L EP I D OPTE R A, SPHiNGIDAE. 



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Cechenena minor Butler. 



Japanese name: Takasago-suzume- (Plate "V, fig. 4.) 



Imago.— Fore-wings ochre -yellow, partly purplish- brown sprinkled; costa greensh- yellow, suffused with 

 olive green towards middle; a purplish -brown discal dot; a purplish -brown fascia, generally containing two 

 dark lines, from middle of dorsum to apex, preceded by two greenish- brown lines and followed by greenish- 

 brown fascia; subterminal streak purplish- brown. Hind-wings black; a broad subterminal fascia orange. 

 Fore -wings below orange, with marginal yellowish-brown, black sprinkled; basal area darkish; three across 

 lines blackish. Hind- wings below dull whitish -orange. Expanse, about 100mm. Head and thorax olive- 

 green, bordered with whitish-rosy; abdomen olive -green, with yellow mixed with red laterally; four whitish- 

 rosy longitudinal stripes on back; posteriorly sprinkled with purplish-brown. Length, 45mm. 



Distribution. —Formosa. 



