( 700 ) 



blackisli liniwii, i.sabella-colonr at auiil uiJ.nle. Un(/n-)<ii/c of winj^'s claj'-colonr, 



foi'ewing brown fi'om base to first discal line. 



cJ. Teiitli abdomiual tergite rather stout, I'cebly siuuatc ; steniite broad and 

 short, rounded at end, but mesially produced inlo a point. Process of harjie long, 

 subcylindrieal, jiointcd, liorizontal, feebly curved dorsad at end. Penis-sheath with 

 a slender process on each side, the left one dentate at the distal and proximal edges, 

 the right one only at the distal edge (PI. LVII. f. :i2). 



Early stages not known. 



llab. Madagascar. 



lu the Tring Museum 2 S S from Madagascar. 



TU. Hippotion batschi (PI. V. f 10, <?). 



Cliaerocaiiqia halsclii Keferstein, Jahh. AL: Erfurt (2). \'i. p. 14. t. 2. f. 4 (1878) (Tamatave) ; Mab. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fram-e p. 2<)9 (187'J) ; Saalm., Lep. Madarj. p. 1-22. n. 281 (1K84). ' 



C'liiieriicampii f haUrhi, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. .'5117. n. 79 (1877). 

 *C/iorn,rampn /iitHi//« id., Ann. Mug. N. IT. (5). iv. p. 2.S4, n. 18 (1870) ( Madagascar ;—Mus. Biit.); 



Saalm., I.e. n. 282 (1884). 

 .UelopsUiis h<it.ichi, Kirby, Cat. Lep. lid. i. p. GtlO. n. 4 (1S92). 

 Jlelnpsiliis ftiimilis, id., I.e. n. .5 (1892). 



The type oi ktunilis is a discoloured specimen. 



c??. Very close to sadacorum; jierhaps not distinct. xVlidumen without 

 yellowish lateral area; underside russet-brown like upper, much darker tiuxu in 

 xn.dnrorni)i. Forewing with only one distinct line and this not (piite so obli(£ue 

 as in that species. Sexual armature not different. 



Ihth. Madagascar. 



lu the Tring Museum \\ S$,\ ? from Madagascar, without special locality. 



71-'. Hippotion butleri. 



Panurrn hiit]rri Saalmiiller, Lep. iladarj. p. 118. ii. 275. t. 5. f . 61 ( J ) (1884) (Nossi-be'1. 

 MrtiqKihis biilleri, Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Hct. i. p. (J60. n. it (1892). 



?. Not seen. According to tigure, differing 'ixom hafscki especially in the 

 forewing having from ape.x to inner margin near angle an irregular whitish baud 

 whicii shades off pro.ximally. 



Hub. Xossi-be : 1 ? in Mus. Prankfnrt a/M. 



TPi. Hippotion roseipennis PI. V. f. 11, S). 



*l)h„hKiila rn.srl/ieu/ils Butler, .!//«. .!/,(,/. A'. //, (■.). .\. p. 4:i:i. ii. ;; (1882) (Delagou Bay ;— Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Kirby, Cat. J.r/>. Il,-t. i. p. (;42. n. :i (18112). 



c? ? . Head and thorax without pale lateral stripe. External row of spines of 

 foretibia double. Antenna obviously clubbed in both sexes. Wings similar in 

 .-l.'apc ;iiid pattern to those of batschi and sadnKorum\ Init iirominent discal line 

 of forewing more curved, more distal behind, anil liindwing witli a pale suliiuarginal 

 band from anal angle to near costa nearly as in li(tlmmiiiuc. The tropical s]iecimen8 

 have the pale Ijaud of the liiudwing rather broader than those from Delagoa Pay. 



i. Tenth tergite rounded-pointed, not sinuate ; sternite broad, rounded- 

 truncate, distinctly incised mesially. Process of harpe rather short, stout, little 

 curved, compressed at end. Penjs-sheatJi (PI. LVll. f. :ilj : one or two small 

 .Miba]iical teeth on the left side, a pointed, trianguhir, apical process on the rigid. 



Early stages not known. 



