P eX } 
“ 
A 7 \F 
WS 4 <Q & . 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
ei war, 199i. ~~ Go. 696 
NEW FORMS OF SPHINGIDZ. 
By J. J. Joicey, F.E.S., F.L.S., erc., anp G. Taxsor, F.E.S. 
Tur types of the forms herein described are in the Hill 
Museum. We are obliged to Dr. K. Jordan for his valued 
Opinion on forms 1-5. Figures of these forms will be published 
when opportunity permits. 
1. Oxyambulyx ceramensis, sp. nov. 
Allied to wildet, Misk., from Australia and New Guinea, but 
distinguished by the larger rounded sub-basal spot on the fore- 
wing and the more strongly marked underside. May only be a 
race. 
3 2. Upper side with the coloration of wildec but somewhat 
darker. Fore wing with a very large sub-basal spot. The sub- 
marginal line below vein 3 farther from the margin than in wildez. 
The sub-apical line from costa to sub-marginal line strongly marked. 
Hind wing with discal line more heavily marked than in wilde, the 
anal patch darker, and marginal line more strongly developed and 
much darker. Underside with darker markings than in weldez, and 
sub-marginal line of fore wing further from the margin. Hind wing 
with markings as above. Head, thorax and abdomen with the same 
coloration and markings as in weldez. 
Length of fore wing: g d1mm., ? 57 mm. 
Hab.—Mount Manusela, Central Ceram, 6000 ft., October— 
December, 1919, C., F. & J. Pratt, 1 3,1 2. 
2. Clanis pratti, sp. nov. 
Named after Mr. James Pratt, the youngest of the three 
brothers who collected in Ceram, and whose first collecting trip 
it was. 
Allied to bilineata, Walk. Distinguished by the distinct tri- 
angular costal patch of the fore wing and the absence of any 
chocolate-brown coloration on the hind wing. Fore wing broader, 
outer margin not incurved. 
3. Upperside of fore wing darker ochreous then in bilineata. 
Triangular costal patch grey-white suffused with pinkish, sharply 
defined, outer edge longer than it is in bzlimeata and crossing vein 7 
beyond its point of origin. Outer crenulate post-discal line farther 
from the margin than in bilineata, the inner line not defined above 
vein 6. Hind wing dusky ochreous, blackish basally, and paler at the 
ENTOM.—may, 1921. K 
