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13. Ch^ROCAMPA CLOTHO. 



Sphinx clotho, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 28. fig. 1. 

 Chcerocampa clotho, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 141 (1856). 

 I took a specimen in Satsuma in May. 

 Satsuma {Leech). Silhet, North India, Ceylon, Java. 



14. ChjErocAmpa japonica. 



Chcerocampa japonica, Boisd. Ins. Lep. Het. i. p. 241. 



In his catalogue Pryer observes of this species that it is common 

 about Yokohama. I took it in Satsuma in May, and at Nagasaki in 

 June, and Hakodate in August. 



Yokohama {Pryer) ; Satsuma, Nagasaki, Hakodate {Leech) ; 

 Corea {Herz). 



15. Ch^ROCAMPA OLDENLANDIjE. 



Sphinx oldenlandicB, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 148. 37. 



Xylophanes gortys, Hiibn. Zeit. Samml. exot. Schmett. p. 28. 513, 

 514 ; Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 142. 



A long series of this species, including several specimens bred at 

 this Society's Gardens, from larvae which I brought from Yoko- 

 hama, where the larvse are common, feeding on taro and balsam. 



Yokohama {Pryer and Leech). North India, Java, AustraUa, 

 Sydney. 



16. Chcerocampa nessus. 



Sphinx nessus, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 46, pi. xxvii. fig. 1 

 (1773). 



Theretra equestris, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135 (1816). 



Chcerocampa nessus, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 140 (1856). 



This appears to be a common species at Yokohama. Nine speci- 

 mens in Fryer's collection are fairly constant in coloration. 



Yokohama {Pryer). North India, Silhet, Ceylon, Hong Kong, 

 Java, Kanara. 



17. Ch^rocampa elpenor. 



Sphinx elpenor, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 492 ; Hiibn. Sphing. p. 96, 

 pi. X. fig. 61. 



Chcerocampa elpenor, Westw. & Humph. Brit. Moths, i. p. 22, 

 pi. 51. figs. 7-8. 



<S . Chcerocampa macromera, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 7 ; 

 111. Typ. Lep. Het. v. pi. Ixxix. fig. 3. 



§ . Chcerocampa fraterna, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 247; 

 111. Typ. Lep. Het. v. pi. Ixxix. fig. 4 ; teste Fixsen, Rom. Mem. 

 sur Lep. iii. p. 321. 



Chcerocampa lewisii, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 247. 



Except that some examples are more rosy than the type, the 

 specimens from Oiwake, in Pryer's collection, and others I took at 

 Shimonoseki and Gensan in July, are not separable from C. elpenor. 



Oiwake {Pryer) ; Shimonoseki, Gensan {Leech) ; Kiukiang {Pratt) ; 

 Hakodate. 



