538 MR. A. a. BUTLEB, OX THE SPHINGID^. 



8. LoPHUKA HYAS. (Plate XC. figs. 1-3.) 

 Lophura hyas, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 107. no. 3 (1856) . 



Kong-Kong {Champion) ; Silhet (BouMeda?/) ; Java, {Horsjleld). Type, B.M. 



The larva of this species is green, varied with red-brown ; or red-brown, with lateral 

 oblique whitish lines and greenish anterior segments ; the horn always very long and 

 hair-like. The horn of one larva is frequently devoured by another. 



9. LoPHUEA'? ASILIFOR-WIS. 



Sphinx asiliformis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 357. no 7 (1793). 



India. 



The secondaries of this species are described as " red, with a black margin." 



10. Lophura continua. 



Lophura continua, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 108. no. 5 (1856). 



Espirito Sancto {Stevens); Brazil {Becker). lype- B.M. 



11. Lophura pyl.\s. 



Sphinx pijlas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 23, pi. 206. fig. A (1783). 

 Enyopylas. Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 132. no. 1^117 (1816). 

 Lophura pylas, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 106. no. 1 (1856). 

 Lophura bristsus, Walker, /. c. no. 2 (1856). 



Lophura brismus, Boisduval, Voy. de Delagorgue, ii. p. S&i. no. 100 (18l!7) ; Wallengren. Kongl. 

 Vetensk. Akad. Handl. v. p. 17 (1863). 

 CafFraria {Becker) ; South Africa {Smith) ; Cape {Dr^ge) ; Port Natal ( Giieinzius and 

 Plant). B.M. 



Genus 20. Calliomma, Walker. 



Calliomma, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 108. gen. 8 (1856). 



1. Calliomma"? pluto. 

 Sphinx pluto, Linnaeus, Mus. Lesk. p. 95. no. 184; Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 40, pi. 316. fig. E 



(1782). 

 Calliomma pluto, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 111. no. 3 (1856). 

 Htiaeroplanes pluto, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 47 (1865). 

 Heiueroplanes plutonius, Hiibuer, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1427 (1816). 



Brazil {Stevens). B.M. 



I cannot agree with Mr. Grote in placing this insect with Hemeroylanes ; it is mucli 

 nearer in form to Calliomma, but seems in some respects to approach Zonilia ; Ciamer's 

 figure exaggerates the angulation of the primaries, which in reality is very slight. 



