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Show 436 COL. C. SWINHOE O N T H E [Nov. 16, them would come, and the Macroglossa and Cephonodes w0UJd disappear. In about half an hour the Nephele would vanish as suddenly as they came, just about the time it was getting dark; and from then till nine or ten o'clock Chatrocampa thyelia, C. celerio, Daphms nerii, and Protoparce orientalis would be hovering about the flowers, and by ten o'clock the tree would be deserted, and it would remain deserted until just before daybreak, when it always again had a crowd of visitors. They invariably came and went in the same order. I never found any on .the tree during the middle of the night. SYNTOMID^;. 18. ERESSA CONFINIS. Syntomis confinis, Walker, vii. 1592 (1856). April and October. I never saw this insect on the wing ; I usually found them lying dead in the early morning in the verandah of m y house. 19. SYNTOMIS CYSSEA. Sphinx cysseus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. 124, pi. 355. f. B. January to March ; June, September, and November. Flying in swarms over the flowering poppy-fields in February. AGARISTID.E. 20. EUSEMIA AFFLICTA. Eusemia afflicta, Butler, Ent. M. M. xii. p. 118 (1875). June. LITHOSIID^E. 21. ARGINA CRIBRARIA. Argina cribraria, Clerck, Icones, pi. 54. f. 4. September and October. 22. ARGINA NOTATA. Argina notata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, part iv. Dec. p. 365. n. 270. September. 23. ARGINA ASTREA. Phalama astrea, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. pi. vi. f. 3. September, October, and November. 24. DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA. Tinea pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 884. no. 349. September to March. 25. DEIOPEIA LOTRIX. Phalcena lotrix, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. 20, pi. 109. f. E. September to March. |