90 SPHINGID^. 



The female (metallica) has the fore wing broader, with the outer 

 margin more excised below the apex. 

 Rob. Sikhim. Exp. 64-70 millim. 



132. Cheerocampa automedon, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 154 ; Butl. III. Het. 



v, pi. 79, fig. 1 ; C. &r S. no. 65. 

 Panacra truncata, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 160. 



The outer margin of fore wing angled at vein 5, more so in the 

 male than in the female. • 



Markiugs similar to those of metallica ; the coloration much 

 duller, being pale ochreous speckled with brown. Underside 

 nearly uniform dull ochreous ; one postmedial line coming out as 

 specks on the nervules, the others obsolescent on fore wing, 

 obsolete on hind wing ; outer margin rather darker. 



Female with the fore wing broader. 



Bab. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Pegu ; Rangoon. Exp. 54 millim. 



133. Chaerocampa mydon, Wlk. Cat. -viii, p. 155; Butl. III. Het. v, 



pi. 78, fig. 9; C. $ S. no. 66. 

 Panacra scapularis, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 157 ; Moore, Lep. E. I. C. pi. ix, 



figs. 5, 5 a (larva and pupa) ; C. § S. no. 70. 

 Panacra frena, Sivinh. Cat. Lep. Mus. Oxon. p. 12, pi. i, fig. 5. 



Fore wing less produced at apex ; the outer margin more erect 

 and excurved at median nervules. 



Differs from metallica in the postmedial lines of fore wing being 

 much more erect and highly waved ; the white on vertex of 

 thorax and proximal segments of abdomen comes out very strong 

 in some specimens ; the markings of the upperside and mottlings 

 of the underside vary from ochreous to red-brown. 



Larva greenish, with dark dorsal and lateral stripes and dorsal 

 spots ; a purplish ocellus on 4th somite. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Calcutta ; Sylhet ; Assam ; Java. Exp., S 56, 

 9 62 millim. 



134. Chaerocampa assamensis, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 160 ; C. $ S. no. 64. 



The fore wing highly angled at vein 5 in both sexes. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown ; paired dark 

 brown streaks with pale streaks below them from top of head to 

 second segment of abdomen. Pore wing greyish brown, with a 

 black speck at base and streak on inner margin ; a large black 

 patch on the discocellulars, with a triangular patch above and 

 beyond it ; traces of a dark line from the end of the cell to the 

 inner margin ; a faint waved postmedial line met by a reddish 

 oblique streak from the apex, with some paler marks on it towards 

 inner margin. Hind wing purplish fuscous, with an obsolescent 

 paler submarginal line ; the inner margin pale ; a streak of dark 



