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p. 34, n. 136 (iaO-2) (Canara : Bengal : Cej-lon) : Hamps., in Blanf., Fininu Brit. Ti«}., Motl'is 

 i. p. 108. D. 17l' (ISOl') (India ; Ceylon) : Dudg., Jmiiii, Bmiibin/ X. 11. Son. xi. p. 4111. n. 172 

 (189S) (Sikhim, IKOO ft., iii. iv.). 

 Neplula (!) heniiera, Butlor, Pruc. Zu„!. Soc. Loml. p. 37'J. n. 90 (1886) (Campbellpore, xi.). 



c? ? . The two Indo-Australian species (which may eventiiall}' prove to be 

 geographical forms of one species only) differ from nearly all the others iu the short 

 terminal spnr of the hindtibia being provided witli few and rather thin spines 

 only, which stand in the distal half of the spnr ; comb of hindtarsus also less 



developed than in the African species of Ne-phde. Hindwing raw umber colonr, 



with a tint of rnsset, or more rnsset : onter marginal area darker in tint. 



There are two forms : — 



a . N. iliili/mii f. (Iiili/ni((. 



S/iliiiin- ilidi/iiin Fabricius, l.r. ; Goeze, En/. Bei/tr. iii. ■_'. p. ifl". n. 14 (1780) ; Fabr., Spec, Ins. n, 

 p. 148. n. 41 (1781) (syn. excl.) ; id., .)/"»/. lii«. ii. p. 1)6. d. 4;') (1787) ; Gmel., .s'//s/. .V»/. i. fi. 

 p. 2381. n. 70 (17',I0) (syn. e.xcl.) ; Fabr. Enl. S,/sl. iii. 1 p. .371. n. 48 (1793) (syn. e.xcl.) 



Sphinx moi-j/heiis Cramer, !.i: ; Goeze, I.e. p. 224. n. 75 (1780). 



Xi'phi'le mnrptieiis, Hiibner, Verz. hek. Schm. p. 133. n. 1432 (1822). 



Sjihiiix quatrrna Charpentier, in Esp., AiiHUhid. Srhni., Ziis. t. 1. f. 2 (18,30). 



Nepliihi (!) henpera var. moi-jilieiis, Butler, Pruc. Zonl. Soc Loml. p. 379. n. 96 (1886) (Campbell- 

 pore, xi.). 



(? ? . Forewing witli two silvery spots, separated by D', the second the larger, 

 somewhat elongate and cnrved, the first rounded ; there is, besides, often a small 

 dot in njiper angle of cell. 



//. JV. f/if/i/ma f. he,^pcra. 



Sphinx hcxpern Fabricius, Syxt. Enf. p. bM\. n. .33 (1875) (Ind. or.) ; Goeze, I.e. p. 208, r. 18 (1780) ; 



Fabr., Spec Ino. ii. p. 152. n. 54 (1781) ; id., Mont. Ins.W. p.91. n. 59 (1787) ; Gmel., .s>/. ,Vn(. 



i. 5, p. 2384. n. 87 (1790) : Fabr., Enl. %«(. iii. 1. p. 372. n. 49 (1793) ; Auriv., Enl. Tnhlr. 



xviii. p. 1.52 n, 82(18117). 

 Sphin.r chiron Cramer, Pa/i. E.nd. ii. ji. 62. t. 137. f. E (1777) (Coromandel) ; Goeze, 1 .c p. 222. n. 67 



(1780). 

 NepUle chiron, Hiibner, I.e., p. 13.3. n. 1434 (1822). 



Zonilia chiron, Walker, I.e. viii. p. 196. n. 8 (1856) ; Boisd., /./•. p. 145. n. 11 (1875). 

 Zomlia2>eneus, Walker, I.e. viii. p. 193. n. 2 (1856) (sub syn.). 

 Perigonki ohiiteruns Walker, I.e. xxxi. p. 28 (1864) (N. Hindostan). 

 Nephele chyron (!), Smith, Trails. Amer. Enl. Sw. xv. p. 60 (1888). 



c? ?. Forewing witliont silvery spots, or only with a minnte dot. 



Hab. Ceylon to North West India, eastwards to Java. 



In the Tring Mnscnm : — 



f. (Hdyma 13 ii, 11 ?? from: Ceylon; Canara; Peermand ; Nilgiri.s ; 

 Sabathn ; lladakheit ; Java. 



f hcsjicm. 11 ii,(\ ?? from: Ceylon; Nilgiris; Dalhousie ; tSikhim : 

 Bombay ; Burma ; Penang ; Java. 



No rejiresentative o{ Scp/ze/e has as yet been found in Borneo, the Philip])ines, 

 Celebes, the Moluccas, the lesser Sunda Islands, New (ininea and neigiibouriDg 

 gronps of islands. In this area occurs jierhaps a form connecting diilyma with 

 subraria. 



47.5. Nephele subvaria. 



*Zonilia suhvaria Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 190. n. 9 (1856) (Australia ;— Brit. Mu».) ; 

 Misk., Prnc. Boy. Soc. Qvermld. viii. p. 26. n. 45 (1891) (Swan R. ; Brisbane ; Rockhampton). 



