538 MR. A. G-. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID^E. 



8. Lophura hyas. (Plate XC. figs. 1-3.) 

 Lophura hyas, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 107. no. 3 (185G). 



Hong-Kong ( Champion) ; Silhet (Doubleday) ; Java (Horsfield). Type, B.M. 



The larva of this species is green, varied with red-brown ; or red-brown, with lateral 

 oblique whitish lines and greenish anterior segments ; the horn always very long and 

 hair-like. The horn of one larva is frequently devoured by another. 



9. Lophura? asiliformis. 



Sphinx asiliformis , Fabricius, Eat. Syst. iii. 1, p. 357. no 7 (1793). 

 India. 

 The secondaries of this species are described as " red, with a black margin." 



10. Lophura continua. 



Lophura continua, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 108. no. 5 (1856). 



Espirito Sancto (Stevens); Brazil (Becker). Lype, B.M. 



11. Lophura pylas. 



Sphinx pylas, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 23, pi. 206. fig. A (1782). 

 Enyo pylas, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 132. no. 1417 (1816). 

 Lophura pylas, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 106. no. 1 (1856). 

 Lophura brisceus, Walker, I.e. no. 2 (1856). 



Lophura brisceus, Boisduval, Voy. de Delagorgue, ii. p. 594. no. 100 (1847) ; Wallengren. Kongl. 

 Vetensk. Akad. Handl. v. p. 17 (1863). 

 Caffraria (Becker); South Africa (Smith) ; Cape (Drege); Port Natal (Gneinzius and 

 Plant). B.M. 



Genus 20. Calliomma, Walker. 

 Calliomma, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 108. gen. 8 (1856). 



1. Calliomma 1 pluto. 



Sphinx pluto, Linnaeus, Mus. Lesk. p. 95. no. 184; Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 40, pi. 216. fi" K 



(1782). 

 Calliomma pluto, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 111. no. 3 (1856). 

 Hcmerop/a/tcs pluto, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 47 (1865). 

 Hemerop/anes plutonius, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1427 (1816). 



Brazil (Stevens). B.M. 



I cannot agree with Mr. Grote in placing this insect with Heme roy lanes; it is much 

 nearer iu form to Calliomma, but seems in some respects to approach Zonilia ; Cramer's 

 figure exaggerates the angulation of the primaries, which in reality is very slight. 



