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CATALOGUE OF 
1. Daphnis Nerii. 
Viridis ; caput canescens ; thorax f asciis duahus anticis plagaque 
maxima canescentibus ; abdomen fasciis canescentibus lineis - 
que albis interrupts, fascia lineaque basalibus albis integris , 
ala antica ex parte purpurascentes , ocello basali fasciisque 
duabus obliquis repandis apud coslam connexis , necnon striga 
apicali albidis ; posticce purpurascentes , linea discali undulata 
ciliisque albis. 
^7 ’ Frisch - Ins - vii. 5, pi. 3, f. 1 —3. Roes . Ins. Bel. 
iii. 85, pi. 15, f. 1 3 ; pi. 16, f. 4 — 6. Schceff. Icon. pi. 100, f. 
3, 4. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 77, pi. 104, f. i53. 
Sphinx Nerii, Linn . Syst. Nat. i. 2, 798, 5. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 
51, pi. 224, f. D. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 142, 11 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 
93, 12 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 360, 13. Esp. Schmett. ii. 43, pi. 4, 
f. 1 3 ; pi. 27, 199, f. 1, 2. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2374, 
5. Hubn . Spiling. 95, 1 , pi. 1 1, f. 63 ; Larv. Lep. ii. Sphing. 
ii. Leg. B, et B, a, f. 1 a, b. Wien. Verz. 42, 1. Illig. N. 
Ausg. dess. i. 16, 1. Schreff. Icon. Nom. Panz. 110. Panz. 
Faun. Germ. 20, 17. Bork. Eur. Schmett. ii. 74, 138, 178, 5. 
Hufn. Berl. Mag. ii. 2, 176, 2 ; 191, 2. Fuessl. N. Mag. ii. 4, 
371. Vieiveg, Tab. Verz. i. 4, 4. Rossi , Faun. Etr. ii. 162* 
1052; Ed. III. 256, 1052. Brahm. Ins. Kal. 524, 383. 
Schwarz , Raup. 196, 350, 500. Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 
201, 1. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 12, pi. 13. Meig. Syst. 
Beschr. Eur. Schmett. ii. 132, 1, pi. 63, f. 3; Handb. i. 93. 
Daphnis Nerii, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 134, 1441. Steph. Cat. Brit. 
Lep 29. 
Deilephila Nerii, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 47, 380. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. 
Haust. iv. 
Chaerocampa Nerii, Curt. Brit. Ent. xiii. pi. 626. 
a—e. Italy. From Dr. Leach’s collection. 
f. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
g. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
h. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
i. Athens. Presented by — Merlin, Esq. 
j. Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 
The specimen from Ceylon is much darker than any of the 
others. 
