SPHINGID^E. 47 



Antennae rather slender, olive brown with the apex 

 whitish, but the recurved bristle light brown. Head and 

 thorax olive brown, with a white stripe commencing over the 

 eyes and passing above the insertion of the wings the full 

 length of the thorax on each side, joining there another pair 

 of white stripes which, arising at one point in the front of the 

 thorax, separate obliquely so as to seem to divide it into three 

 tolerably equal portions. Abdomen, pale olive brown, the 

 hinder part of each segment barred with a stripe of alternate 

 black and white spots, extending into black bars at the 

 sides of the first two segments, and into white stripes on the 

 remainder. 



Fore wings long, pointed ; costa very straight, except near 

 the apex ; hind margin oblique and slightly rounded ; dorsal 

 margin nearly straight. Hind wings short, rounded at the 

 apex, hind margin slightly rounded, but with a faint hollow 

 before the anal angle, beyond which the dorsal portion is much 

 dilated. Fore wings dark olive brown. From the base of the 

 dorsal margin, through the middle of the wing to the apex, is 

 a long, nearly straight, yellowish-white stripe of even width 

 except near the apex, where it narrows to a mere line. 

 Below the discal cells the nervures are all marked by slender 

 white lines, which, crossing the pale central stripe, reach to 

 near the hind margin, along which is a broad stripe of paler 

 olive brown or greyish brown. At the base of the wing, and 

 for a short distance along the dorsal margin, are tufts of 

 long loose white scales. Hind wings bright pink with the 

 base black, and a black stripe round the apex and along the 

 hind margin, where it forms a rather broad sinuous band • 

 outside this the margin is softly shaded with pale brown ; 

 a round patch above the anal angle is white, as also are the 

 cilia. 



Underside, dingy dull brown, with a brownish-white 

 longitudinal stripe, broadened and scalloped, passing ob- 

 liquely through the fore wings ; and another occupying that 

 portion of the hind wings which is pink on the upper side. 



