( 1G5 ) 

 XLIII. SPIIIXGULU.S.— Tvims: mus. 



Siihiiigithix Staudinjer, iu Rom., Mem. f.i'p. iii. p. 15(5 (1HH7) (type: rims). 



S ?. Differs from Kentochri/snlis in the parouycliiuiu heing without \ohes and 

 tiie pilif'er bearing only scales, no bristles. — Antenual segments dilated in S, very 

 faintly in ? , the ciliae shorter in ? than in streckeri. Palpiis small in both sexes. 



Early stages not known. 



llab. Amurlan<l. 



One species. 



Staudinger, I.e., says that the liindtiliia lias only one visible pair of spurs. 

 Tliere are two pairs, but both are sliorf. 



KU. Sphingulus inus. 



Siihlniiiihis i„,is Staiidinger, l.r. (1H87) (Suifun) ; id., I.e. vi. p. -.'l'T. n. -212 (1892) ; Kirby, Cal. L-p. 

 iht. i p. Gilo. n. 1 (18i)2) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gi-os.whn,. ii. p. 35 (18'.I9) (Bikiii, Suifun vi., 

 Sutscl.an, Baranowka) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. lUl. n. 741 (1901) (Us.suri). 



S ?. Body very uniform in colour ; the markings having nearly all disappeared. 

 Tlie two most distal lines of the forewing of A', streckeri are indicated, the j)ost- 

 discal one by double dots at the veins. 



S . Tenth abdominal tergite about three times as long as basally broad, dorsally 

 clothed with long hair-scales, narrowed towards the apex, which is truncate-sinuate 

 with till' angles projecting (PI. XXVIII. f. 26) ; sternite with a rounded mesial lobe 

 which is about as long as broad, the sides faintly incurved. Clasper covered on 

 the inner surface witii long weak hair-scales ; harpe reaching beyond end of clasper 

 (PI. XXXIX. f. 18), the ventro-distal process gradually narrowed, somewhat curved 

 inward distally, not sharply pointed ; a dorsal process near base, also obtuse. Hook 

 of penis-sheath very long (PI. XXIX. f. 33) pointed ; inside the sheath there is 

 a patch of sjnnes, which are visible from the outside as brown dots. 



S. The lobe in front of the vaginal cavity sinuate, the vaginal plate ratiier 

 strongly chitinised (PI. XXI. f 20). 



Larva and jiujia not known. 



Halt. Amurland. 



In the Tring Museum 3 cJc?, T) ? ? from Amuiland. 



