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*Smeriiilhii8 hm(lenmiiii,! var. orha/,i Oroum-Crschini., /.,-. iv. p. 512. n. 207 (1890) (Ferghana ;— Mus. 



Trinf,') : Bartel, /.-•. p. ICO (I'.IOil) (Turkestan). 

 Einsiiiiniitlniskimleriiiiiiaii, Kirliy, Cut. /,,/,. //(/. p. 712. n. I (1892) (Turkestan). 

 Kiiimieritithun Hiuhinuniiii var. (irhiiia, id., I.e. p. 712. sub n. 1 (1892). 



<??. Paler tlian the preceilino-, the dark bands of the forewiog less tawny. 

 Piilvillna small and pale. The ridge formed basally by the upi)er edge of the 

 (■Iasi>er sniootli. This is tlie form generally fonnd in collections as Iniuhrnunini, and 

 distribntcd as sncii by the German dealers. It varies in colonr to a certain 

 extent, some specimens coming near the i)receding, others near tlie following. 



I lab. Transcas])ia, Turkestan, North Afghanistan. 



In tlie Triiig Mnsenm 10 c?c?, 8 ? ? from : Margelan ; Ruschke, Afghanistan; 

 >Sefir-Knh. 



c. Sph. kindermaniii obsoleta. 



Eii^i„m,it!ii,s hnihrmnmii, Butler, Proc. Znol. Soc. Land. p. 413. n. 26. t. .39. f . 1 1 ( p.). 12 (/.) (1880) 

 (Kandahar) ; Swinh., Vmc. Ziml. Snr. LoiiiJ. p. .346. n. 3 (1885) (Kandahar, vi.-viii.). 



Smcrinthux kindermanni, Cotes it Swinhoe, Cat. Moths Ind. i. p. 27. n. 161 (1887) (Kandahar). 



Cilim kindermanni, Hampson, Juuni. Bnmbaii N. H. Sor: xiii. p. 38. n. 96 (1900) (Kandahar : Chitral). 



*Siiierintliux kiiultniiaiiiii \iiT. ohxaleta Staudinger, in Stand. & Reb., Cat. hep. ed. iii. p. KMI. sub 

 n. 728 (1901) (Korla ;— coll. Staudinger). 



$. Similar to the palest specimens of orhatu. The discal lines of the forewiug 

 a little less distinct, the pale antemedian and discal bauds more whitish ; the anal 

 patch of tlie hindwing less sharply marked, and the underside paler in tint, witli 

 some of the lines lass distinct than in orhatu. We have not observed any difference 

 in structure from orhatu. 



Larva described by Roberts (see Butler, I.e.') as having yellow side-bands, 

 white granules, a blue, green-tipped, curved horn. — Food : Salix, vi. 



Huh. Eastern Turkestan ; Chitral ; Kandahar. 



In the Tring Museum 'Z S S from Maral-bashi, east of Kashgar, May. 



In the British Museum from Kandahar and Chitral. 



269. Sphinx caecus. 



Smprinthus caecim Menetrk's, Eiiuni. drp. Anim. Prti:, Lep. ii. p. 135. n. 1560. t. 13. f. 2 (1857) 



(Dauria?; Amur ;— Mus. St. Petropolis) ; id., Md. Bio!. Ac. St. Petn-sb. i. p. 48. n. 109 



(Separ.) (1859) (Amur) ; Graes., Berl. Eni. Zrilfchr. xxxii. p. 105. n. 190 (1888) (Z. on Sali.r) ; 



Staud., in Rom., Mem. Lep. vi. p. 236. n. 225 (1892) (Amurland ; Askold ; i. E. vi., /. viii.) ; 



Bartel, in Rilh), Grosifuchm. ii. p. 1()6 (1900) (Transbaikal. ; East Siber. ; Amur ; Dauria ; 



N. China ; Askold) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 727 (1901) (Amur : Ussuri : 



? Daur.). 

 Swenntliiis? raeri(.i, Staudinger, Cat. Lep. Eui: ed. ii. p. 37. n. 486 (1871) (var. of kimlerm.?). 

 Smei-iiitliKs paeriif! (!), Boisduval, Spec. Ghi. Lep. Hit. i. p. 40. n. 30 (1876). 

 Calasi/mboliif! caecu.t, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 592. n. 4 (1877) (Amur). 

 Emmerinthiis c<>eni>i (!), Grote, Cannd. Ent. ix. p. 132 (1877) ; id., B)dl. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. iii. 



p. 223 (1877). 

 Eusmeriidhiis caeciis, Kirby, Cat. I^ep. Het. i. p. 712. n. 2 (1S92) (Dauria ; Amur). 



c??. Anterior tibia witiiout a thorn at end. Antenna of S subpectinate as in 

 kindermaimi. Pulvillus well developed. 



$ . Tenth tergite nearly as in cerisyi, but sinuate at apex ; sternite as slender 

 as in cerisi/). Clasper a little narrower than in cer/s'/i, with a dorso-apical rounded 

 ridge placed obliquely as in cer. cerisyi ; harpe ventrally emarginate before end, 

 apex and upper edge of the harpe densely beset with short spines. Penis-sheath 



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