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China (Bowring, Harrington, Beeves); Japan (Wliitely); Moulmein (Clerck); Ceylon 

 (Wenham); North India (James) ; Nepal (Bamsay) ; Moreton Bay (Gibbons); Australia 

 (Hunter) ; Congo (Curror) ; West Africa (Argent) ; South Africa (Angas) ; Natal ( Guein- 

 zius, Trimen). B.M. 



One of our Natal examples agrees very fairly with the figure of M. apus ; it is, how- 

 ever, rather less like typical H. hylas. Mr. Lewis tells me that when H. hylas first leaves 

 the pupa the primaries are covered with yellow scales ; he found the larva feeding on 

 Gardenia. 



25. Hemaris virescens. 



Potidiea virescens, Wallengren, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl. v. no. 4, p. 17. no. 1 (1865). 



East Caffraria. 

 Allied to II. hylas. 



26. Hemaris croatica. 



Sphinx croatica, Esper, Eur. Schmett. p. 33, pi. 45. fig. 2 (1777). 

 Cephonodes croatica, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 131. no. 1406 (1816). 

 Macroglossa croatica, Boisduval, Ind. Meth. p. 32 (1840). 

 Sphinx sesia, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. ii. figs. 89 & 136 (1793-1827). 



South-east Europe, Asia Minor, Armenia. 



Judging from Iliihner's figures alone, I should be satisfied that this was not a Macro- 

 glossa. The form of the antennae in the figure seems to indicate a distinction from 

 Hemaris; but I have recently examined two specimens in the collection of Mr. 

 Herbert Sharpe, and I now feel convinced that Hiibner rightly referred it to his 1 genus 

 Cephonodes. 



Genus 4. Rhopalopsyche, Butler. 

 Rhopalopsyche, Butler, P.Z. S. 1875, p. 239 (1875). 



1. Rhopalopsyche bifasciata. 



Rhopalopsyche bifasciata, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 239, pi. xxxvi. fig. 4 (1875). 



South India (Ward). Type. co11 - F - Moore - 



2. Rhopalopsyche nycteris. 



Macroglossa nycteris, Kollar, Hugel's Kaschmir, iv. 2, p. 458, pi. 19. fig. 5. 

 Macroglossa volucris, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 94. no. 16 (1856). 



Silhet (Doubleday) ; North India (Argent, Stevens) ; Barrackpore (Hearsay). B.M. 



