624 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID.E. 



'13. XEPHELE FUNEBR1S. 



Sphinx funebris, Fabricius, Exit. Syst. iii. p. 371. no. 47 (1793). 



Zonilia viridescens (part., and var. /3), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 192. no. 1 (1856). 



Congo (Richardson) ; Ambriz (Monteiro). B.M. 



This species may at once be distinguished from the preceding by the much more 

 regular submarginal line of primaries, the usually greener tint, and the less prominent 

 lateral black bars on the abdomen, which at the base are obsolete ; the dark border 

 of secondaries is also broader. The variety described by Walker has a silver spot on 

 the primaries somewhat like that of N. comma, but less oblique. 



• / 14. Xephele hespeea. (Plate XCI. figs. 20, 21.) 



Sphinx hespera, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 54-6. n. 33 (1775). 



Sphinx chiron, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 62, pi. 137. fig. E (1779). 



Nephele chiron, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1434 (1816) . 



Zonilia chiron, Walker, Lep. Het. yiii. p. 196. no. 8 (1856). 



Perigonia obliterans, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 28 (1864). 



Var. Sphinx morpheas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 84, pi. 149. fig. D (1779) . 



Nephele morpheus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1432 (1816) . 



Zonilia morpheus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 194. no. 5 (1856). 



Sphinx didijma, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 148. no. 41 (1781). 



Nephele didyma, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1433 (1816). 



N. hespera type : N. India (Baker, Strachey) ; Almorah (Stevens)) Landoor (Hearsay); 

 £. India, Canara ( Ward) ; Ceylon (Templeton) ; Australia (Hunter). B.M. 



N. morpheus type : N. India (Baker) ; Landoor (Hearsay) ; Canara ( Ward) ; Ceylon 

 (Templeton) ; Australia (Hunter). B.M. 



" Larva dark green, unspotted, without eyes ; front segments nonretractile, but 

 attenuated in front, with small globose head. A longitudinal line from the front of 

 sixth segment white, and rising abruptly near the tail, fading in front into yellowish 

 green. The fourth, fifth, and upper part of sixth segments are striped diagonally, the 

 lines being rather faintly defined except on the fifth segment, where (near the bottom 

 of the side) they are pure white. Horn purplish grey ; scaly legs ditto, with dark 

 articulations and stripe down the middle. Spiracles purplish red, ill-defined." 



" Changes beneath fallen leaves and rubbish. Chrysalis state lasts about twenty days. 

 End of April, May, and June. Feeds on the KlerKei (Mai.). Kowlee Murrei (Car.)." 



15. Xephele subvaria. 



Zonilia subvaria, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 196. no. 9 (1856). 



Australia (Strange). Ivpe, B.M. 



