"26$ SPHINGIDJE. 



Larvae. 



1. An ocellus on segment 4 2. 



No ocellus on segment 4 4. 



2. A broad, interrupted, blue dorso-lateral [p. 272. 



stripe D. h.hypothous (Cram.), 



No such stripe 3. 



3. Ocellus blue with white pupil D. nerii (Linn.), p. 269. 



Ocellus blue with darker blue pupil D. m. minima (Butl.), 



[p. 275. 



4. .Spiracles orange D. p.placida (Walk.), 



[p. 274. 



Pupm. 



1. Cremaster conical, ending in two short 



teeth D. nerii (Linn.), p. 271. 



Cremaster elongate-triangular, the tip 

 truncate, with a short, sharp tooth at each 

 lateral angle ; ventral surface with 

 a median keel 2. 



2. Colour ochreous-brown ; a black stripe from 



head to cremaster dorsally and from head [(Cram.), p. 273. 



to tip of tongue vent-rally D.h. hypothous 



Colour pale terra-cotta ; the black stripe [p. 275. 



on segment 2 only dorsally D. m. minima (Butl.), 



78. Deilephila nerii (Linn.). (Fig. 68 A-E, genitalia; fig. 69, 

 imago ; PL III, fig. 10, larva, fig. 11, pupa). 



. Sphinx nerii, Linnaeus, 1758, p. 490 ; id., 1767, p. 798 ; Cramer, 



1779, p. 51, pi. ccxxiv, fig. D (Coromandel). 

 Daphnis nerii. Moore, 1857, p. 272. pi. x, figs. 3, 3 a (1., p.) (Dukhun ; 



Madras) ; id., 1865, p. 794 (Bengal) ; Butler, 1881 A, p. 613 



(Kurachi) ; Moore, 1882, p. 14, pi. lxxxii, figs. 1, 1 a (1., i.) ; 



Swinhoe, 1884, p. 513 (Kurachi); id., 1885 A, p. 288 (Poona ; 



Bombay) ; id.. 1886, p. 435 (Mhow) ; id., 1888, p. 119 (Kurachi) ; 



Sampson, 1892, p. 94, fig. 54 (2). 

 Deilephila nerii, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 507 ; Jordan, 191 1, p. 250, 



t. 39 c ; Seitz, 1929, p. 547. 



Imago. — <£2. Head green, rufous in front, a grey band 

 on vertex. Thorax green, the collar outlined in grey ; a 

 triangular grey patch on vertex. Abdomen pale green, with 

 dark green lateral oblique stripes and a pale subbasal belt ; 

 paired green lateral blotches on penultimate and a single 

 dorsal blotch on terminal segment. Fore wing bright green ; 

 a basal white patch with a black spot on it : some median, 

 whitish, conjoined bands, rosy towards hind margin ; an 

 outwardly oblique band from cost a to R 3 ; an oblique streak 

 from apex to R 1 ; a triangular, purplish patch from below 

 cell to near outer margin. Hind wing fuscous with a pale, 

 curved, submarginal line, beyond which the colour is dark 

 olivaceous. Underside suffused with chestnut ; a white sub- 

 marginal line on both wings : a white speck at end of cell of 

 hind wing. First segment of posterior tarsus considerably 

 longer than tibia and than segments 2 to 5, long apical spur of 



