DAPHNIS. 



95 



Head green, rufous in front ; a grey band on vertex. Thorax 

 green, the collar outlined in grey ; a triangular grey patch on the 

 vertex. Abdomen paler green, with oblique lines at the side ; 



Fig. 54. — Daphnis nerii, § • i- 



paired dark green lateral blotches on penultimate, and a single 

 dorsal blotch on ultimate segment. Fore wing dark green ; a 

 white patch with a black spot on it at base ; some medial whitish 

 conjoined bands, rosy towards hind margin ; an outwardly oblique 

 band from costa to vein 4 ; an oblique streak from apex to vein 6 ; 

 a triangular purplish patch from below the cell to near outer 

 margin. Hind wing fuscous, with a pale curved submarginal line, 

 beyond which the area is olivaceous. Underside suffused with 

 chestnut ; a white submarginal line to both wings ; a white speck 

 at end of cell of hind wing. 



Larva green, with a bluish lateral band from 4th somite to horn, 

 with white oval spots on it, and others above and below it ; 3rd 

 somite with a blue ocellus ; horn yellow. 



Sab. Europe; S.Africa; Mauritius; Aden; throughout India 

 and Ceylon. Exp. 70-120 millim. 



147. Daphnis hypothous, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii, p. 165 ; Moore, Lep. 

 Ceyl. ii, pi. 83, figs. 1, 1 a (larva and pupa) ; C. 8f S. no. 113. 



Differs from nerii in having the head and collar uniformly dark 

 purple-brown ; thorax and first two segments of abdomen dark green, 

 with a white fringe to the first ; the other segments dark olive- 

 brown, with the streaks and spots as in nerii. Wings similarly 

 marked, but very much darker on both upper and under side ; a 

 white spot at apex of fore wing and at end of cell of fore wing on 

 the underside. 



