LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 187 



Deilephila Evas, Boisd. Faune de I'Oceanie, 185. Feisth. Mag. 

 Zool. 1839; Ins. pi. 21, f. 2. 



Australia. 



Country unknown. 



10. Darapsa Porcus. 



Viridescens ; caput antice fulvescens ; thoracis latera albida ; ab- 

 domen rubiginosum ; ala anticce apud marginem exteriorem 

 purpurascentes ; postica, fusca? . 



Oreus Porcus, Hubn. Exot. Schmett. hep. ii. Sphing. iii. Leg. ii. 

 Eumorphce B. Obliquostriatce, 1. 



Genus 23. DAPHNIS. 



Corpus crassum. Caput subconicuru. Proboscis longa. An- 

 tennas subfiliformes. Abdomeu oblanceolatum, thorace duplo lon- 

 gius. Pedes longi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longissimis. Alae longae, sat angusta? ; anticae acuminata?, apud 

 costam recta?, margine exteviore perobliquo vix undulato; posticae 

 subacunrinatae, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem emargi- 

 nato. Mas. — Antennae serratae, thorace non breviores. Fcem. — 

 Antennae simplices, thorace paullo breviores. 



Daphnis, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 134 ; Steph. 

 Deilephila, p., Boisd. hid. Meth. 

 Chaerocampa, Curt. 



Body thick. Head somewhat conical. Proboscis long. Palpi 

 as usual. Antennas subfiliforin. Abdomen oblanceolate, about 

 twice the length of the thorax. Legs long, moderately stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings long, rather narrow. 

 Fore wings acuminated, straight along the costa, very oblique along 

 the exterior border, which is indistinctly undulating; inferior veins 

 much as usual. Hind wings slightly acuminated ; exterior border 

 somewhat emarginated towards the interior angle. Male. — An- 

 tennae serrated, as long as the thorax. Female. — Antennse simple, 

 a little shorter than the thorax. 



