LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 135 



Sphinx Anubus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 46, pi. 128, f. C. Fair. Sp. 

 Ins. ii. 152, 56 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 98, 60 ; Ent. Syst. Hi. 1, 376, 

 62. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2384, 88. 



Surinam. 



Africa. 

 Group 1. 

 Structure of C. Celerio. 



14. CHiEROCAMPA OsiRIS. 



Cervina ; capitis thoracisque antici latera subroseo-albida ; thorax 

 vittis quatuor lateralibus argenteis unaque media subroseo- 

 alba ; abdomen lineis tribus [media duplicata subrosea, late- 

 ralibus interruptis) argenteis , lateribus basi subroseis nigra 

 quadrinotatis ; alee anticce vittis tribus subroseo -argenteis ex 

 parte nigro marginatis, striga basali guttaque discali nigris ; 

 posticce rosea, basi saturatiores, vittis duabus nigro-fuscis. 



Deilephila Osiris, Dalm. Analecta Entom. 48, 21. Boisd. Icon. 

 Hist. Lep. Sphing. 18, pi. 49, f. 1 ; Gen. et Ind. Meth. Eur. 

 Lep. 47, 378. Duponch. 



Fawn-colour. Head and fore part of the thorax pinkish white 

 along each side. Head whitish beneath. Thorax with a pinkish 

 white middle stripe, and with four lateral silvery stripes. Abdomen 

 with three silvery lines, the middle one double and with a pinkish 

 hue, the lateral pair interrupted ; basal part pinkish on each side, 

 and with a widely interrupted black band, near which there are two 

 lateral black spots* Fore wings with three pinkish silvery stripes, 

 which are partly bordered with black ; the first irregular and accom- 

 panied by a black basal streak and a black discal dot ; the middle 

 one triple; the third along the exterior border, and nearly triple ; a 

 silvery white line along the interior border. Hind wings rosy, 

 brightest at the base, with two blackish brown stripes, the first inter- 

 rupted, the second broader than that of C. Celerio, from which C. 

 Osiris is especially distinguished by the black marks on the abdo- 

 men. Length of the body 17 — 21 lines; of the wings 34 — 36 

 lines. 



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