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Show 288 LIEUT.-COL. c. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 17, 7. PERGESA CASTANEA. Pergesa castanea, Moore, P.Z.S. 1872, p. 567. Sattara, June. 8. PERGESA ACTEUS. Sphinx acteus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 93, pi. 248. f. A. Poona, January and February ; Belgaum ; Bombay. Feeds on different kinds of Caladium, also feeds on Sissus ; larval stage about two months; those found feeding on Caladium were light green, and those on Sissus were pink. 9. DAPHNIS NERII. Sphinx nerii, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 798 (1767). Poona, April and November ; Bombay, August to November. _ These are much darker and brighter-coloured than those found in Sind ; the larvae in Sind were invariably found feeding on Oleander, but in Poona they were usually found feeding on Tabernamontana and Coronaria; some hatched 2nd April cast their first skin the next day, the second skin on the 7th, turned chrysalis on the 12th, and emerged in their perfect state on the 25th and 26th idem. 10. CHCEROCAMPA NESSUS. Sphinx nessus, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. 46, pi. 27. f. 1. Belo-aum. Bombay, September, October, and November, very plentiful. I have often found numbers lying on the ground under the electric light on Cumballa hill. 11. CHffiROCAMPA ALECTO. Sphinx alecto, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 357. Poona, February and September; Bombay, August, September, and October. 12. CHOSROCAMPA CELERIO. Sphinx celerio, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 800 (1767). Poona, June to November ; Bombay. Has three or four broods, one after the other ; the first lot of larvae in June, in the height of the monsoon rains, became pupa? in 14 and 15 days, and only remained in that stage about ten days ; but the last lot, in September, are much slower in growth, and more delicate: they feed for a month, and the perfect insect does not emerge till the following June; larvae feed on Caladium. 13. CHCT-ROCAMPA THYELIA. Sphinx thyelia, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 360. Poona, June to November ; Bombay, August to November. The above notes apply to the transformation of this sjiecies also. |