CH^EOCAMPi. 87 



123. Chserocampa celerio, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 800 ; C. $ S. no. 88 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 84, fig. 4 ; Moore, Lep. JE. 1. C. pi. xi, 



figs. 1, la (larva and pupa). 

 Sphinx tisiphone, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 803. 

 Hippotion ocys, Hiibn. Verz. p. 135. 

 Phalsena inquilinus, Harris, Ex. p. 93. 



Head and thorax as in eson ; abdomen with a white spot on 

 each segment between the dorsal white lines ; a pair of silvery 

 lateral strigse on each segment. Fore wing paler ; some silvery 

 streaks on the median nervure; the nervules beyond the cell 

 streaked with silvery white and black ; a silvery-white line from 

 apex to near base of inner margin, followed by some ochreous and 

 pale brown lines ; a white submarginal line ; the markings are 

 thus similar to olchnlandice, except that the lines that come out 

 white are different. Hind wing with the base and anal angle 

 bright pink ; disk blackish ; the outer area ochreous brown, with a 

 black submarginal line and the nervules between it and the cell 

 black. 



Larva brown ; a series of whitish ocelli with darker centres 

 from 4th to 10th somites ; horn and underside white. 



Hob. Europe ; Africa ; the whole of India and Ceylon ; Java ; 

 Borneo; Timor; Australia; Fiji. Exp. 66-74 millim. 



B. Hind wing fuscous, with a more or less defined pale or 

 crimson submarginal band. 



1 24. Chserocampa lycetus, Cram. Pap. Exot. i, p. 96, pi. 61 D ; C.8fS. 



no. 94. 

 Chserocampa rosina, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 248, pi. 37, tig. 6 ; C. fy S. 



no. 91. 

 Chserocampa drancus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 56, pi. 132 p ; C. fy S. 



no. 89. 

 Chaerocainpa prunosa, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 622 ; C. $ S. no. 108 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. pi. 84, fig. 2. 



Differs from theylia in being brownish in colour, with but a 

 slight pink tinge ; sides of abdomen golden yellow ; the two dorsal 

 lines paler. Fore wing with the oblique stripes from the apex 

 silvery white. Hind wing blackish, with some flesh-coloured 

 suffusion on the submarginal area. Underside more ochreous and 

 less pink than in iheylia. 



The form lycetus = rosina from Mussooree and Sikhim is pinker in 

 tone and has more flesh-colour on the hind wing than drancus = 

 prunosa from Ceylon. 



Hob. Mussooree ; Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 68 millim. 



125. Chserocampa oldenlandise, Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 542 ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. ii, pi. 85, figs. 1, 1 a (larva) ; C. fy S. no. 90. 

 Chserocampa puellaris, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 623 ; C. $ S. no. 92. 

 Xylophanes gortys, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schm. figs. 513, 514. 



Differs from lycetus in being greyish brown without pink suffu- 



