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b. Palpus with the 2nd joint not excavated on inner side. 

 a 1 . Pulvillus present. 



a 2 . Fore tibia with spines Thamnoecha. 



ft 2 . Fore tibia without spines. 



a 3 . Paronychium with two lobes on each side.... Megavoton. 



b 3 . Paronychium with one lobe on each side Psilogramma. 



b 1 . Pulvillus absent or reduced to a short triangular 

 lobe. 



a 2 . Forewing more than 50 mill, long Apocalypsis. 



b*. Forewing less than 40 mill, long Pseudodolbina. 



B. Terminal joint of antenna short. 



a. Fore tibia with apical claw; pulvillus absent Dolbinopsis. 



b. Fore tibia without claw ; pulvillus present Dolbina. 



Genus Heese. 



Type. 



Herse, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., III. p. 762 (1815) convohuli. 



162. Herse convolvuli. 



Sphinx convohuli, Linn. Syst. Nat., Ed. X. p. 490 (1758). 

 „ abadonna, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 435 (1798). 

 „ patatas, Men. Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Petr. Lep., p. 90 (1857), non 



descr. 

 „ roseafasciata, Koch, Indo-Austr. Lep. Fauna, p. 54 (1865). 

 „ pseudo-convohuli, Schauf. Nunq. Otios., p. 15 (1870). 

 „ distans, Butl. Voy. Erebus & Terror. Zool. Ins., p. 30, pi. 9, f. 11 

 (1874). 

 Protoparce orientalis, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc, Lond., IX. p. 609 (1877). 

 Sphinx batatas, Christ. Mitth. Schw. Ent. Ges., "VI. p. 346 (1846). 

 „ alicea, Neuburg, Zeitschr. Ent., IV. p. 297 (1899). 



nigricans, Cannaviello, Butl. Soc. Ent. Stal., XXXII. p. 295 (1900). 

 Habitat. — Eastern Hemisphere, except the higher latitudes. 



Genus Megacorma. 



Type. 



Megacorma, Roths. Nov. Zool., IX, Suppl., p. 15(1903) obliqua. 



163a. Megacorma obliqua. 



Macrosila obliqua, Wlk., VIII. 208 (1856). 



Sphinx nestor, Boisd. Spec. Gen. L£p. Het., I., p. 113 (1875). 



Habitat.— N. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Sumatra ; Java ; New Britain. 



Genus Acherontia. 



Type. 

 Acherontia, Lasp. Jenaische Allg. Lit. Zeit., IV. p. 99 (1809).. atropos. 



Atropos, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., III. p. 762 (1815) atropos. 



Brachyglossa, Boisd. Ind. Meth., p. 33 (1829) » atropos. 



