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Show 584 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Dec. 18, 13. CHCEROCAMPA CLOTHO. Sphinx clotho, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 28. fig. 1. Chcerocampa clotho, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 141 (1856). I took a specimen in Satsuma in May. Satsuma (Leech). Silhet, North India, Ceylon, Java. 14. CH_EROCAMPA JAPONICA. Chcerocampa japonica, Boisd. Ins. Lep. Het. i. p. 241. In his catalogue Pryer observes of this species that it is common about Yokohama. I took it in Satsuma in May, and at Nagasaki in June, and Hakodate in August. Yokohama (Pryer); Satsuma, Nagasaki, Hakodate (Leech); Corea (Herz). 15. CHCEROCAMPA OLDENLANDLE. Sphinx oldenlandice, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 148. 37. Xylophones gortys, Hiibn. Zeit. Samml. exot. Schmett. p. 28. 513, 514 ; Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 142. A long series of this species, including several specimens bred at this Society's Gardens, from larvae which I brought from Yokohama, where the larvse are common, feeding on taro and balsam. Yokohama (Pryer and Leech). North India, Java, Australia, Sydney. 16. CHCEROCAMPA NESSUS. Sphinx nessus, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 46, pi. xxvii. fig. I (1773). Theretra equestris, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 135 (1816). Chcerocampa nessus, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 140 (1856). This appears to be a common species at Yokohama. Nine specimens in Pryer's collection are fairly constant in coloration. Yokohama (Pryer). North India, Silhet, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Java, Kanara. 17. CHCEROCAMPA ELPENOR. Sphinx elpenor, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 492 ; Hiibn. Sphing. p. 96, pi. x. fig. 61. Chcerocampa elpenor, Westw. & Humph. Brit. Moths, i. p. 22 pi. 51. figs. 7-8. 8. Chcerocampa macromera, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 7 • 111. Typ. Lep. Het. v. pi. lxxix. fig. 3. $. Chcerocampa fraterna, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 247; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. v. pi. lxxix. fig. 4; teste Fixsen, Rom. Mem! sur Lep. iii. p. 321. Charocampa lewisii, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 247. Except that some examples are more rosy than the type, the specimens from Oiwake, in Pryer's collection, and others I took at Shimonoseki and Gensan in July, are not separable from C. elpenor. Oiwake (Pryer); Shimonoseki, Gensan (Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) Hakodate. |