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6. Ch^rocampa alecto. 



Sphinx alecto, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 357 {\7Q-V) ; Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 27. fig. * 



(1773). 

 Isoples alecto, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135. no. 1-453 (1816). 

 Deilephila alecto, Boisduval, Ind. Meth. p. 46. no. 376. 

 Charocampa alecto, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 130. no. 3 (1856). 

 Deilephila cretica, Boisduval. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1827, p. 118, pi. 6. 



North India (James) ; Landoor {Hearsay) ; Silhet [Stainsforth) ; Hong-Kong {Stevens) ; 

 Borneo {Lowe) ; Java {Horsjield). B.M. 



Var. 1 altogether paler (possibly faded). 

 Turkey {Loftus). B.M. 



7. Ch.:EEOCAMPA suffusa. 



Charocampa suffusa. Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 146. no. 33 (1856). 



Hong-Kong {Boioring) ; Borneo {Lowe, Wallace). Type, B.M. 



Allied to the preceding species. 



8. Charocampa cecrops. 



Sphinx cecrops, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. B (1782). 

 Thaumas cecrops, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 138. no. 1478 (1816) . 

 ChcBTOcampa cecrops, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 145. no. 30 (1856). 



Cape. 



This seems to be a remarkable variety of C. capensis ; but it may be distinct. 



9. CHiEROCAMPA CAPENSIS. 



Sphinx capensis, Linnseus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 349 (1764). 



Thaumas capensis , Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 138. no. 1477 (1816). 



Charocampa capensis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 139. no. 21 (1856) . 



Sphinx immaculata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2386 ; Zschach, p. 95, pi. 3. fig. 283. 



Sphinx mas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. A (1782). 



CaTpe {Brege, Milne, Becker); Natal ((rwemzms); Zoolu (^«^as). B.M. 



Somewhat like C. alecto, but altogether much paler. 



10. Charocampa eson. 



Sphinx eson, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. C (1782). 

 Isoples' eson, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135. no. 1452 (1816). 

 Deilephila eson, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 71. no. 2 (1833). 

 ChoBTocampa eson, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 137. no. 17 (1856). 



Natal ( GMe^M^^Ms) ; Ca.^e {Becker). B.M. 



Evidently quite distinct from the Indian C. theylia ; it is as large as C. suffusa, which 

 it is not unlike. 



