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defined. Cramer's figure is bad, the subapical white patch of the forewing is an 

 exaggeration. 



iS . Tenth tergite divided into two slender processes which lie close together, 

 but are movable separately, they are curved (PI. XXVI. f. 28. 29) ; sternite short 

 and broad, the lobe broader than long, truncate-sinuate, the angles slightly produced, 

 sides distally rounded-dilated. Patch of modified scales about three times as long 

 as broad, deep brown except at edges (PI. LVIII. f. 34). Process of penis-sheath 

 (PI. XXVIII. f. 31) very characteristic, sometimes distinctly asymmetrical. We 

 have not noticed any difference in the sexual armature of cj cJ from different 

 localities. Head see PI. LXI. f. 6. 7. 



? . Postvaginal portion of vaginal plate chitinised, smooth, scaled, halfmoon- 

 shaped, somewhat truncate, the lateral margins elevated; vaginal cavity surrounded 

 proximally and laterally by a wrinkled membranaceous ridge (PI. XXU. f. 9). 



Ilab. Oriental Region : (!eylon to Jajian, eastwards to New Caledonia. 



Three subspecies : 



a. P. menephron lifuense. 

 *Megiiiioton Ufueiise Rothschild, Nov. Ziioi.. i. p. IIO. t. 7. f. 20 (1894) (Lifu ;— Mus. Tring). 



S ? . The palest form, some siiecimens nearly all white on the thorax and 

 forewing ; the black discal 'streaks R^ — M^ of the forewing thin, often partly or 

 totally obsolete. The subspecies is variable ; in the darker specimens the discal 

 lines of the forewing are rather pronounced, and there is not distinct medio-costal 

 brown area ; in the paler individuals the markings, inclusive the proximal part 

 of the apical black line, become indistinct. 



Hall. Lifu, Loyalty Islands. 



Fourteen specimi'us in the Tring Museum. 



L P. menephron menephron. 



Sphinx memphron Cramer, I.e. ; Pagenst., Jalirb. iVa.ss. Vcr. Nat. xli. p. 104. n. 195 (1888) (Amboina). 



Jlyloicus menephrmi, Hiibner, Vers. hek. Schm. p. 139. n. 1485 (1822). 



*Macro»ila ilisrhtriga Walker, Lht Lep. Ins. B.M. viii. p. 209. n. 17 (1856) (Silhet ; Hongkong; 



N. China;— Mus. Brit.) ; Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cut. Lep. ilus. E.I.C. i. p. 268. n. 618 



(1857) ; Walk., t.c. x.xxi. p. 34 (18C4) (Cambodia ; Ceram) ; Moore, Proc. Zoul. Soc. Land. 



p. 793 (1805) (Bengal). 

 *Macnisihi. niswiriaiw Walker, Lixt. Lep. Lis. D.il. viii. p. 210. n. 19 (1856) (Sydney ; C. York;— 



Mus. Brit.) : Misk., Proc. Rny. Sor. Que.rnsld. viii. p. 24. n. 41 (1891) (Newcastle ; Brisbane ; 



Rockhampton ; Card well ; C. York ; = )i«te?osrt ; on Teconia a.iid Jasminmn). 

 Aneeryj- pimixtri var. /3, Walker, I.e. viii. p. 223. sub n. 1 (1856) (N. India). 

 Sphinx emfirijtmilii Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Gil. Lep. Afas. E.I.C. i. p. 268. n. 618 (1857) (sub 



synon., nom. max. supurvac.). 

 Miii-rosiln iliirius Mi'm'triijs, Ennm. Corp. Anim. .\/iis. Petr., Lep. p. 89. n. 1470 (1857) (Silhet ; num 



nml.) ; Boisd., Hjiec. den. Lep. llet. i. p. .59. n. 2 (1875> (sub synon.). 

 Mai-riittilii (!) lUsrMriijii ^ Semper, Verh. Zoul. But. (rex. Wien. xvii. p. 699. n. 8. (1867) (Bohol, larva). 

 ■ffer/aiioton liiscixtriija, Boisduval, tipee. Gin. Ll-p. Ilet. i. p. 59. n. 2 (1875) ; Pagenst., Juhrli. Nass. Ver. 



Sut. xllv. p.'lOl. n. 193 (1888) (Amboina); Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 682. n. 7 (1892) 



(K. Indies) ; Huwe, lierl. Enl. Zeits,-h. xl. p. .367. n. 39 (1895) (Java). 

 *Spliii,.r uhieiinu Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. llet. i. p. 108. n. 47 (1875) (Himalaya ;— coU. Oberthiir); 



Knell , Tijihein: Enl. xx. p. 2. n. 12 (1H77) (Java) ; id., I.e. xxii. p. 64. ii. 6 (1879) (S. Celebes); 



P.igenHt., Iris iii. p. 2. d. 1 (1890) (Palawan). 

 Spliinr casiHiruiue, Boisduval, /.'■. p. Ul'.K n. -19 (1875). 



