segment in adult stage, the 

 ocellus smaller in young larva; a white dorso-lateral line from fourth segment 

 to horn, accompanied by white dots ; anterior segments generally i)ale ; horn 

 long in early stages, becoming short and stumpy later ou.— Food-plants : 

 Xi'i'lum; Vinca ; Tahi'rna. 



Pnpa clayish brown, about five times as long as broad ; a series of more 

 or less rounded black si)ots in which the stigmata are situated, a black mesial 

 line on thorax, and minnte black dots on thorax and abdomen ; cremaster black, 

 conical, ending in two short points ; visible j)art of profemur very small. 



Hub. Aetliiopian Region inclusive of Malagiissic Snbregion, eastward to Ceylon 

 North India, ('ancasia ; northward as a wanderer to the northern parts of the 

 temperate zone. 



Fresh sjiccimens are jiurer green than worn ones. The green colour fades 

 easily into yellow. 



In tlie Tring .^Insenm 4 larvae, 3 pti])ae, TO-odd sjjecimens from : various 

 jdaces in iOnrojie ; lieirut, Syria; Sierra Leone, southward to ( 'ajjc oi' (jood 

 llojie, eastwards to Aliyssinia ; N.\V. India ; S. India ; Ceylon ; Sikhim. 



42S. Deilephila hypothous. 



Spliiiij- hi//mllii,iix (Jranier, I'nji. F.i-nl. iii. p. \{;:,, t. 2K.i. f. i> (178:1) ( .\iiiboiria). 

 DiiphniH liippiil/iiiiiK (!), Hiiljiicr, ]'•,-:. Iirl.-. Sr/iw. p. 134. n. 1411) (1.MJ2). 



cJ?. Antciuja thicker than in ««/7'/, especially in rf. First segment of liiiid- 

 tiirsiis as long as tiiiia and as segments 2 to .'i. in p:iitern similar to wc/v/, but 

 very mnch darker idive-greeii ; jironotnm not green ; forcwing with a white a]ii('al 

 Hpot ultove and below, the white a]iical line S(J' — SCI'', which liorders the olive- 

 green triangular jiatch, not jirolonginl beyond SC'' as in ner//. 



6. Ti'ntli tergite shorter and broader than in iifrii \ stei-nile iirai'ly as long 

 M the tergite, more Btrongly cliitinised ami niinnwcr ihiin in iicrii. Large scales 



