90 SPHINGLD.E. 



The female (metallica) has the fore wing broader, with the outer 

 margin more excised below the apex. 

 Nab. Sikhim. Exp. 64-70 milliui. 



132. Chaerocampa automedon, wik. Cat. viii, p. 154 ; Butl III. Het. 



v, pi. 79, fig. 1 ; C. # S. no. 65. 

 Panacra truncata, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 160. 



The outer margin of fore wing angled at vein 5, more so in the 

 male than in the female. 



Markings similar to those of metallica ; the coloration much 

 duller, being pale ochreous speckled with brown. Underside 

 nearly uniform dull ochreous ; one postmedial line coming out as 

 specks on the nervules, the others obsolescent on fore wing, 

 obsolete on hind wing ; outer margin rather darker. 



Female with the fore wing broader. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Pegu ; Eaugoou. Kvp. 54 milliin. 



133. Chaerocampa mydon, JJ7/,. Cat. viii, p. 155; Butl. III. II. f. v, 



pi. 78, fig. 9 ; C.$ S. no. 66. 

 Panacra scapularis, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 157; Moore, Lep. E.I. C. pi. ix, 



figs. 5, 5 a (larva and pupa) ; C. 8f S. no. 70. 

 Panacra frena, Sivinh. Cat. Lep. Mus. Oxon. p. 12, pi. i, fig. ">. 



Fore wing less produced at apex ; the outer margin more erect 

 and excurved at median nervules. 



Differs from i,niHn-<i in the postmedial lines of fore win^ brin^ 

 much more erect and highly waved ; the white on vertex of 

 thorax and proximal segments of abdomen comes out very strong 

 in some specimens ; the markings of the upperside and mottlings 

 of the underside vary from ochreous to red-brown. 



Larva greenish, with dark dorsal and lateral stripes and dorsal 

 spots ; a purplish ocellus on 4th somite. 



ffab. Sikhim ; Calcutta ; Sylhet ; Assam ; Java. Exp., J 56, 

 62inillim. 



134. Chaerocampa assamensis, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 160 ; C. $ S. no. 64. 



The fore wing highly angled at vein 5 in both sexes. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown ; paired dark 

 brown streaks with pale streaks below them from top of head to 

 second segment of abdomen. Fore wing greyish brown, with a 

 black speck at base and streak on inner margin ; a large black 

 patch on the discocellulars, with a triangular patch above and 

 beyond it ; traces of a dark line from the end of the cell to the 

 inner margin ; a faint waved postmedial line met by a reddish 

 oblique streak from the apex, with some paler marks on it towards 

 inner margin. Hind wing purplish fuscous, with an obsolescent 

 paler subniargmal line ; the inner margin pale ; a streak of dark 



