( 754 ) 



Lengtk nf fnrowiiin- : c?, 20 mm. 



Hull. ? I'oulitloss African. 



(Imp (? ill till' Storkliolm Mnsi'iiin (ox coll. ScliniilieiT). 



Similar to //. roxi'i/ieiniix in tlic iorpwiiin-, anil to //. cclfi-io \\\ the liimlwin;;. 



Tii:S. Hippotion eson. 



Spliiii.r I'wii Cramer, I'liji. I'.ml. iii. p. .57. t. i'li'\. f. c (177'.l) : Coq. & Luc. Hull. Kur. KnI. From-e 



\i. ;'i7 (ISOa) (parasite). 

 /«,/,/« rv.,«, Hiibner, Vn-:. hcl. S.-li,„. p. 1:^,5. n. UiVi (I8l'2). 

 Diilriiliilii exiiii, Hoisduv.al, Fiiiinr Minhiij. Horn I,, p. 71 (18;!?.) (M.uirit, : I'.oiirli. : Madag. : Cap. h. 



sp. ; " Coromaiulel " nli<i yjn'i: ; larva, pupa). 

 f7/(.fn)c»H)/)a f.NOw, Boiscluval, in Deleg., Vn;/. Afr. Atistr. p. .'iH'i (1847) (Xatal) : Ouen.. in Vina.. 



I')//. .Vtulau. p. L'9 (18i;."j) : Boisd., Sjie.-.Gfn. Lqi. Hit. i. 232. n. 9 (1875) (larva) ; Vins,, Aryi. 



Uwirh. p. l':{ (1891 ) ; .Schans X- Clem., Sierm Leone Lep. p. 18 (1893). 

 ('lideniccDiipii e.inii, Walker, List Lfi<. Jus. B. .]/, viii. p. 1H7. n. 17 (IS.'iO) (partim) : Wallengr., 



Kn,i,,l. Sr. Vet. Al;. Ifiimll. V. 4. p. 18 (Separ.) (18(;.5) ; Butl.. 7'/v-«.s-. Zn„l. S<>e. I.nml.is.. p. i.5,5. 



n. 10 (1877) ; Mab., Ann. Sot. Ent. Fritiice p. 299 (1879) (Madag.); Saalm., Lep. Miuhty. 



p. 122. n. 282 (1884) ; Druce. in Moloney, IP. .I//-. Foirstrii p. 492. n. 4 (1887) ; Holl., 7V»«». 



-Iw^r. F.iit. Snr. xy\. p. CiX n. 14 ( 1889) (Benita) ; Karsch, Fnt. Xorhr. .xvii. p. 204. n. B (1K91) 



(Cameroons) : Hamiis., in Blanf., Famm liiit. hid., .Moths i. p. 8ri. n. 121 (1892) (partim). 

 *('liiirroaiiiipa i/i-iirili.i Butler. Pnu: Znol. Snc. Lmicl. p. 8. n. VA. t. 2. f. 2 (1875) (Congo : Sien'a 



Leone ,— JIus. Brit.) : id., Trans. Zonl. Soi: Loud. i.\. p. ,556. n. 1 1 (1877) ; Maass., .sv.v/. /■.'«.' 



Zeil. xli. p. 5(i (1881) (= mow) ; Saalm., I.e. n. 28,S (1884). 

 Chaerorampa t/ii/eliri, Westwood {iioti Linni', 1758), in Oates, .Uatnbelrlil. p. .'355 (1881). 

 Tlieretm eson, Kirby, Cot. T^ep. llet. i. p. G51. n. VA (1892) ; Holl, in Smith, Tlmnijli Unlii. Conntr. 



Afr. p. 412 (1897) (Somaliland). 

 Theretra f/raeiUs, Kirby, I.e. n. 14 (1892). 

 Chaerocampa eson var. i/noilis Butler, Pror. Znol, Soc. Lmid. p. 84.S. n. 124 (189ri) (Xyassaland, ii.). 



c? ? . Widely distributed over the Aethojiiau rcifion. Variable in size. Fore- 

 wiiip; with nine lines. The pale snbaual clond of tlie hindwiiig sometimes absent, 

 rarely enlarged to a submarginal baud. 



■i . Tenth tergite gradually narrowed, rounded at end, not sinuate (PI. XLV. 

 f. 18) ; steniitc jiarallel at sides, apex obtusely rounded, almost truncate. 

 Process of liarpe (PI. LII. f. 2(i) long, slender. Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 36) 

 armed at the left side with a short row of teeth, on the right side with a prominent 

 dentate jirocess, which points oblii|uely disto-laterad. 



?. Anterior and lateral edges of the vaginal aperture somewhat raised to 

 a ridge which terminates abrujitly posferiorly on each side nf the opening 

 (PI. XLI. f. 15). 



Larva with ocellus on fnurtli segment. 



Cremaster of ]iu]ia flattened, triangular, with some acute lateral teeth pointing 

 anad, two a]iical ones recurved. 



Jliih. Aethiopian Region : common. 



In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, 2 pupae, ISO-odd specimens from: Sierra 

 Leone; Gold Coast; Niger; Congo; Toru and Uganda (Hr. Ansorge) ; British 

 and (lerman E. Africa ; Nyassalaiid; Delagoa Bay ; Xatal ; Cajie Colony ; Great 

 Comoro ; Madagascar ; Manritius : Bourbon. 



Tii4. Hippotion echeclus. 



Cliwroianipa eson, Walker {non Cramer, 1778), List L<ji. Ins. Jl, .1/. viii. p. I!'i7. n. 17 (18511) 

 (partim) : Hamps., in Blanf., Funmi Brit, /nrl., .\fotlis i. p. 85. n, 121 (1S92) (partim) : Sem|i., 

 Sriim. Phdipp. ii. p. ,'i94, n. 29 (I89(;) (Luzon ; Bohol : Cebu ; iii. x. xi.). 



*Choeroritmpii erlierliis Boiaduval, Sjier. Gen. Lkp. Hit. i. p. 23.3. n. 10 (1875) (Philippines ; — coll. 

 Charles Oberthilr) ; Snell.. Tijdsrhr. Ent. xxii. p. 05. n. 9 (1879) (S. Celebes). 



