LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
187 
Deilephila Eras, Boisd. Faune de VOceanie , 185. Feisth. Mag. 
Zool. 1839; Ins . pi. 21, f. 2. 
Australia. 
Country unknown. 
10. Darapsa Porcus. 
Viridescens ; caput antice fulvescens ; thoracis later a albida ; ab- 
domen rubiginosum ; alee anticce apud marginem exteriorem 
purpurascentes ; postica fuscce. 
Oreus Porcus, Hilbn. Exot. Schmett . Lep. ii. Sphing. iii. Leg. ii. 
Eumorphce B. Obliquostriatce , 1. 
Genus 23. DAPHNIS. 
Corpus crassum. Caput subconicum. Proboscis longa. An- 
tennae subfilifonnes. Abdomen oblanceolatum, thorace duplo lon- 
gius. Pedes longi, sat validi ; tibiae postieae calcaribus quatuor 
longissimis. Alae longae, sat angustse ; anticae acuminatae, apud 
costam rectae, margine exteriore perobliquo vixundulato; posticae 
subacuminatae, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem emargi- 
nato. Mas . — Antennae serratae, thorace non breviores. Fcem . — 
Antennae simplices, thorace paullo breviores. 
Daphnis, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 134 ; Steph . 
Deilephila, p., Boisd. Ind. Meth. 
Chaerocampa, Curt. 
Body thick. Head somewhat conical. Proboscis long. Palpi 
as usual. Antennae subfiliform. Abdomen oblanceolate, about 
twice the length of the thorax. Legs long, moderately stout ; bind 
tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings long, rather narrow. 
Fore wings acuminated, straight along the costa, very oblique along 
the exterior border, which is indistinctly undulating; inferior veins 
much as usual. Hind wings slightly acuminated ; exterior border 
somewhat emarginated towards the interior angle. Male. — An- 
tennae serrated, as long as the thorax. Female. — Antennae simple, 
a little shorter than the thorax. 
