FRYER— THE LEPIDOPTERA OF SEYCHELLES, ETC. 



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Sphingidae. 



82. Herse convolvuli (Linn.) ; Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 11 (1903). 

 Seychelles: Mahe (Port Victoria); Silhouette, 1 $, 1 ?. European, African, Oriental, 



Australasian regions. 



83. Acherontia atropos (Linn.); Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 18. 

 Seychelles ; Mahe, 14 specimens. Europe, Aft'ica, Madagascar. 



84. Ceplwnodes hylas (Linn.); Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 467. 

 Seychelles : Mahe ; Silhouette ; 9 specimens. Aldabra ; Assumption ; 3 specimens. 



Africa (South of Sahara), Madagascar, islands of Indian Ocean. 



85. Deilephila nerii (Linn.); Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 507. 

 Seychelles ; Mahe, 2 specimens. Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Lidia, Ceylon. 



86. Macroglossum alluaudi (Joann.) ; Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 628. 

 Macroglossa alluaudi Joann., BuU. Soc. Ent. France, 1893, p. 52. 



Seychelles : Mahe. No specimens obtained since the species was described. Now 

 perhaps extinct or possibly never resident. 



87. Nephele hespera (Fabr.), Syst Ent., p. 546 : Hamps., Moths Lid., i, p. 108. 

 Seychelles ; Silhouette ; 1 example of a uniform smoky brown form with two white 



discal dots. Lidia, Ceylon, Australia. 



88. Temnora fumosa, subsp. peckoveri (Butl.), Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 1877. 

 p. 637. 



Temnora fumosa peckoveri Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., [>. 574. 



Seychelles ; Mahe ; Silhouette ; 2 worn examples. Madagascar, Comoro Islands. 



89. Hippotion osiris (Dalm.) ; Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 750. 

 Seychelles ; Mahe, 3 specimens. Spain, Africa, Madagascar. 



90. Hippotion aurora Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing., p. 812. 

 Assumption ; a single example. Diego Suarez, Madagascar. 



91. Hippotion eson (Cram.); Roths, and Jord., Revis. Sphing.. p. 754. 

 Seychelles ; Silhouette ; 2 examples bred from larvae found in jungle at about 



2000 ft. Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius. 



Geometridae. 



92. Scardamia (?) percitraria, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 13, $.) 



$. Head, thorax and abdomen orange yellow ; antennse pectinated, grey. Fore 

 wing orange yellow, sometimes irrorated with rufous as in S. metallana ; an ex-curved 

 antemedial line from costa at one-third to inner margin at one-half; a postmedial line 

 from costa at three-quarters to inner margin, excurved to vein 6, then parallel to outer 

 margin ; both ante and postmedial lines, costa, and also a narrow marginal series of 

 specks with metallic silver retiection ; cilia orange yellow. Hind wing as fore wing 

 but with antemedial line very indistinct and postmedial line uniformly and slightly 

 ex-curved. 



