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<3/6. Ch^rocampa_alecto. 

 Sphinx alecto, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 357 (1764) ; Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 27. fig. 4 



(1773). 

 Isoples alecto, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135. no. 1453 (1816). 

 Deilephila alecto, Boisduval, Ind. Metli. p. 46. no. 376. 

 Charocampa alecto, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 130. no. 3 (1856). 

 Deilephila cretica, Boisduval. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1827, p. 118, pi. 6. 



North India (James) ; Landoor (Hearsay) ; Silhet (Stainsforth) ; Hong-Kong (Stevens) ; 

 Borneo (Loive) ; J ava (Horsfield). B.M. 



Var. ] altogether paler (possibly faded). 

 Turkey (Loftus). B.M. 



C> / <• Cbl^bocampa suffusa. 



Charocampa suffusa, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 146. no. 32 (1856). 



Hong-Kong (Bowring) ; Borneo (Lowe, Wallace). Type, B.M. 



Allied to the preceding species. 



8. CH.EROCAMPA CECEOPS. 



Sphinx cecrops, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. B (1782). 

 Thaumas cecrops, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 138. no. 1478 (1816). 

 ■ Chmrocampa cecrops, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 145. no. 30 (1856) . 



Cape. 



This seems to be a remarkable variety of C. capensis ; but it may be distinct. 



£ { 9. Ch^eeocampa capensis. 



Sphinx capensis, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 349 (1764). 



Thaumas capensis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 138. no. 1477 (1816). 



Charocampa capensis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 139. no. 21 (1856). 



Sphinx immaculata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2386 ; Zschach, p. 95, pi. 3. fig. 283. 



Sphinx aas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. A (1782) . 



Cape (Brege, Milne, Becker) ; Natal (Queinzius) ; Zoolu (Angas). B.M. 



Somewhat like C. alecto, but altogether much paler. 



(I ( 10. Ch^eocampa eson. 



Sphinx eson, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 57, pi. 226. fig. C (1782). 

 Isoples' eson, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135. no. 1452 (1816). 

 Deilephila eson, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 71. no. 2 (1833). 

 Charocampa eson, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 137. no. 17 (1856). 



Natal ( Gueinzius) ; Cape (Becker). B.M. 



Evidently quite distinct from the Indian C. theylia ; it is as large as C. suffusa, which 

 it is not unlike. 



