( :^15 ) 

 2ns. Sphinx kindermanni. 



*Smeiiiilh)(s Ihidermaiini Lederer, Verh. Zool. Hot. Ges. Wien. ii. p. 22 (1852) (Argana Madeii, 



Kurdistan ;— Mus. Tring) ; Ersch., Fedtsrh.'s Rehe. Lep. p. 26. n. 81. t. 2. f. 19 ( ? ) (1874) 



(Turkestan). 

 Calaxyiithiilus hhiderimnmi, Batler, Trans. Zonl. Sor. Lund. ix. p. 592. n. 5 (1877) (Pontus). 

 Eiismirinthiix lindernuimii, Grote, Cniiad. Eiit. ix. p. 132 (1877) : id., Bidl. Buffalo Sm: N. Sci. iii. 



p. 223(1877). 

 Ci/j)'! lindn-iniinni, Hampson, Jiiiirn. B,<i,il„iii X. IT. So.-, xiii. p. .iS. n. 9G (1900) (Kandahar ; 



Cbitral). 



cJ ? . Anterior tibia eiuliug in a thorn, wliioh is mostly covered with scales. 

 Antenna or c? subpectinate, tlie hiteral projections about half as long as the 

 segments are broad dorsall)'. Pnlvillus reduced, decided!}' smaller than in oci'llata 

 and caccHS, varying in size, largest in the most western form. 



c?. Tenth tergite apically broader than in ocellatu, obtnse ; the sternite longer. 

 Dorsal edge of clasper internally with the trace of a stronger chitinised longitudinal 

 ridge before the end ; harpe (PI. XXXIV. f. 26) as in ocellata with a single, 

 somewhat spoon-shaped, apical process, ventral margin shallowly sinuate, npper 

 edge continued dorso-basad, ending in a rather high crest, which is situated below 

 a longitudinal subdorsal fold clothed with long dispersed bristles. Penis-sheath 

 with a conical tooth at the end, membrane of duct with a jiatch of pale spines. 



?. Vaginal plate resembling that of o^(?//rt^rf, proximally still less chitinised; 

 tlie ridge before the cavity with a broader mesial sinus. 



Larva known only from Kandahar, Afghanistan ; similar to oeelhitn (see 

 Sph. hind, obsoleta^. 



Hah. Taurus, C'ilicia, eastwards to tlie Altai region, East Turkestan, 

 Afi^-hanistan, Chitral. 



Three subspecies, which are connected by intergradations. 



a. Spli. hinder m(H)ni hindevmanni. 



*Sineritilhiis kindermaiini Lederer, I.e. (1852) (Kurdistan) ; Stand., Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 17. n. 2G 



(ISfil) ; id., /.(•. ed. ii. p. .37. n. 484 (1871) (Pont, m.) ; Ersch., I.e. (1874) (partim) ; Stand., H„r. 



.So-'. E,it. /I'-ss. xiv. p. 300 (1878) (Taurus); Rom., Mem. Lep. i. p. 72 (1884) (Lenkoran ; 



Grand Ararat: Helenendorf) ; Gr.-Grschim., in Rom., Mem. Lep. iv. p. 512. n. 207 (1890) ; 



Teich, SiMt. Eiit. Zeit. Ivii. p. 30 (1896) (Ararat : larva on Sitlir) ; Holtz, lUuxtr. Zeihchr. Ent. 



ii. p. 63 (1897) (Taurus, Asia min.) ; Bartel. in Riihl, Gro«sxchm. ii. p. 168 (1900) (partim) ; 



Stand. & Reb., Qti. Lep. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 728 (1901) (partim). 

 Odasj/mholiis kinderimiiiiii, Butler, Trans. ZonL Soc. Land. ix. p. 592. n. 5 (1877) (Pontus). 



cJ ? . The western form. The dark markings of the forewing reddish-brown. 

 Pnlvillus larger than in the two other subspecies, black ; the ridge formed by the 

 upjicr edge of the harpe beneath the longitudinal fold of the clasper rough wifh tei'tli 

 or tubercles. 



Hab. Asia Minor eastward to the (Caucasus. 



In the Tring Museum 2 6 (S from : Helenendorf ; " Transkauk., type " ex coll. 

 Felder. 



In the Leech collection 2 c?cJ without locality. 



d. S/j/t. kindermanni orbata. 



Smeriulhus khulermanni, Erschoff, /.<•. (1874) (partim) ; Criiger, Stetl. Ent. Zeit. xxxv. p. 393 (1875): 

 Christ, in Rom., Mem. Lep. v. p. 11. n. 38 (1889) (Askhabad, one ? , very pale) ; Bartel, in 

 Ruhl, (t'iv/sssi/oh. ii. p. 168 (1900) (partim) : Stand. c<i Reb., Ic. (1901) (partim). 



