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Body above pale brown, jialest on the sides. A black oblique line on each side 

 from base of antenna to collar ; edge of collar and upper edge of mesothoracic 

 tegnla rather broadly black, especially the latter ; abdomen (rather soiled) witli 

 a black mesial line and black lateral patches. Underside cinnamon bistre brown ; 

 first segment of palpus pale. 



Wings above. Forewiug : wood-lirown, witli the following brownish bluc-k 



markings : two very oblique antemedian costal lines across apex of cell, followed by 

 a short streak in cell, and continued from M- to inner margin, which they reacli 

 about 5 mm. from base, connected with base by a streak, interspace filled np with 

 black behind ; two heavy discal streaks R' — M^, the upper one the longer, a third 

 streak R' — R- more oblique ; the discal lines crossed by these streaks not well 

 expressed, being represented by blackish lirown clouds or patches, the lines coming 

 out more clearly beyond M^ ; a heavy, oblique, apical line ; some small submarginal 



spots ; fringe brownish black with white dots. Hindwing: mummy brown, paler 



towards base ; fringe sj)otted with white. 



Underside mummy brown, somewhat greyish. Forewing with a vestigial 



discal band nearer distal margin than cell, a thin ajiical line. Hindwing witli 



two vestigial distal bands. 



?. Vaginal plate (PI. XXI. f. II) resembling somewhat that of ligustri \ 

 mouth of vagina proximal, a small folded ridge in front of it, the ridge continued 

 on both sides as a longitudinal fold to apex of plate. 



Length of forewing 38 mm. 



Uab. Japan. 



One specimen in the British Museum, ex coll. Leech. 



110. Hyloicus pinastri. 



Sphinx phinxfri Linne, Sijst. Nat ed. x. p. 492. n. 20 (1758). 



ffi/luicusjiinasln, Hiibner, Verz. helc. Scliin. p. 139. n. 1483 (IS'i-i). 



Anceri/x pinastri. Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 223. n. 1 (1851)). 



*Hyloicns asiaiiriis Butler, Proc. Ziml. Soc. Lonil. p. 260. n. 58 (1875) (Scinde? ; — Mu8. Brit.). 



Sphinx saniptri Strecker, Lrp. p. 118. t. l.S. f. 18 (1876). 



(??. Antenna three-sevenths (c?) or a little more than one-third (?) the 

 length of the forewing, slightly incrassate distally. Palpus not so much produced 

 as in chersis and allies, rather slender, especially in ? . Armature of foreleg weak, 

 none of the spines obviously prolonged ; foretibia only with a few apical and lateral 

 s])ines, first tarsal segment as long as the next three together ; midtarsus without 

 comb, the proximal spines of row 4 not being essentially longer than the more 

 distal spines ; hindtibia without spines ; spurs long, with or without spines, long 

 distal one of bindtiljia two-thirds or three-fourths the length of the first tarsal 

 segment; this longer than the four other segments together. 



i . Tenth abdominal tergite rather strongly curved, broad, tapering to a point, 

 somewhat flattened and sulcate above, concave beneath (PI. XXVIII. f 18) ; 

 stemite completely divided into two narrow, somewhat curved, lobes. Clasper 

 »ole-Blia|itd, rounded-narrowed from before middle to aj)ex ; harjie (PI. XXXVIII. 

 f. 11. Vi) with two processes, a ventral one which is broad, obtuse, and a muiOi 

 longer niijier one which is cylindrical or flattened, tapering to the pointed end, 

 somewhat curved, pointing veutro-distad. Penis-sheath (PI. XXVIII. f 4i). ;")!)) 

 ajiiciilly jiroduced into a concave process. 



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