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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 2S9 14. CH05ROCAMPA RAFFLESII. Chcerocampa raffiesii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 556 (1876). Poona, November and December; Bombay, September. 15. CHCEROCAMPA OLDENLANDLE. Sphinx oldenlandice, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 148 (1781). Poona, June; Belgaum ; Bombay. 16. CHOSROCAMPA CLOTHO. Sphinx clotho, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 48, pi. 28. f. 1 (1773). Belgaum ; Bombay, August to October. 17. CHOJ-ROCAMPA GONOGRAPTA. Chcerocampa gonograpta, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 249. Poona, March and July ; Belgaum ; Bombay, July, August, and September. I received one chrysalis from Poona on the 4th November, 1882, which had then turned only a day or two, and the perfect insect did not emerge till 4th April 1883. 18. CHOSROCAMPA PUNCTIVENATA. Chosrocampa punctivenata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 248. Bombay, July and August. 19. CHOSROCAMPA LUCASII. Deilephila lucasii, Walker, viii. 141. Bombay, September, October, and November. 20. PROTOPARCE ORIENTALIS. Protoparce orientalis, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 609 (1876). Poona, June, August, September, and October; Bombay, September and October. The larvae feed on Colia, length 3| inches, colour dark greenish-olive, with seven dark reddish-brown stripes, with small ocelli between the stripes, each ocellus with a black eye ; the skin has a leather-like appearance, with an absence of the beautiful shades of colour usual with the larvae of sphinges; the pupa is dark brown, with a looped proboscis like the pupa of Pergesa acteus. Larval stage 28 to 30 days, pupal stage 16 days. 21. DlLUDIA VATES. Diludia vates, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 13. Poona ; Bombay, August, September, and October. The Poona specimens are very small. Expanse of wings 2T\ and 3 inches. 22. AMBULYX TURBATA. Ambulyx turbata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 252. Belgaum. |