172 CATALOGUE OF 



Madagascar. 

 Like the second European group. 



15. Deilephila biguttata. 



Olivaceo-fusca, subtus testacea ; caput et thorax albo marginata ; 

 abdomen maculis quatuor lateralibus nigris albidisque ; alee 

 anticce linea media testacea guttaque anterior e discali nigra ; 

 postica rubra, basi fasciaque nigris, plaga apud angulum 

 interiorem albida, margine exteriore testaceo. 



Brown, with a slight olive tinge, testaceous beneath. Head 

 and thorax with a white stripe along each side. Antennae and legs 

 whitish. Abdomen with two black and whitish spots on each side 

 at the base. Fore wings with a testaceous hardly undulating mid- 

 dle line, and with a black discal dot in front of the line ; fringe 

 white. Hind wings rosy, black towards the base, and with a black 

 exterior band ; a whitish mark by the interior angle ; exterior bor- 

 der whitish. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Madagascar. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Asia. 



The second European group is represented by the following 

 species. 



16. Deilephila Lathykus. 



Viridi-fusca, subtus pallide testacea ; caput subtus palpique apice 

 alba ; capitis thoracisque latera alba ; abdominis dimidium 

 basale lateribus albidis nigro quadrimaculatis, segmenta 

 posteriora lineis transversis interruptis albidis ; ala anticce 

 testacea! plaga basali, maculis duabus anticis lineaque obliqua 

 postice dilatata viridi-fuscis ; posticce nigra vitta subrosea, 

 margine exteriore subtestaceo. 



Deilephila Lathyrus, Boisd. MS 8. 



a — d. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



