1885.] of bombay and the deccan. 2s9 



14. Chcerocampa rafflesii. 



Choerocampa rafflesii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 556 (1876). 

 Poona, November and December ; Bombay, September. 



15. Chcerocampa oldenlandi^. 



Sphinx oldenlandice, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 148 (1781). 

 Poona, June ; Belgaum ; Bombay. 



16. Chcerocampa CLOTHo. 



Sphinx clotho, Urury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 28. f. 1 (1773), 

 Belgaum ; Bombay, August to October. 



17. Chcerocampa gonograpta. 



Chcerocampa r/onograpta, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 249. 



Poona, March and July ; Belgaum ; Bombay, July, August, and 

 September. 



I received one chrysalis from Poona on the 4th November, 1882, 

 which had then turned only a day or two, and the perfect insect did 

 not emerge till 4th April 1883. 



18. Chcerocampa punctivenata. 



Choerocampa punctivenata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 248. 

 Bombay, July and August. 



19. Chcerocampa LUCASii. 

 Deilephila lucasii, Walker, viii. 141. 

 Bombay, September, October, and November. 



20. Protoparce orientalis. 



ProtojJarce orientalis, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 609 (1876). 



Poona, June, August, September, and October ; Bombay, 

 September and October. 



The larvfe feed on Colice, length 3| inches, colour dark greenish- 

 ohve, with seven dark reddish-brown stripes, with small ocelH between 

 the stripes, each ocellus with a black eye ; the skin has a leather-like 

 appearance, with an absence of the beautiful shades of colour usual 

 with the larvae of sphinges ; the pupa is dark brown, with a looped 

 proboscis like the pupa of Pergesa acteus. 



Larval stage 28 to 30 days, pupal stage 16 days. 



21. DiLUDIA VATES. 



Diludia votes, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 13. 

 Poona ; Bombay, August, September, and October. 

 The Poona specimens are very small. 

 Expanse of wings 2^-^ and 3 inches. 



22. Ambulyx turbata. 



Ambulyx turbata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 252. 

 Belgaum. 



