( 2f.(; ) 



j)iile line ilfcjier in tint, cluuigini;- into ciicistnnl lietwoen M' ami amil angle ; distal 

 marjrin slightly niuliilate. 



Underside. Forewing more piukish in basal half, witliont anteiuedian lines ; 



a curved discal line, nearly 7 mm. from stigma ; a band of three ])ostdisoal and 

 submarginal lines witli pale borders, the band curving distad between W and (SM^), 

 concave between SO"' and W ; marginal area chestnut as above, but more distinctly 



extended to hinder angle. Hindwing : lines as above, discal one more curved 



behind ; marginal area chestuut betweeu M- and anal angle. 



S ■ Tenth tergite strongly narrowed towards end (PI. XXV. f. 26), apex feebly 

 sinuate ; sternite narrowed suddenly to a jiointed process. Clasper sole-shaped ; 

 a large patch of friction-scales ; these scales loug and uari'ow ; eighth tergite with 

 a belt of enlarged scales all round the edge ; harpe (PI. XXXII. f 1.^)) resembling 

 that of I'olypti/cltiis hoUandi to a certain extent, being distally sinuate, the two 

 lobes short, especially the ventral one. Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 27) with a 

 rather high dentate ridge before the end ; from the interior of the sheath projects 

 a sharj)ly pointed, strongly chitinised process. 



? . Antenna andromorj)hic, segments slightly rounded in dorsal view. Spots 

 at hinder angle of forewing smaller than in c?, distal margin less sharply dentate, 

 apical area of forewing and anal area of hindwing not quite so deep in colour. 

 Not dissected ; a high smooth ridge visible before vaginal cavity, slightly sinuate 

 mesial ly, the sinus triangular. 



Length of forewing: 6, 30 mm. ; $,37 mm. 



Ilab. British Central Africa. 



One c? (ti/pe) in the Tring Museum from Likoma, Lake Nyassa, 24. iii. ''JG 

 (Rev. Button). 



In the British Museum 1 ? from Neugia, British Centr. Africa (( 'rawshay) ; 

 1 c?, aberrant, from Umtali, Mashonaland, 37U(_) ft., December lOUO (Marshall). 



The latter S is huffish wood-brown, smaller than the t;/pe. The first line of 

 the hindwing below stands at the base of M", the tenth sternite is square in basal 

 half, with the angles not rounded, the harjie is smaller, and the dentate ridge of 

 the penis-sheath longer. 



LIV. MARUMBA.-Typus : dyras. 



Sphinx, Schiff. & Den. (non Linne, 1758), Syst. Verz. Schmetl. Wien p. 42 (177G). 



SmeriulJiux Latreille, //is/. Nat. Crust. Lis. iii. p. 401 (1802) (partim ; incl. typo of Sphinx). 



£((o//ioe Fabricius, in Illig., Mag. Eiit. vi. p. 287 (1807) (partim ; incl. type of Sjihiii.c). 



I'lih/jiti/clniK Hiibner, Verz. heh. Schm. p. 141 (1822) (partim ; type : JeHtaliis). 



Merinihiix Meigen, Hawlh. Schm. p. 100 (1827) (correct, of Sinerinthiisl). 



TripUxjim, Butler {wm Men('tri(''s, 1857), Pro<: Zonl. Sac. Loud. p. 253 (1876) (/(OHt. imlcM^r.). 



Metaiiiimax id., Trans. Zool. Sue. Loud. ix. p. 582 (1877) (partim ; type : auslralasiav). 



MiTMiis, id. (non Hubner, 1822), I.e. p. 583 (1877). 



Marumha Moore, Lep. Ceijl. ii. p. 8 (1882) (type : dj/ritx). 



Sichia Tutt, Drit. Lip. iii. p. 38G (1902) (nom. nud.). 



Burruwsia id.. I.e. (nom. nud.). 



Kayeia id., I.e. (nom. nud.). 



c? ? . Tongue very short and weak, the two halves quite separate in several 

 species (PI. LXI. f. 10. 11). Pilifer a short, obtuse, triangular process. Palpus 

 larger in c? than in ?, visible from above in 6, second segment about twice as long 



