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ME. E. WALKER ON HETEEOCEBOUS LEPIDOPTEBA 



culi, appressi, subdilatati, tibiis postieis densissime fasciculatis. Alee 

 angustae, non acutae. 

 Female. Body squamous, rather stout, and convex. Palpi slender, 

 lanceolate, slightly curved, not rising so high as the vertex ; 3rd joint 

 much longer than the second. Antennae simple, smooth. Abdomen 

 elongate-conical, less than twice the length of the thorax. Legs 

 rather short, slightly dilated, laterally flattened; hind tibiae most 

 densely tufted, with four long spurs. Wings narrow, nearly hyaline, 

 not acute at the tips. • 



6. Tyrictaca apicalis, n. s. Fcem. Nigricanti-cyanea, pedibus 

 purpureis, alis iridescentibus subhyalinis aurato subsquamosis, anticis 

 litura magna costali subtrigona. 



Female. Blackish metallic blue. Legs mostly purple. Wings iri- 

 descent, nearly hyaline, slightly covered with gilded scales. Fore 

 wings with a large black subtriangular costal mark beyond the middle. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Fam. SPHINGIDtE, Leach. 



Gen. Ch(eeocampa, Duponch. 



7. Chcerocampa Thyelia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2. 803 (Sphinx). 

 Inhabits also West Africa, South Africa, Hindostan, Ceylon, China, and 



Java. 



8. Chcerocampa Lucasii, Boisd. MSS. Walk. Cat. Lep. viii. 141. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan. 



9. Chcerocampa Oldenlandiae, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1. 370. 44 (Sphinx). 

 Inhabits also Hindostan, Java, and Australia. 



10. Chcerocampa Silhetensis, Boisd. MSS. Walk. Cat. Lep. viii. 143. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, North China, and Java. 



11. Chcerocampa suffusa, Walk. Cat. Lep. viii. 146. 

 Inhabits also China. 



Gen. Pergesa, Walk. 



12. Pergesa Castor, Boisd. MSS. (Deilephila). Walk. Cat. Lep. viii. 

 153. 



Inhabits also Hindostan and Java. 



Gen. Panacra, Walk. 



13. Panacra seapularis, Boisd, MSS. (Sphinx). Walk. Cat. Lep. viii. 



157. 



Inhabits also Hindostan and Java. 



