ILLUSTRATIONS 



TYPE SPECIMENS 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



SPHINGIDtE. 



CHiEROCAMPA, Duponchel. 

 Chserocampa siiflfusa. (Plate XLI. fig. 1.) 

 Chaerocampa sufFusa, WaVar, Cat. Lcp. Htt. viii. p. 146. u. 42 (1856). 



Primaries above pearly whitisli, with stramineous costal margiu aud a broad rufous- 

 brown costal border tapering to apex ; subcostal area rather dusky and limited by a very 

 oblique olive-brown stripe, followed by two parallel lines of the same colour ; a tapering 

 oblique rufous-brown fascia, with paler central streak, from inner margin to apex, followed by 

 a stripe of the same colour parallel to the outer margin ; fringe rufous-brown ; edge of inner 

 margiu white : secondaries rose-red, with black subbasal patch ; abdominal border whitish ; 

 outer border pale flesh-coloured ; a submarginal blackish belt : head and thorax olivaceous, with 

 whitish borders ; thorax with a broad longitudinal central stripe ; abdomen sandy reddish, 

 with pale longitudinal central stripe, bounded on each side by olivaceous ; antennae white. 

 Wings below ochraccous, speckled and bordered with pearly grey ; the primaries with a broad 

 subbasal rosy nebula ; body below pale flesh-coloured, the palpi aud under siu'face of anterior 

 legs white. Expanse of wings 3 inches 11 lines. 



Hong-Kong (Bowring). 



Chaerocampa palUcosta. (Plate XLI. fig. 2.) 



Chaerocampa pallicosta, Walker^ Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 145. n. 31 (1856). 



Primaries above reddish chocolate-colour, with the subcostal area at the base and the 

 external third sufi'used with lilaciue ; a broad, transverse, discal, dentate-sinuate band of the 

 ground-colour edged with blackish internally j costal margin stramineous, a spot at the end 



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