572 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID. 
Genus 16. Dapunis, Hiibner. 
Daphnis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134 (1816). 
1. DapHNIS NERII. 
Sphinx nerii, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 798. no. 5 (1766) ; Roesel, Ins. Belust. iii. p. 85, pl. 15. 
~ figs. 1-8, pl. 16. figs. 4-6 (1755). 
Daphnis nerii, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134. no, 1441 (1816). 
Cherocampa nerii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiii. pl. 626. 
Deilephila nerii, Boisduyal, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 74. no. 6 (1833). 
Italy (Leach); Athens (Merlin); East India, Canara (Ward); Mauritius (Beke); 
Natal (Gueinzius). B.M. 
The examples mentioned by Mr. Walker as coming from Ceylon are sexes of D. 
hypothoiis of Cramer. ; ‘ 
2. DAPHNIS HYPOTHOUS. 
Sphinx hypothoiis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 165, pl. 285. fig. F (1782). 
Daphnis hypothoiis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134. no. 1440 (1816). 
Darapsa hypothoiis (part.), Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I. Comp. p. 271. no. 627, pl. x. figs. 2, 2a, transforma- 
tions (1857). 
3 2, Ceylon (Zempleton) ; Java (Horsfield); Labuan and Sarawak (Low). B.M. 
The larva of D. hypothoiis is figured in Horsfield and Moore’s Catalogue, pl. x. fig. 2. 
3. DAPHNIS PALLESCENS. 
Daphnis pallescens, Butler, P. Z.S. 1875, p. 6. 
Queensland (Janson). Type, B.M. 
4. DAPHNIS PROTRUDENS. 
Daphnis protrudens, Felder, Reise der Noy., Lep. iy. tab. lxxvi. fig. 7 (Nov. 1874). 
q 
Allied to the preceding. 
5. DAPHNIS ANGUSTANS. 
Daphnis angustans, Felder, Reise der Noy., Lep. iv. tab. Ixxvi. fig. 6 (Nov. 1874). 
2 
Allied to the succeeding species, but altogether darker and differently coloured. 
6. DAPHNIS HORSFIELDII, n. sp. 
Darapsa hypothoiis, Walker (nee Cramer), Lep. Het. viii. p. 185. no. 6 (1856). 
Darapsa hypothoiis 3, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.1. Comp. p. 271. no. 627 (1857). 
Smaller than D. hypothoiis; primaries with the outer margin much more waved, 
