M B. A. G. BUTLER 0?\ THE SPHING-UXffi:. 625 



16. Nepiiele metapyrriia. 



Zotulia metapyrrha, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 196. no. 10 (1856). 



Deilephila dalii, Newman, Trans. Ent. Soc. 2nd ser. vol. iv. p. 54 (1857). 



Moreton Bay (Gibbons). Type B M 



It is possible that this may prove to be a variety of the preceding. I think, however, 



considering their differences, Mr. Walker would scarcely have been justified in uniting 



them, there being only one example of each in the collection. 



17. Nephele vau. 



Zonilia vau, Walker, Lep. Het. iii. p. 197. no. 11 (1856). 



Var. Zonilia schimperi, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 3 me ser. torn. v. p. GO,'?, pi. 1,3. fig. 1 (1857). 



(Kartoum) Abyssinia (Lucas) ; X Type, B.M. 



The figure by Lucas represents the species as much redder than our example, but 

 does not otherwise differ. 



Zonilia antipoda, rhadama, and zebu of Boisduval appear to be MS. names (ef. p. 630). 



18. Nephele ? favillacea. 



Anceryx favillacea, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v. p. 1856 (1866). 

 Zambesi river. 



Sphingin,e incertoe sedis. 



Genus 21. Caltmnia, Walker. 

 Calymnia, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 123. gen. 12 (1856). 



Calymnia panopus. 



Sphinx panopus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 50, pi. 224. figs. A, B (1782). 

 Amblyptcriis punopus , Iliibncr, Verz. bek. Sehmett. p. 133. no. 1430 (1816). 

 Smerinthusl panopus, Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 13, pi. 6. fig. 2 (184H). 

 Calymnia panopus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 124. no. 1 (1856). 



Java (Horsfield); Ceylon (Owning) ; North India (James). B.M. 



This genus, as shown by Horsfield and Moore's figures of its earlier stages, clearly 



belongs to the Sphinginac ; in general coloration, however, it is far more like Attibutyw. 



Genus. 22. Ellema, Clemens. 

 Ellema, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1859, p. 187. 



1. Ellema coniferarum. 



Sphinx coniferarum, .Smith & Abbot, Lep. Ins. Gcorg. p. 81, pi. 41 (1797). 



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