NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAK XXII. lOl.'i. 281 



THIRTEEN NEW SPHINGIDAE. 



Bx LORD ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.R.S., and K. JORDAN, Ph.D. 



(With Plate XX. and 7 text-figures.) 

 The types are iu the Tring Miiaenm if not otherwise stated. 



L Coelonia brevis sp. nov. (te.\t-figs. 1, 2, 3, and Pi. XX. fig. 2). 



S . C. fiilriiiotatae similis, sed minor, pal))orara articiilo secundo basi lato, deinde 

 couico glabro ; alarum posticarum basi supra flava, subtus alba. 



Hah. Miariraarivo, Madagascar, 1 <?, received from Monsieur E. Le Monlt. 



Antenna thicker than iu C. J'ulvinotata Butl. (1875). Palpus (text-fig. 3) quite 

 different, the second segment being ventrally rongli-scaled at the base and then 

 abruptly smooth-sealed ; this smooth portion comprises more than half the segment 

 and is conical. Third segment small. Scent-organ of forecoxa not visible, probably 

 as small as in solani Boisd. (1833) or smaller. Foretibia much less rough-scaled 

 than iu fulcinotata, foretarsus without tufts. Outer spurs of mid- and hindtibiae 

 more than half the length of the inner spurs. Pulvillus (juite small. 



In colouring intermediate between solani and Julvinotata. Face and anterior 

 portion and sides of thorax (upperside) blackish brown irrorated with buff and grey 

 hair-scales (centre of mesonotum rubbed, grey) ; metanotum on each side with black 

 tuft edged with grey in front and buff behind, no pink tint as in fulriiwtata. First 

 abdominal tergite for the greater part black, the other tergites dirty grey with 

 indistinct blackish median line, second, third, and fourth segments with a yellow 

 side-patch edged with black above and behind, the black subdorsal marking also 

 present on the three following segments. Underside inclusive of first palpal 

 segment white, base of second palpal segment bnflish white, along eye a black line 

 on first segment, continued on to second. Forecoxae with slight buff transverse 

 band, legs brown, irrorated with white, the spurs, underside of the tarsi, and the 

 apex of the hindtibia greyish white. 



Forewing broader than m fulcinotata ; markings of upperside similar, but the 



ground-colour much more grey. Hindwing blackish brown, with two indistinct 



blackish bands, anal area shaded with grey, basal area and four-fifths of the costal 

 margin yellow, the yellow area not enclosing a black jiatch as vn Julvinotata. 



Umlerside : Forewing washed with yellow along costal and inner margins, in 

 outer half two indistinct deeper brown bands, the proximal one touching ajjcx of 



cell. Hindwing white at extreme base, almost white from base to anal angle, 



withont a distinct yellow tone, a narrow deep brown median band outside cell more 

 strongly marked than the discal band, which is very faint. 



Genitalia: Anal tergite (tenth) in dorsal aspect (text-fig. 2, X. t.) eliiptically 

 widened before the apex, the latter narrow, truncate ; in lateral aspect (text-tig. 1) 

 the apex but slightly narrowed, curved downwards, truncate, with the upper angle 

 produced as a small sharp tooth. Anal sternite (X. st.) truncate, with the angles 



