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b. D. placiila torcnia. 



*Uaiihnh torenki Druce, Eid. Mo. Mwj. xix. p. 10 (18H2) (Fiji ;— coll. Druce); Waterh., Aid Idcitl. 



his. ii. 1. 126. f. 1 (1883) ; Kirby, Cut. hep. Ilet. i. p. 672. n. 11 (1892). 

 *Uaj>}mh liireiila Druce subsp. m.iui-fa Rothschild. Nuv Zooi.. i. p. 85 (1894) (Lifu ; — Mus. Tring). 



S ? . Proximal edge of olive-greeu discal area of forewing straight, very feebly 

 or not at all incurved in front ; antemediau Hue quite absent or barely visible. 

 Hab. Lifn; Fiji. 

 In the Tring Museum 3 JtJ, 4 ¥ ? from Lifu. 



431. Deilephila miuima. 



*Du]/hni.i miniiiM Butler, Trans. Ziml. Sor. Luml. ix. p. 573. n. 7. t. 92. f. 5 (1877) (S. India ; — 



Mus. Brit.); Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Mollis Ind. i. p. 21. n. 114 (1887). 

 Dcqjhnls (r) iniiuHui, Kirby, Cut. Lip. Het. i. p. 672. n. 12 (1892) (S. India). 

 Daphnis minimus, Hampson, in Blanf , Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths i. p. 97. n. 152 (1892) (S. India). 



c?. A small species, representing jjlacida in South India and Ceylon, and 



doubtfully distinct. Abdomen without white subbasal dorsal belt. Forewing : 



antemediau Hue curveJ in front ; discal band less obli(|ue than in placida, wider 



behind and narrower before middle. .Sexual armature as in placiihi, but proximal 



tooth of the boat-shaped process of the harjie higher, and the long process of the 

 penis-sheath of jdacida represented in minima by a very short one (PI. LV. f 31, 32). 



Larva described by Butler, I.e. 



Nab. South India and Ceylon. 



Two subspecies ; but see Appendix. 



a. D. minima minima. 



*Vaphnis minima Butler, I.e. 



(J. Very small and jiale. Discal lines of forewing not obviously dentate. 

 Process of penis-sheath in one of the two specimens dissected longer (I'l. LV. 

 f. 'i'i) than in the other. 



IJab. South India. 



Two S S in the British Museum. 



b. IJ. minima ernestina. 



*l)uphnis ernesti/ia Moore, Liji. C'rylon iii. p. 534. t. 211. f. 1 (1887) (Pundoloya, December ; — Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. llet. i. p. 072. n. 15 (1892) (Ceylon) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna Bril. 

 Ind.. Mollis i. p. 96. n. 150 (1892) (Pundoloya, Ceylon). 



i. Larger than the preceding, darker in colour, especially the hindwing above 

 and the basi-discal area of the forewing below. Process of penis-sheatli shorter 

 (PI. LV. f. 31). 



Ilalj. Ceylon. 



Two i i in the British Museum. Another specimen in coll. Druce. 



432. Deilephila protrudens. 



*l)iijiliiiU pcotniilfns Folder, lUiac Xovara Lep. t. 76. f. 7 ^1874) (Gilolo ;— Mus. Tring) ; But!., 

 Trann.y.iml. Soi: Land. i.\. p. .572. n. 4 (1877) ; Misk., /',■.„•. /.',«/. Sor. (Jmru^ld. viii. p. 2o. 

 n. 34 (1 8'JI) (Brisbane ; Uockhanipton ; Cardwell ; Ilaliuoira [?] ; "Capo of Cood Hope [?] " 

 en: loci) ; Kirby, (.'al. I.eji. Ilil. i. p. 672. n. 7 (18921 ((iilolo) ; Payenst., in Cliuu, Zooluyica 

 xii. 29. p. 15. n. 14 (I'.iOO) (Bismarck Archipelago). 



(Ihiitrocti 111/111 piolTiiilniK, lioisduval, .s'/«r. (,'in. Lip. Ilil. i. p. 225 n. 2 (1875) (Hahnahcra). 



VhiKruiunipa ueriustri Boisduval, I.e. 



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