OS SPHINGIDJE. 



sion ; the two dorsal lines on abdomen silvery white, as also the 

 oblique stripes on fore wing ; the sides of abdomen ochreous, not 

 golden. Hind wing with the submarginal band ochreous and 

 narrow. 



The form puellaris from the N.W. Himalayas is small and 

 pale. 



Larva pale purplish brown ; a subdorsal line of yellow and 

 white spots with a pale lateral line below them on the thoracic 

 somites ; black-ringed ocelli on 4th to 10th somites, the first two 

 centred with blue, the posterior with purple. In the early stages 

 these posterior ocelli are centred with crimson, and there are 

 dorsal bands of yellow specks. 



Hab. Egypt ; throughout Asia ; Philippines ; Java ; Aru. 

 Exp. 80 millim., {puellaris) 54 millim. 



126. Chaerocampa silhetensis, Wlk. Cat. viii, p, 143; Bull. Trans. 



Zool. Soc. ix, pi. 92, tig. 8 (larva and pupa) ; C. § S. no. 93. 

 Chaerocampa bisecta, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 278. 

 Xylophanes pinastiina, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 18, pi. 87, fig. 2. 



Differs from oldenlandice in being very much paler, with but one 

 white line down centre of abdomen. Fore wing with only the line 

 beyond the oblique brown band silvery; the others ochreous. 



Larva green, with the dorsal area red-brown ; a subdorsal paler 

 line with equal-sized ocelli from 4th to 10th somites with green 

 centres ; horn red-brown. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Java ; Borneo ; Formosa ; 

 Japan. Exp. 60-68 millim. 



127. Chaerocampa vigil, Guer. Deless. Voy. ii, p. 80, pi. 23, fig. 1 ; C. $ S. 



no. 71 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 87, figs. 3, 3 a, b (larva and 



pupa). 

 Panacra lignaria, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 156. 

 Sphinx phoenyx, Herr.-Schaff'er, Eur. Schmett. pi. 83, fig. 478. 



Head and thorax brown, with pale lateral streaks ; abdomen 

 brown, with numerous dark strigae and pairs of pale lateral strig33 

 on each segment. Fore wing brown ; the lines much as in celerio, 

 but without any silvery markings, those on the median nervure 

 being absent and the oblique line from the apex (which is much 

 more curved) and those towards outer margin being pale ochreous 

 brown. Hind wing smoky brown, with traces of a darker sub- 

 marginal line. 



Larva pale green or brown, with black dorsal dots ; an ocellus 

 on 4th somite, which is blue centred with yellow in the green 

 form, ochreous with black ring and centre in the brown form ; a 

 subdorsal line from 5th to 11th somite ; horn purplish in the 

 green form. 



Hab. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Andamans ; Philippines ; 

 Australia ; JNew Hebrides. Exp. 64-74 millim. 



