ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID.E. 623 



7. Nephele variegata. 



Nephele variegata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 15. no. .31. 



Congo {Richardson) \ AMca (Milne); Abyssinia. Type, B.M. 



Possibly a variety, or more probably a local form, of ¥. accetitifera. 



8. Nephele accentifeba. 



Sphinx accentifera, Palisot de Beauvais, Ins. rec. en Afrique et en Amerique, p. 264, pi. xxiv. fig. 1 



(1805). 

 Sphinx (Dei/ephila) tridyma, Van der Hoeven, Tijd. voor Naturlijke Gesch. en Phys. vii. p. 278. 



no. 2, pi. 5. figs. 2 a, 2 b (1840). 

 Deilephila Ranzani, Bertoloni, Mem. Acoad. Sci. Istit. Bologna, ii. p. 183. no. 21, tab. 9. fig. 6 (1850) . 



Sierra Leone (ilfbr^a«). B.M. 



This species was omitted by Mr. Walker ; and I have to thank Mr. Kirby for calling 

 my attention to it. Bertoloni's figure is very poor, the abdomen being represented as 

 uniform. 



9. Nephele malgassica. (K Densoi 1) 



Zonilia malgassica, Felder, Raise der Nov., Lap. iv. tab. 76. fig. 2 (1874). 

 Madagascar. 



10. Nephele peneus. 



Sphinx peneus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 139, pi. 88. fig. D (1779). 

 Zonilia peneus (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 193. no. 2 (1856). 

 Var. Nephele peneus , Hopffer in Peters's Reise nach Mossambique, Ins. p. 422, pi. 27. fig. 11 (1862). 



West Africa ((Sfewj^s) ; Africa (ifjYne) ; Sierra Leone (iI/or^«H)- B.M. 



IL Nephele comma. 



Nephele comma, HopflPer in Peters's Reise nach Mossambique, Ins. p. 424, pi. 27. fig. 12 (1862). 

 Zonilia comma, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 33 (1864). 

 Zonilia viridescens, var. 7, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 193 (1856). 



Port Natal (Gueinzius). B.M. 



Our example is darker and not so green as Hopffer's figure. 



12. Nephele viridescens. 

 Zonilia viridescens (part.). Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 192. no. 1 (1856). 



Port Natal (Gmctwzims). '^YP^j B.M. 



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