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: 28. CH.EKOCAMPA DRANCUS. 



Sphinx drancus, Cramer. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 56, pi. 132. fig. F (1779). 

 Xylophanes dranciis, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 136. no. 1460 (1816). 

 Chcerocampa drancus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 133. no. 9 (1856). 

 Chcerocampa druacus (sic), Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 1861, Index. 



"East Indies" (Cramer). 



d f%9. Cl LEROCA MPA OLDESLANDI^E. (Plate XCI. fig. 1.) 



Sphinx oldenlandicp, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 148. no. 37 (1781). 

 Chcerocampa oldenlandice, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 142. no. 25 (1856). 

 Xylophanes gortys, Hubner, Samml. exot. Schmett. Zutrage, figs. 513, 514 (1806). 



North India (James, Argent, Stevens) ; Landoor (Hearsay) ; North Bengal (Savnders); 

 Shanghai, Java (Horsfield). B.M. 



The larva is dark slaty-brown, with continuous lateral series of varied but chiefly red- 

 brown ocellated spots ; the anterior segments sometimes black laterally and dorsally ; 

 the remaining segments sometimes laterally speckled with whitish ; the falces, legs, and 

 anal clasps black ; a black style-shaped anal horn, much like a needle sticking out of 

 the body ; it feeds on Cissus, Colocasia, and Balsaminea. 



30. Chjerocampa argentata. 



Chcerocampa argentata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 8, pi. ii. fig. 3. 



? Chcerocampa firmata, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 148. no. 36 (1856). 



Deilephila oldenlandics, Boisduval, Voy. de F Astrolabe, Ent. p. 184. no. 2 (1832-35). 



Chcerocampa oldenlandice, Koch, Indo-Austral. Lep. -Fauna, ii. p. 53 (1873). 



Moreton Bay (Gibbons); Sidney (Lambert); North Australia (Elsey); Australia 

 (Stutchbury, Stevenson, Stevens). Type, B.M. 



The only example which could be Walker's type was placed in the collection amongst 

 our examples of C. oldenlandias without any distinguishing label ; it is evident, therefore, 

 that (if it be the type) Mr. Walker must subsequent to his description of the species 

 have considered it identical with C. oldenlandice and abandoned it, throwing away the 

 ticket ; and as none of his types were labelled by him, this act would at once destroy 

 the best means of identifying his species. As it is, the example obtained from Mr. 

 Stevens of C. argentata differs in several important points from the description of ('. 

 firmata. 



, J 31. Chcerocampa rosina. 

 Chcerocampa rosina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 248, pi. xxxvii. fig. 6. 



Masuri, N.W. Himalayas (Hntton). Type, coll. F. Moore. 



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