194 CATALOGUE OF 



4. ZONILIA ARGENTIFERA. 



Obscure olivaceo-viridis, subtus sordide albida ; caput subtus 

 album ; thorax albido bistrigatus ; abdomen fasciis albidis 

 utrinque dilatatis maculisque lateralibus subquadratis nigris ; 

 alee anticce fasciis duabus subargentatis, litura discali argen- 

 fea, fascia exteriore cinerea intus angulata nigroque margi- 

 nata; posticce viridescentes, margine nigricante. 



Dark olive-green, dingy whitish beneath. Head white beneath. 

 Antennae with white tips. Thorax with a whitish streak along each 

 side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments with whitish hind 

 borders, which are dilated on each side, and accompanied by large 

 subquadrate black spots. Fore wings with two slightly silvery 

 bands, which converge hindward, and have between them a bright 

 silvery lanceolate mark ; a gray band along the exterior margin, its 

 inner side angular and bordered with black. Hind wings greenish, 

 blackish at the tips and along most of the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



Port Natal. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Asia. 



5. Zontlia Morpheus. 



Cinereo-fusca aut ferruginea ; antennce apice albidce ; abdomen 

 maculis lateralibus nigricantibus ; alee anticce nonnunquam 

 subglaucescentes, fasciis undulatis obscurioribus, litura discali 

 argentea nonnunquam divisa tripartita aut subobsoleta ; pos- 

 ticce ferruginosce^ ciliis albidis. 



Sphinx Morpheus, Cram, Pap. Exot. ii. 84, pi. 149, f. D. 

 Sphinx Hespera, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 152, 54; Mant. Ins. ii. 91, 59; 

 Ent. Syst. in. 1, 372, 49. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2384, 87. 

 Nephele Morpheus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 133, 1432. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



b. North India From Mr. James' collection. 



c—f. Landoor, N.W. Himalaya. Presented by General Hearsay. 



Larva feeds on Carissa Kara n das,'' — MSS. 

 g—L North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



m, n. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



o — r. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 

 s, t. Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 

 v, u. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 w. North India. Presented by Major Baker. 



