1886.] lepidoptera of mhow. 435 



9. Deilephila livornica. 



Sphinx livornica, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. ii. pp. 87, 196, pi. 8. f. 4 

 (1785). 

 June. 



10. Daphnis nerii. 



Sphinx nerii, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 798 (1766). 

 September, October, and November. 



11. POLYPTICHUS DENTATUS. 



Sphinx dentata, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 42, pi. 125. f. G (1779). 

 October. 



12. Leucophlebia bicolor. 



Leucophlebia fjicolor, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 16, pi. 2. f. 5. 

 June and July. 



13. Basiana cervina. 



Basiana cervina, "Walker, viii. 237 (1856^. 

 August {Forsayeth). 



14. AcHERONTIA STYX. 



Acherontia styx, Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 88, pi. 42, f. 3 

 (1847). 



September. 



15. Acherontia morta. 



Acherontia morta, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 140 (1816). 

 February and September. 



16. Protoparce orientalis. 



Protoparce orientalis, Butler, Tr. Z. S. 1877, vol. ix. part 10, 

 p. 609. 



June, July, and September. 



17. Nephele hespera. 



Sphinx hespera, Fabr. Syst. Ent, p. 546 (1775). 



Common from September to June. Very plentiful in November. 



Hawk-Moths v^ere in extraordinary abundance in September 1881 

 in Mhow. A large thorny tree in my garden remained in full 

 blossom for the greater part of that month, and I spent many 

 evenings sitting under it watching these moths. About half an 

 hour before sunset a few Cephonodes hylas would come, to be followed 

 in a short time by Macroglossa belis and M. gyrans; then would fly 

 by with a rush a single Nephele hespera. He would circle round 

 and fly away, and a minute afterwards thousands of these insects 

 would take possession of the tree. The solitary one always came first, 

 apparently to see that all was safe, then flew away and a multitude of 



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