( 737 ) 



Oi-eiis eljieiiiii; Hiibiier, Ven. hek. Sihm. p. i:?l). p. I4i'i3 (1K22). 



Sphi/iu- el/iamr, Togel, Srkmcll. Cab. x. p. 10. t. 5. f. 3 (0 (1829). 



Chnernnimpu eljirimr, Duponchel, in God., Pup. Fraiu'e, Siippl. u. p. llid (1K3.5) ; Westw. & 



Humphr., Brit. AfnlJis i. p. 22. n. 3. t. 51 f. 7. 8 (1843); Wallengr., Shmd. Hrl. Fjiir. 



p. 44. D. 1 (1803) ; Fust, Enlom. iii. p. 71 (18(j7) (northward to Edinbg.) ; Newm., Ibid. iii. 



p. 127 (isr,7) (life hist.) ; id., l.c. vi. p. 81 (1873) (var.) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lrp. Hil. i. 



p. 27!). n. 70 (187.^) ; Thed., Ent. Thhhr .ii. p. 105 (1881) ; Kane, Enlom. xv. p. 2,34 (1882) 



(larva) ; Kroul., Hull. Hoc. Oural. xi. p. 213. n. 88 (188a) (Sarapoul, v.) ; id. l.c. p. 239. n. 58 



(1885) (Ourjoum). 

 Chaerocampa (!) elpenm; Walker, List J.i>p. Ins. B. ,1/. viii. p. 127. n. 1 (1850) ; Butl., Tniiis. Znal. 



Sor. Loml. ix. p. 554. n. 1 (1877) ; Hamm., Entnm. xiii. p. 280 (1880) (larva) ; Buckl., Larra 



Brit. Lep. ii. p. 113. t. 25. f. 3 (1887) ; Poult., Pmc. Zonl. Sor. Loml. p. 206 (1887) (larva) ; 



Swinh., Jouni. BoikIiihj X. H. Sue. iii. p. 117. n. 4 (1888) (Karachi) ; Barr., Lej). Brit. Is. ii. 



p. 59. t. 52. f. 1. 1 a— c (1893) ; Kirby, in Allen, Xnl. Lihr., Moths iv. p. 18. t. 98. f. 1 (1897) ; 



Stand. & Rebel, Cal. Lep. ed. iii. p. 103. n. 759 (1901). 

 Mrlopsihis elpenor, Duncan, in Jard., Nat. Lihr. xl. p. 161. t. 11. f. 1 (1830-43). 

 Dcihphihi pureellus x elpenor, Huguenin, Mitth. Seliweiz. Ent. Ges. iii. p. 510 (1872). 

 Tlicrelm elpenor, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 650. n. 1 (1892). 



Dcilephild elpenor hybr. sltinilfnssi Bartcl, I.e. ii. p. 122 (1900) (type now in Mus. Tring). 

 Mctupsilus 2'oreelliis hybr. elpeiiorelhis Staudinger, in Stand. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 104. 



n. 761. b (1901). 



S ? . Underside of wings : costal margin dark wax-yellow, this area dilated 

 Iio.sticad on disc, forming generally one Lroad or two narrow discal bands. 



Il'ib. Euroi)e, eastwards to Amnrland. 



A series of larvae, pnpae, and imagines in the Tring Mnsenm from various 

 localities. 



The cnrions specimen figured by Esper, l.c. f. 27, may have lieen artificial. 



h. P. elpenor lewisi. 



Choeroeampa, eljienor, Orza, Lep. Jopon p. 30. n. 78 (1808) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. IIH. i. p. 279. 



D. 76 (1875) (partim). 

 *CIuieroeunipa lewisi Butler, Proc.Zool. Soe. Land. p. 247. n. 23 (1875) (Japan) ; id.. Trans. Zool. 

 Soe. Land. ix. p. 554. n. 2. t. 90. f. 13. 14. 15 (l.,p) (1877) ; Maass., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 56 



(1880) (= elpenor = maeromera = ? friilenui). 

 Chiierejeanipa elpenor. Leech, Tmns. Ent. Soe. Lond. p. 120. n. 101 (1889) (Kiukiang) : id., Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 282. n. .50 (1898) (Japan ; Cliina). 

 Theretra len.-isi. Kirby, l.c. p. 050. n. 2 (1892). 

 Deilephila elpenor var. lewisi, Bartel, in Ruhl, Grosssrhm. ii. p. 121 (1900). 



(? ?. On the whole more e.xteiided red on the underside than in the previous. 

 Uab. Jajian ; C!]iina. 



In tlie Tring Blnseum 1 larva, 11 c?(J, ? ? from : Yokohama, i.\.: Hakodate, 

 vi.— vii. (Leech) ; Kiukiang, viii. ; Ta-tsien-lu, W. China. 



r. I', cljieiwr maeromera. 

 Choeroeampa elpenor var.. Walker, I.e. viii. p. 127. sub n. 1 (1H50) (N. India ; Silliet) ; .Moore, Proe. 



Zool. Hue. Lond. p. 675 (1867) (Bengal). 

 'Chiieroeompa maeromera Butler, Proe. Zool. Hoe. Lond. p. 7. n. 12 (1875) (Silliot ;-Mu«. Brit.) ; 



id., Trans. Zool. Hoe. Lond ix. p. 554. n. 3 (1877); id., lUust. Typ. Hpee. Lep. /let. B. .1/. v. 



p. 7. t. 79. f. 3 (1881) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. .Moths In.l. i, p. II. n. 80 (18K7) (.Shillnng) : Swinh., 



Col. Lep. I let. Mas. (h: I. p. 14. n. 57 (1892) (SilliL-t). 

 Cho.roeampa elpenor, Hampson, in Blanf., Fanna Bril. Ind., Molhs i. p. HI. n, 119 (IK92) («.».;•.,. 



nu-rn " f rate ma — lewisi = rieidar/s). 

 Thenlra maeromrra, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 0.5O. n. 3 (1892) (Hyn. partim). 



tJ?. lied marginal area of hiiidwing obviously browh'r tlian in I he previous 

 fiirniH. 



Ihih. Assam. 



In llie Tring Museum 'i 6 6,'> * * from : Khasia Hills ; Siiillong. 



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