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SPHINGIDvE. 



Larva green, with yellow dots at sides ; a darker dorsal line ; 

 a subdorsal purple-red band, edged with yellow on thoracic somites 

 and with white from 4th somite ; a blue ocellus on 3rd somite ; a 

 series of blue white-centred ocelli from 5th to 10th somites ; horn 

 purple-brown, with white tubercles. Before changing the larva 

 becomes blotched with dark red ; in the early stages the ground- 

 colour is pale red or green. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Java ; Borneo. Exp. 98- 

 124 millim. 



148. Daphnis andamanns, Dmce, Ent. Mo. Mag. xix, p. 16 ; C. # S. 



no. 116. 



Differs from Jiypothous in the head, thorax, and abdomen being 

 uniform red-brown without markings. Fore wing red-brown, the 

 subbasal and postmedial bands narrower, the latter with the angles 

 at veins 1 and 5, but not produced outwards along vein 4. Hind 

 wing red-brown. 



Allied to horsfieldi, But!., from Java and New Guinea, but 

 redder and without the body-markings. 



Hab. Audaraans. Exp. 68 millim. 



149. Daphnis layardi, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 16, pi. 84, fig. 1 ; C. $ 8. 



no. 117. 



Differs from hypotlwus in being ruddy brown, not olive in hue ; 

 abdomen with a pale fringe to each segment. Underside with the 

 white spots at apex of fore wing and at end of cell of each wing 

 minute. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 86 millim. 



150. Daphnis ernestinus, Moore, Lep. CeyL iii, p. 534, pi. 211, fig. 1. 



Differs from layardi in being pale greyish brown; sides of 

 thorax but slightly darker ; no dark patches at end of abdomen. 

 Fore wing with the basal black spot on a grey patch ; the pale 

 antemedial area wider ; the dark postmedial area with a diffused 

 and not angulate outer margin ; the markings towards outer 

 margin very faint. Hind wing uniform dark brown, with a pale 

 submarginal line. 



Hab. Pundaloya, Ceylon. Rep. 64 millim. 



151. Daphnis bhaga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1805, p. 794 j C. $ S. no. .115. 



Differs from layardi in the head, thorax, and abdomen being 

 uniform brown, except that the last two segments of the abdomen 

 have a dark triangular dorsal patch. Fore wing highly excised 

 below the apex ; the basal markings absent and replaced by an 

 oblique pale line ; the medial pale shade more diffused ; the dark 

 postmedial patch with more angulate outer edge ; a curved line 



