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Genus Maeumba. 



Type. 

 Marumba, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., II, p. 8 (1882) dyras. 



A. Fore tibia with claw at extremity indicus. 



B. Fore tibia without claw at extremity. 



a. Forewing on underside with large well-defined 



fulvous patch near tornus spectabilis. 



ft. Forewing with the patch absent, or small clay- 

 coloured and ill-defined. 

 a 1 . Abdomen with prominent dorsal line ; wings 



without pale shades cristala. 



ft 1 . Abdomen without prominent dorsal line, or 

 wings with pale shsdes. 

 a 2 . Forewing with the subterminal line double, 



the outer line stronger dyras. 



ft 2 . Forewing with the subterminal line single, 



or the outer line obsolescent sperchius. 



a 3 . Forewing with the basal, medial and sub- 

 terminal areas pale ; hind wing red- 

 brown. 

 6 s . Forewing with the basal, medial and sub- 

 terminal areas purplish pink ; hind wing 



dark-brown nympha. 



92a. Maeumba ceistata. 

 Triptogon cristata, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 253. 

 Habitat. — W. China ; Sikhim. 

 92. Maeumba spectabilis. 

 Triptogon spectabilis, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 25G. 

 Habitat. — Sikhim. 



Subsp. malayana, Roths. Nov. Zool., IX., Suppl., p. 274 dy03). 

 Habitat. — W. Sumatra. 

 91. Maeumba dye as. 

 Smerinthus dyras, Wlk., VIII, 250 (1856). 

 Triptogon sinensis, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 254. 

 ceylanka, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 255. 

 silhetensis, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 255. 

 oriens, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 255. 

 massurensis, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 256. 

 fuscescens, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 256. 

 andamana, Moore P. Z. S., 1877, p. 595. 

 Habitat.— Chin a ; N.-W. India ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Assam ; S. India ; Cey- 

 lon ; Buema ; Tenasseeim ; Tonkin ; Andamans. 

 Subsp. javanica, Butl. P. Z. S., 1875, p. 254. 

 Smerinthus paraUelis, Moore Cat. Lep, E. I. C, p. 264 (1857) non descr. 



