CENTROCTENA. By Dr. M. Hebing. 883 
56. Genus: Centroctena R. u. J. 
The only genus of the Clioerocamgnnae in which the shorter spur of the middle tibia shows a crest of 
bristles, similar as in the genus Nepheie. Second palpal joint broader than long. 
C. rutherfordi Drc. (= saalmulleri M.schlr., undulata Auriv.) (67 d). Of the discal lines the exterior rutherfordi. 
ones are undulating at least at the costal margin. West and East Africa. 
C. imitans Btlr. differs from the preceding species in the narrower forewing being more dentate at the imiians. 
margin, all the discal lines being straight, nowhere undulating. Hindwing with a more distinct paler discal 
area and a distinct black line. East Africa. 
Alphabetical List 
with reference to the original descriptions of the forms of the African Sphingidae. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place quoted. 
achlora Antin. Hold. Ent. News 4, p. 340 (1892). 
abyssinica Pseudocl. Lucas, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. p. 606, t. 13, 
f. 2 (1857). * 
accentifera Neph. Beauvois, Ins. Air. Am4r. p. 264, t. 24, 
f. 1 (1805). * 
adansoniae Polyp. Bsdv. Spec. G4n. L6p. H4t. 1, p. 7 (1875). 
aeas Pher. Cr. Pap. Exot. 3, p. 57, t. 226, f. A (1779). * 
aenopion Neph. Btlr. Trans. Zool. Soc. Ld. 9, p. 622 (1877). 
acquivalens Neph. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 191 (1856). 
aesalon Macrogl. Mab. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 1879, p. 299. 
affinis Polyp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 9 Suppl. p. 246, t. 1, f. 12 
(1903). * 
afra Leucophl. Karsch Ent. Nachr. 17, p. 12, t. 1, f. 1 (1891). * 
africana Batocn. Dist. Ann. nat. Hist. (7) III, p. 179 (1898). 
albilinea Temn. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 11, p. 436 (1904). 
aldabrensis Batocn. Auriv. Voeltzkow, Reise in Ostafr. 2 
p. 334 (1909). 
alluardi Macrogl. Ky. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 99 (1894). 
alluaudi Macrogl. Joann. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1893, p. 52. 
amabilis Polyp. Jord. Nov. Zool. 18, p. 135 (1911). 
ancylus Polyp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 23, p. 258 (1916). 
andosus Polyp. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 159 (1856). 
angulosa Temn. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 13, p. 182 (1906). 
anoehus Polyp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 13, p. 179 (1906). 
anomala Antin. Btlr. Ann. nat. Hist. (5) 10, p. 434 (1882). 
ansorgei Sphingonaep. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 11, p. 438 (1904). 
apicalis Lik. B. &. J. Nov. Zool. 9, Suppl. p. 265, t. 5, f. 5 
(1903). * 
apiciplaga Temn. Karsch. Ent. Nachr. 17, p. 291 (1891). 
aporodes Hipp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 19, p. 135 (1912). 
apus Cephon. Bsdv. Faun. Madag. p. 79, t. 10, f. 4 (1833). * 
argentifera Neph. Wkr. List. Lep. Ins. B. M. 8, p. 194 (1856). 
argyropeza Temn. Mab. Bull. Soc. Philomat. (7) 3, p. 135 
(1879). 
assimilis Polyp. B. <£• J. Nov. Zool. 9, Suppl. p. 242 (1903). 
astaroth Coelon. Bsdv. Faun. Madag. p. 86 (1875). 
atrofasciata Temn. Holt. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 16, p. 59, 
t. 2, f. 3 (1889). * 
atropos Acher. L. Syst. Natur. ed. 10, p. 490 (1758). 
aureata Temn. Karsch, Ent. Nachr. 17, p. 293 (1891). 
auriomaculata Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 88 (1894). 
aurora Hipp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 9, Suppl. p. 812 (1903). 
avinoffi Temn. Clark Proc. New Engl. Zool. Cl. 6, p. 109, 
t. 12, f. 6 (1916). * 
bainbridgei Libyocl. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 13, p. 180 (1906). 
balsaminae Hipp. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 138 (1856). 
barnsi Polyp. Clark Proc. New. Engl. Zool. Cl. 9, p. 49 (1926). 
basalis Leptocl. Wkr. List. Lep. Ins. B. M. 35, p. 1858 (1866). 
batschi Hipp. Keferst. Jahrb. Ak. Erfurt (2) 6, p. 14, t. 2, 
f. 4 (1878). * 
baxteri Polyp. B. it. J. Nov. Zool. 15, p. 259 (1907). 
belgica Polyp. Clark, Proc. New. Engl. Zool. Cl. 9, p. 47 (1926). 
benitensis Pseuden. Holl. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 16, p. 57, 
t. 2, f. 2 (1889). * 
beuglini Cerid. Bsdv. Spec. G£n. L4p. H4ter. 1, p. 57 (1875). 
bianchii Pseudocl. Oberth. Ann. Mus. Genov. 18, p. 734, t. 9, 
f. 8 (1883). 
bicolor Libyocl. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 96 (1894). 
bifasciata Basioth. Mab. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 1879, p. 345. 
biguttata Celer. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 172 (1856). 
bipartita Neph. Btlr. Ann. nat. Hist. (5) 2, p. 455 (1878). 
boisduvali Polyp. Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 18, p. 152 (1897). 
bourkei Platysph. Trim. Ent. Mag. 46, p. 209 (1910). 
brevipennis Temn. Bothsch. Iris VII, p. 296, t. 5, f. 5 (1894. * 
brevis Coelon. B.& J. Nov. Zool. 22, p. 28, t. 20, f. 2 (1915). * 
brevis Polyp. Obthr. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1909, p. 233. 
brisaeus Temn. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 106 (1856). 
brunnea Temn. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 72 (1894). 
brunnescens Temn. Clark Proc. New. Engl. Zool. Cl. 6, p. 110, 
t. 12, f. 7 (1916). * 
bueliholzi Polian. Pltz. Stett. ent. Zeit. 41, p. 76 (1880). 
burorum Polyp. Strd. Arch. Naturg. 81, A. 2, 1915, p. 131. 
butleri Hipp. Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 118, t. 5, f. 51 (1884). * 
butleri Hypaed. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 69, t. 6, f. 4 (1894). * 
butti Hoplist. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 9, suppl. p. 50 (1903) t. 5, 
f. 15. * 
cajus Ther. Cr. Pap. Exot. 2, p. 80, t. 146, f. F. (1777). * 
calcareus Polyp. B. & J. Nov. Zool. 14, p. 92 (1907). 
camerounensis Temn. Clark Proc. New Engl. Zool. Cl. 8, p. 62 
(1923). 
canens Hipp. Jord. Nov. Zool. 33, p. 383 (1926). 
capensis Ther. L. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 349 (1704). 
cardinalli Pemba Tams, Entomol. 58, p. 258 (1925). 
carteri Lophost. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 97 (1894). 
carteri Polyp. Btlr. Ann. nat. Hist. (5) 10, p. 435 (1882). 
cecrops Ther. Cr. Pap. Exot. p. 57, t. 226 f. B. (1779). * 
celaeno Ther. Esp. Ausl. Schmett. 2, p. 203, t. 28, f. 2 (1782). * 
celerina Basioth. Bsdv. Spec. G4n. L4p. H4t. 1, p. 238 (1875). 
celerio Hipp. L. Ilyst. Natur. ed. 10, p. 491 (1758). 
celerionina Basioth. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 136 
(1856). 
charis Basioth. Bsdv. Deleg. Voy. Afr. Austr. p. 595 (1847). 
eharoba Neph. Ky. Trans. Ent. Soc. Ld. 1877, p. 239/243. 
cliloris Hipp. B.&. J. Nov. Zool. 14, p. 94 (1907). 
chromapteris Panog. Btlr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Ld. 1877, p. 168. 
cinereofusca Temn. Strd. Arch. Naturg. 78 A, p. 155 (1912). 
circe Callosph. Fawc. Proc. Zool. Soc. Ld. 1915, p. 106,1.1, f. 1.* 
clementsi Temn. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 1, p. 69 (1894). 
clio Basioth. F. Spec. Ent. Syst. 3, 1, p. 377 (1793). 
cocquereli Batocn. Bsdv. Spec. G6n. L6p. H4t. 1, p. 191, 
t. 4, f. 2 (1875). * 
comma Neph. Hpffr. Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin 1857, p. 421. 
commasiae Leucostr. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. B. M. 8, p. 90 
(1856). 
comorana Batocn. B.& J. Nov. Zool. 9, Suppl. p. 191 (1903). 
comorana Maassen. B.& J. Nov. Zool. 22, p. 286 (1915). 
