DEILEPHILA. 273 



Pupa. — The same shape as that of nerii, but less slender ; 

 -antenna longer than fore leg in $, equal to it in 2 ; a small 

 coxal piece. Surface smooth and shining. Cremaster elon- 

 gate-triangular, the tip truncate, with a short sharp tooth at 

 each lateral angle ; ventral surface bi- concave, with a median 

 keel and a ridge along each edge. Colour ochreous-brown 

 a broad, interrupted brown spiracular and a paler brown 

 subspiraeular stripe ; a narrow, jet-black ventral stripe from 

 tip of tongue to frons, continued as a broad dorsal stripe from 

 frons to cremaster ; spiracles and cremaster black. Length 

 ■60-70 mm. : breadth 15 mm. 



Habits. — Food-plant : Uncaria Schreb. in the Khasi Hills. 

 Mell gives the food-plant as Wendlandia paniculata DC. in 

 S. China, and the ' Revision ' gives Cinchona Linn., all of the 

 family Rubiacese. The larva is found on low bushes, usually 

 near water. Other habits as for nerii, 



SO. Deilephila layardi (Moore). (Fig. 68 H, genitalia). 



Daphnis layardi, Moore, 1882, p. 16, pi. lxxxiv, fig. 1 (Ceylon) ; 



Hampson, 1892, p 96. 

 Deilephila layardi, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 511 ; Seitz, 1929, p. 548, 



t. 63 a. 



Imago. — <£$. Differs from hypothous in being ruddy-brown, 

 not olive ; abdomen with a pale fringe to each segment. 

 Subbasal band of fore wing above broader than the interspace 

 between it and the dark discal area ; antemedian line distinct 

 only in front, almost touching at M 2 the olivaceous line which 

 runs parallel with the outer edge of the subbasal band ; proxi- 

 mal edge of discal area straight ; a white dot at apex of fore 

 wing above and at end of cell below. Expanse : $ 70-80 mm. 



<£. Sexual armature similar to that of hypothous, but the 

 harpe smaller (fig. 68 H). 



Hob. Ceylon. Rare ; earry stages unknown. 



81. Deilephila placida placida (Walk.). (Fig. 681, J, genitalia). 



Darapsa placida, Walker, 1856, p. 186 (Sumatra). 



Deilephila placida placida, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 512 ; Seitz, 1929, 



p. 548, t. 63 a. 

 Daphnis andamanus, Druee, 1882, p. 16 (Andamans^ ; Hampson, 



1892, p. 96. 



Imago. — $$. Differs from hypothous in the head, thorax 

 and abdomen being uniform reddish-brown without markings. 

 Fore wing upperside reddish-brown ; antemedian line mid-wa}^ 

 between the subbasal and discal bands ; the latter band not 

 wider between M 1 and M 2 than at hind margin, externally 

 rounded or angled at R 2 , the most distal point on R 2 , not 

 on R 3 ; proximal edge of olive-green discal area deeply 



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