838 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDjE. 



( II.ER0CAMPA PUELLABIS. 

 Chtzrocampa puellaris, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 623. 



Rawul Hindi (J/ellard). Coll. F. Moore. 



C'll.KROCAMPA ISTEESECTA. 

 Charrocampa intersecta, Butler, P.Z. S. 1875, p. 623. 

 Queensland (Janson). Tyne, B.M. 



Cilkrocampa PBOCNE (synonym). 

 Charocampa procne, Strecker, Lep. Rhop. and Het. i. pi. xiii. fig. 10 (1876). 

 •• South California " {Strecker). 

 It is much more probable that this is an' Asiatic species allied to C. lucasii. 



ClI.KROCAMPA DESERTA, n. sp. 



Sandy brown : primaries with two ill-defined oblique brown lines, the first proceeding 

 from the internal nervure just before the middle to the apical fourth of costal nervure, 

 the second parallel to and about two lines in advance of the first, proceeding almost to 

 apex, and dotted with darker brown upon the nervures ; a very indistinct brownish 

 nebula upon the median interspaces just beyond the middle ; a small blackish spot on 

 the lower discocellular ; outer area sparsely irrorated with brown scales; fringe dark 

 brown, excepting at external angle: secondaries smoky brown; costa, anal area, and 

 fringe, excepting at the anal angle (where it is white), sandy brown : body sandy brown, 

 becoming smoky in front, sides of abdomen and head paler ; sides of collar, outer border 

 of te<nila;, legs and antennae above, whitish. Primaries below with internodiscoidal area 

 dusky; a large diffused smoky brown patch from the end of the cell to the inner 

 margin; disk sparsely irrorated with dark brown, three decreasing spots of the same 

 colour parallel to the outer margin upon the veins towards costa : secondaries below 

 sandy ; costal and external areas dotted with brown ; a discal series of seven brown dots 

 parallel to the outer margin: body below sandy whitish; antenna? below reddish. 

 Expanse of wings 3 inches 4 lines. 



Hunter River, Australia (W. Scott). Coll. O. Staudinger. 



This species was in Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Genus Deilephila, Ochsenheimer. 

 Deilephila euphorbiarum=j9. sjrinifascia. 



Sphinx euphorbiarum, Boisduval, iu Guerin and Percheron's Insectes, 2" Liv. 8, pi. 3 (1835). 



I have to thank Mr. Kirby for a reference to this species, which has not only been 

 overlooked by all subsequent authors, but by Dr. Boisduval himself in his monograph 

 of the family. 



