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b\ Abdomen with the pale dorsal line more or 

 less prominently formed of two lines. 

 a\ Forewing with the dark postmedial band 

 formed by lines l-2'3, the last heavier 



than line 2 oldmlandice. 



b\ Forewing with the dark postmedial band 

 formed by lines 1*2, line 3 separate 

 and not so heavy as line 2, especially to- 

 wards inner margin lycetus. 



b. Abdomen without dorsal lines, or with black lateral 

 basal patch and without yellowish subdorsal stripe. 

 «'. Palpus with the cavity at end of 1st joint partially 

 concealed by rough scaling. 

 a' 2 . Abdomen above olive chestnut, below ferrugin- 

 ous or red „ , cutanea. 



b- . Abdomen above drab, below butf or vinaceous 



buff , latreillei. 



b l . Palpus with the cavity at end of 1st joint sharply 

 defined. 

 a- . Forewing with series of dark points on the line 



arising from apex « bukduvali . 



I)'-. Forewing without series of dark points on the 

 line arising from apex, or the line incurved to 

 costa ; abdomen without dorsal lines. 

 a' 1 . Forewing with the apical line joining a post- 

 medial line with which it forms a single line 



from apex to inner margin clothe. 



!>'■'>. Forewing with the apical line, if present, sepa- 

 rate from the postmedial line which is in- 

 curved towards costa gnoma. 



157. Theketra nessus. 



Sphinx nessus, Drury., Illustr. Ex. Ins., II., p. 46, pi. 76, f. 1 (1773). 



„ equestris, Fabr., Ent. Syst. hi., I., p. 365 (1793). 

 Charocampa rubimndus, Schaufuss, Nung. Otiosus I., p. 18 (1870). 

 Habitat.— Japan ; Punjab ; Sikhim ; Bhutan : Assam ; Bombay ; Madras ; 

 Ceylon ; Burma ; Malacca ; Sumatra ; Nias ; Borneo ; Java ; Lombok ; Alor; 

 Tenimber ; Amboina ; New Guinea ; Louisiades ; d'Entrecasteaux Is. ; Tro- 

 briand Is. ; Queensland ; Lieu. 

 141a. Theretra boisduvali. 



Sphinx boisduvali, Bugn., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1839, p. 115. 

 Chorocampa punctivcnata, Butl., P. Z. S., 1875, p. 248. 



Habitat —Turkey ; Asia Minor; Sikiiim ; Assam; btMA'iRA; Borneo; 

 Java ; Lombok. 

 141. Theretra clotuo. 



