DEILEPHILA ALECTO. Alis anticis griseis, strigis nonnullis obliquis
apicalibus obscurioribus; posticis rubris basi margineque atris. (Expans.
Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Alecto, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 802. _No._ 20. _Cramer, tab._
137. _fig._ D. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 376. _No._ 59. _Gmel. Linn. S.
N._ 2384. 20.
HABITAT: Madras.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ white above, brown underneath; hooked at the
extremities. Head and thorax olive brown, with a white stripe running on
each side from the front to the shoulders. Abdomen greyish brown; having
a black spot on each side, near the thorax. Anterior wings soft olive
brown; having a dark line running from the tips to the posterior edges,
near the middle. Posterior wings, next the shoulders, black; the
remainder being red, except the abdominal edges and corners, which are
cream-coloured; and a brown margin running along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen yellowish clay-coloured.
Wings dark orange, margined with faint brown.
{52}PLATE XXVIII.
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