84 



wing fuscous, with the cilia pale. Underside pinkish, each wing 

 with two faint transverse lines. 



Larva pale pinkish brown, with numerous short dark stripy ; 

 narrow dorsal and subdorsal lines ; a yellow dark-ringed ocellus 

 on the fourth somite, with a black centre speckled with white ; a 

 yellow black-ringed ocellus on fifth somite ; horn black. 



Hob. ? Japan ; Amur ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Nagas. Evp., 

 6 90, 100 millim. 



118. Ampelophaga dolichoides, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 7G, fig. 8; C. $ S> 



no. 51. 



Differs from rubiyinosa in having the palpi pale and with no ruddy 

 tinge. Fore wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial nearly 

 straight oblique lines, which are pale, outwardly edged by dark 

 brown ; a waved and curved submarginal line ; no apical triangular 

 patch. Underside less pink. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 100 millim. 



Genus CHJEROCAMPA. 



Chaerocampa, Dup. L6p. France, Suppl. ii, p. 159 (1835). 



Isoples, Hiibn. Verz. p. 135 (gen. indescr.) (1818). 



Xylophanes, Hiibn. Verz. p. 136 (gen. indescr.) (1818). 



Hippotion, Hiibn. Verz. p. 135 (gen. indescr.) (1818). 



Panacra, JfV/,-. Cot. viii, p. 154 (I8fi6> 



Gnathothlibus, Wallenyr. (Efv. Kongl. Vetens.-Akad. Forh. 1858, 



p. 137. 

 Hathia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl ii, p. 19 (1882). 



Type, C. elpenor, Linn. 



liunye. Universally distributed. 



Antenna) with the hook short and slight ; the palpi moderately 

 broad and quadrate at tip : apex of hind wing rather acute ; the 

 discocellulars oblique. 



A. Hind wing crimson. 



119. Chaerocampa elpenor, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, pt. 2, p. 801 (1867) ; 



U'i'Htic. $ Humphr. Brit. Moths, pi. 5, figs. 7, 8; C. $ S. no. 79. 

 Chaerocampa macromera, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 7; id. III. Het. v, 



pi. 79, fig. 3 ; C. # S. no. 80. 

 Chaerocampa fraterua, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 247 j id. III. Het. v, 



pi. 79, fig. 4 ; C.&S. no. 81. 

 Chaarocampa lewisii, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 247. 

 Chaerocampa rivularis, Boisd. Sp. Gen. i, p. 280. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green ; antennae, sides of 

 palpi, and head pink ; thorax and abdomen with pink dorsal and 

 lateral stripes. Fore wing olive-green ; the costa pink ; an 

 oblique pink band from beyond end of cell to inner margin ; 

 another from apex to inner margin ; outer margin broadly pink ; 

 inner margin with some white near base. Hind wing with the 

 basal half black, the outer half pink, with a little olive-green 



