436 COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE [NoV. 16, 



them would come, and the Macroglossa and Cephonodes would dis- 

 appear. In about half an hour the Nephele would vanish as suddenly 

 as they came, just about the time it was getting dark; and from then 

 till nine or ten o'clock Chcerocampa thyelia, C. celerio, Daphnis 

 nerii, and Protoparce orientalis would be hovering about the flowers, 

 and by ten o'clock the tree would be deserted, and it would remain 

 deserted until just before daybreak, when it always again had a 

 crowd of visitors. They invariably came and went in the same order. 

 I never found any on the tree during the middle of the night. 



SyNTOMIDjE. 



18. Eressa confinis. 



Syntomis confinis, Walker, vii. 1592 (1856). 

 April and October. 



I never saw this insect on the wing ; I usually found them lying 

 dead in the early morning in the verandah of my house. 



19. Syntomis cyssea. 



Sphinx cysseus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. 124, pi. 355. f. B. 

 January to March ; June, September, and November. 

 Flying in swarms over the flowering poppy-fields in February. 



Agaristid,e. 



20. EXJSEMIA afflicta. 



Eusemia afflicta, Butler, Ent. M. M. xii. p. 118 (1875). 

 June. 



LlTHOSIID^. 



21. Argina cribraria. 



Argina cribraria, Clerck, Icones, pi. 54. f. 4. 

 September and October. 



22. Argina notata. 



Argina notata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, part iv. Dec. 

 p. 365. n. 270. 

 September. 



23. Argina astrea. 



Phalcena astrea, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. pi. vi. f. 3. 

 September, October, and November. 



24. Deiopeia pulchella. 



Tinea pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 884. no. 349. 

 September to March. 



25. Deiopeia lotrix. 



Phalcena lotrix, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. 20, pi. 109. f. E. 

 September to March. 



