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n'iiclics, however, to costal margin. The small subcostal spot at tiu! proximal side 

 oftlie liaiiil drawn in the tigure in the Biologki is not ])resciit iu tiie specimen from 

 whieli the figure was taken ; the artist was misled by the dark ajjijearance of a 

 small place from which the scales of the upper layer have mostly been removed. 

 Tenth tcrgite ])rismatical, broader above tlian below (I'l. XXIII. f VS), simple, 

 carved, narrowed in middle, apex acute in side-view, feebly sinuate in dorsal view ; 

 steruite short, very broad, rounded, ajiex shallowly sinuate, lateral and distal parts 

 of upperside densely clothed with short bristles (Xi;). Clasjier sole-shaped, apex 

 strongly rounded ; harpe indicated by a feeble fold separating a triangular piece 

 from tlie rest of the clasper (PI. XXXI. f. 7). Penis-sheath without i)rocesses, 

 the dorso-lateral margin incrassate, ending apically in a rounded carina. 



llab. Mexico. 



One c? {ti/pR) in coll. Chas. Oberthiir, another in coll. \\ . ^chaus. 



XLVIII. COMPSOGENE gen. uov.— Typus : jninopus. 



Sphinx, Cramer (noii Linne, 1758), Paj>. Exot. iii. p. 50 (177'j). 

 Amplyplerus Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 1.33 (1822) (partim ; type : giiiina>:ci(s). 

 Otlymiiin Walker (imn Hiibner, 1822), List Lep. hut. B. M. viii. p. 124 (185(i). 

 Ambhiptenis (!), Moore, Lep. Cetjl. ii. p. VA (1882). 



S ? . Tongue strong at base, reaching middle of abdomen. Palpus large, 

 j)rominent, truncate, terminal surface nearly as long as the frous in S, first segment 

 strongly curved, nearly 3 mm. long in a straight line from base to tip ; second 

 (inclnsive of scaling) .5 mm. long and 3 mm. broad. Antenna of S 3 mm. and of 

 ? 5 mm. shorter than R' of forewing, end-segment prolonged, setiform, with a 

 rather large number of bristles; segments grooved in cJ, almost cylindrical iu ?. 

 Abdomen with spines at the edges of the sternites as well as the tergites, but the 

 spines of the former very weak and small. Tibiae not spinose, as long as, or a little 

 longer than, the first tarsal segment ; spurs long, unequal, two pairs to liindtibia, 

 long terminal one little shorter than first tarsal segment, hindtarsus half as long 

 again as cell of hindwing measured along .SO, end-segment (claw excluded) not 

 longer than last but one ; pulvillus large, paronycliiura with two lobes at eacli side, 

 upper lobe long and slender, lower lobe much broader. Distal margin of forewing 

 entire, apex truncate-sinuate ; cell of hindwing small, not quite a third the lengtli 

 of the wing, measured along SC ; E" of hindwing before centre of cell, D- angled 

 or curved. Clasper and eighth tergite with organ of friction. 



Larva greyish green, with seven obli(|ue yellowish side-bands and a yellowisli 

 subdorsal line ; granulose, head triangular, horn very long, slightly curving 

 u])wards ; colour changing before pupation into grey in ventral half and brown-red 

 in dorsal half — Food-plant : Manyifera. 



Chrysalis elongate ; tongue-case reaching to end of wing-cases ; these with 

 granules upon the veins ; tergites of abdomen rugate, a dorso-lateral series of 

 grannies, segments 4, 5, 6 laterally with several carinae anteriorly ; cremaster 

 blunt, longitudinally rugate (in Brit. Mus.). 



JIab. China, N.W. India to Ceylon, eastwards to the Philippines and Java. 



One species. 



