2 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



below the middle, tlie radial from tlie angle ; cell short ; middle median at one-fifth, 

 and lower median at three-fifths before end of the cell ; submedian much recurved 

 ujjwards, basal branch short : hindwing short, somewhat pointed at the apex ; exterior 

 margin very oblique, recurved ; abdominal margin very short ; costal vein extendino- 

 to apex ; subcostal joined to costal by a short oblique ascending spur at nearly one-half 

 from its base ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; upper much arched from 

 its base ; discocellular outwardly oblique, slightly bent inward at the middle ; radial 

 from the angle ; middle median at one-fifth and lower median at nearly one-half 

 before end of the cell ; submedian straight, internal recurved. Body fusiform ; head 

 large, prominent, conical; palpi large, thick, projecting beyond front of head; legs 

 long, slender ; antennse of male serrated-ciliate ; proboscis rather long. 



NEPHELE HESPERA (Plate 72, Fig. 1, 1 a, b, larva). 



Sphinx hespera, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 546 (1775). 



Nepliele liespera, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 624 (1876). 



Sphinx chiron, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 62, pi. 137, f. E (1779). 



Sphinx Morpheus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 8i, pi. 149, f. D (1779). 



Zonilia Morpheus, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. viii. p. 194 ; Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lap. Het. p. 139. 



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



Sphinx quaterna, Charpentier, Edit. Esper's Ausl. Schmett. Sph. pi. 1, f. 2 (1830). 



Perigonia obliterans, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 28 (18G4). 



Greenish ohve-brown : forewing crossed by two waved more or less distinct 

 darker subbasal lines, two antemedial and two sinuous postmedial lines, a similar 

 coloured discal sinuous line, and an angulated submarginal line ; some specimens of 

 both sexes with a very indistinct blackish discocellular spot or a small pure white 

 lunule and contiguous upper spot, the two latter being also sometimes connected : 

 hindwing darker brown, the outer border somewhat dusky. Abdomen with broad 

 black segmental lateral bands ; sides of thorax and palpi beneath grey ; legs greyish- 

 brown. 



Expanse 2} to 3 inches. 



Larva (Young). Olive-green, minutely dotted with olive- brown ; from 4th 

 segment a dorsal row of slender oblique violet-brown streaks, below which is 

 a longitudinal line extending to tip of horn ; a reversely oblique violet-brown 

 streak also on 7th to 11th segment; spiracles black. Adult : green, with an oblique 

 pale-bordered stripe on 3rd to 6th segment, and a longitudinal line from 8tli segment 

 to base of horn ; spiracles black. Pupa pale dull red ; wing cases with a few dusky 

 spots; abdominal segments minutely spotted, and a lateral darker streak; spiracles 

 and caudal spine black. 



" Feeds on Garissa Carandas." 



