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Sub-Family VI. — Sphingin^:. 

 Genus Protoparce. 



167. PROTOPARCE ORIENTALIS. 



Protoparce orientalis, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 609, pi. 91, figs. 16, 



17, lawn nnd pupa, (1876). 

 ■ Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 5, pi. 75, figs. 1, la-e, imago, larva 



and pupa, (1882). 



Forsayetli, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 391. 



Swinboe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 289. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Moore, Cat. Lep. Muft E. I. Comp. i ( p. 267, No. 616, pi. ix, 

 figs. 3, 3a, larva and pupfy (1857). 



Recorded from Seinde, Bombay, Manipur, N. Bengal, Moulmein, 



Ceylon, Java, and Hongkong. 

 Closely allied to P. convolvuli. 

 In Indian Museum are specimens from Calcutta. 

 In Collection, S win hoe, from Kasauli, Bombay, Poona, Deesa, 



Neilgherries, Mhow, Karachi. 



168. Protoparce convolvuli. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn., Syst. Nat, ed. xii, p. 798, No. 6, (1767). 



Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, p. 150, No. 46, (1781). 



Walker, Cat, Lep. Het. B. M., viii, p. 212, No. 1, (1856). 



Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep. Het. i, p. 94, No. 31, (1875).* 



Aurivillius, Kongl. Sv. Akad. Hand., Baud. 19, No. 5 p 129, 



(1882). 



Newman, Entomologist, viii, p. 272, larva.* 



Snellen, Tijd. Ent. xx, p. 3, (1877). 



Agrius convolvuli, Hiibner, Verz. Bek. Scbmett., p. 140, No. 1506, (1816). 

 Protoparce convolvuli, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 609, (1876). 



Recorded from Europe, Asia, and S. Africa. 

 Clusely allied to P. orientalis. 



In Indian Museum are specimens from Calcutta, Goalpara, Dar- 

 bhanga, Kulu, Sikkim, Sibsagar, and Java. 



Genus Pseudosphinx. 



169. PSEUDOSPHINX NYCTIPHANES. 



Macrosila nyctiphanes, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii n 209 No 16 



(1856). ' ' 



Pseudosphinx nyctiphanes, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 610, (1876). 



Iu - T yP- Lep. Het. v, p. 15, pi.' 81, far. 7, 



(1881). 



Recorded from Sylhet. 



Type is in the British Museum. 



In Indian Museum are specimens from Sylhet, besides represent- 

 atives of a darker variety of the species from the Andaman 

 Islands and Perak. 



In Collection, Swinhoe, from Sylhet. 



170. Pseudosphinx inexacta. 



Macrosila inexacta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 208, No. 14, (1856). 



