( 789 ) 



Ckan-orunqHi <uslwi,,i. II;iu.i.>uii, in Dlauf., Facial Brit. 1ml.. Mntln, i. p. 02. ii. 13R (1802) 



(Bombay ; Sataia). 

 *ClMa-ucanqM hupurhuiln Ilampsuii. .hmiit. Iwinlmn X. II. Sac. xiii. p. 30. ii. 13Sa. t. r.. f. l'-' (lOdd) 



(Karwar ; — Mus. Brit.). 



(??. Somewliat variable in c.nldiir iiliiive iuul Ik'Iiiw. J'al|>us ajs in //"///fo.sfr/. 

 External row of s]iiues of first prohusai scijiiuciil. single, except at base, where 

 there are some axklitional sjHnes. Tlie iipperside sometimes more, sometimes 



less reddish : underside varving from oi'ange-rufous to jjale tawny. Forewing, 



above, with ureyish marginal area, which is widest at It'-; stigma Idack, discal 

 lines very indistinct, the distal one indicated by more or less vestigial vein- 



ddts. Jlindwing uniformly dark tawny-olive or blackish, fringe white between 



a I- and SM-. 



IfnL South India. 



The s])ccies leads over lo J'/nii/a.s/i.s, which it reseml.iles very much in shaiie 

 and in (he style of coloration. 



In the Tring Jliiseiuu o ? V from Travancore ; 1 c? from Karwar. 



CLXlll. HHYNCHOLABA geu. nov.— Typus : acteus. 



S/jhiii.r, Ci-anior (im/i Liimr, 17.')8), Pajj. Exot. iii. p. 93 (1770). 



Orens Hiibuer, rci;. belc. Schin. p. 130 (181)2) (partim ; type : (jiiouki). 



Ptiyesti VValktir, Lht Lqi. liis. B. M. viii. p. 1;')3 (IS.oC)) (partim ; type : jnirccllKs). 



ChneriiruiHiiii, Boisduval {nun Duponchel, 183.')), Spix. Gen. Lcp. lict. i. p. 2.57 (1876) (partmi). 



.Uetojisilns, Kirby {noii Duncan, 183(3), Cut. Lep. I Id. i. p. lilU) (1892) (partim). 



Tlnrdrii, Ilampson {mm Hiibuer, 1822), in Blanf., Faumi Brit. Ind., Moth i. p. lOU ( 18;)2) (|)arlini) 



P»w/rT((, llotliscluld {Hon Walker, 18,o('.), Nov. Zool.. i. p. SO (1«04) (partim). 



(J?. Second segment of paljjus triangular; the joint widely open, some 

 dispersed long scales on the naked space of the oi)eiiing; scaling of first segment 

 longest just below the opening, the paljjus thus differing in outline (PL LIX. 

 f. 25) from that of every other Sphiugid. Mid- and bindtibia short-scaled ; basal 

 spines of midtarsal comb jirolonged, longer than the segment is thick ; hindtarsus 

 also with prominent comb. 



Larva : anterior segments small ; a very large eye-spot on fourth segment, 

 followed by a series of smaller, obliipie, ovate spots ; horu short. 



Pupa with a long free tongue-case, (he end of which rests against (he iireast 

 fitting in a groove. 



llab. ludo-Malayan Subregioii. 



One species. 



( 'onnected with the bulk of Tkerefra by Tk. nesaua, with which lih/iwliolaba 

 agrees in many respects. The free tongue-case of the pujja is a character not found 

 anywhere else among the Sphiniiidae semaiwplwrae. 



74(i. Rhyncholaba acteus. 



S/ih/n.i: iK-liiis Cramer, Pa//. E.nil, iii. p. '.i3. t. 24.S. f. a ( 1770) (.Java). 



0,i:m <(c(('('s, Hiibuer, Vcrz. bel<: Schm. p. 13G. u. UG4 (1822). 



Pciycm ((i7(H.v, Walker, List Lqj. Ins. B. J/, viii. p. 153. n. (i (185(5) (Burneo ; Java , Muulnu ni ; 



Silhet : X. India : Ceylon) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cut. Up. Inx. Mux. E. 1. C. p. 272. d. (329. t. 10. 



f. 1. 1 a {/.,p.) (1857) (Java ; N. India) ; Jloore, /'/'-)■. Zu,.l. Sot: Lond. p. 794 (18(55) (Bengal); 



Semper, Va-h. Zot^l. Bot. (Jen. Wien xvii. p. (300. u. 11 (18(57) (larva) ; Bull., Tivnx. Zool. Soc. 



Lond. IX. p. 548. n. 3 (1877) ; Moore, Prvc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 595 (1877) (Pt. Blair) ; Snell., 



Tijd^chr. Enl. xx. p. 2. n. 9 (1877) (Java) ; Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. (313 (1881) 



