( 2(i(i ) 



pale line deeper in tint, changing into cliestnut between M' and anal angle ; distal 

 margin slightly nndulate. 



Underside. Forewing more pinkish in basal half, without antemedian lines ; 



a cnrved diseal line, uearlj" 7 mm. from stigma ; a band of three postdiscal and 

 snbmarginal lines with pale borders, the band curving distad between R' and (SM'), 

 concave between SC'' and R^ ; marginal area chestnut as above, but more distinctly 



extended to liinder angle. Hindwing : lines as above, diseal one more curved 



behind ; marginal area chestnut between M- and anal angle. 



cJ. Tenth tergite strongly narrowed towards end (PI. XXV. f. 26), apex feebly 

 sinuate ; sternite narrowed stiddenly to a pointed process. Clasper sole-shaped ; 

 a large jjatch of friction-scales ; these scales long and narrow ; eighth tergite with 

 a belt of enlarged scales all round the edge ; harpe (PI. XXXII. f. 15) resembling 

 that of l'oly])ti/chus hoUandi to a certain extent, being distally sinuate, the two 

 lobes short, especially the ventral one. Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 27) with a 

 rather high dentate ridge before the end ; from the interior of the sheath projects 

 a sharply pointed, strongly chitinised process. 



? . Antenna andromorphic, segments slightly rounded in dorsal view. Spots 

 at hinder angle of forewing smaller than in S , distal margin less sharply dentate, 

 apical area of forewing and anal area of hindwing not rpiite so deep in colour. 

 Not dissected ; a high smooth ridge visible before vaginal cavity, slightly sinuate 

 mesially, the sinus triangular. 



Length of forewing : S, 30 mm. ; ? , 37 mm. 



Ilab. British Central Africa. 



One (? (Ji/pe) in the Tring Museum from Likoma, Lake Nyassa, 24. iii. '',iO 

 (Rev. Dutton). 



In the British Museum 1 ? from Nengia, British Centr. Africa (Crawshay) ; 

 1 S, aberrant, from Umtali, Mashonaland, 3700 ft, December 1900 (Marshall). 



The latter i is huffish wood-brown, smaller than the ti/pe. The first line of 

 the hindwing below stands at the base of M-, the tenth sternite is square in basal 

 half, with the angles not rounded, the harpe is smaller, and the dentate ridge of 

 the penis-sheath longer. 



LIV. MARUMBA.-Typus : di/ras. 



Sphin.r, Schiff. & Den. {mm Linne, 1758), SyH. Ven. Schmell. Wien p. 42 (177C). 



Snwviiillius Latreille, //is/. Naf. Crust. lint. iii. p. 401 (1802) (partim ; incl. type of Sphinx). 



i((w//iod Fabricius, in Illig., .!/«(/. Eiil. v\. p. 287 (1807) (partim ; incl. type of Splii>i.c). 



Pnli/jili/clius Hubner, Verz. helc. Schm. p. 141 (1822) (partim ; type : dinlutux). 



Meriiilhim Meigen, llanttlt. Schm. p. 100 (1827) (correct, of Siiierinlhiis !). 



Triplurjuii, Butler (»-» Men('trii's, 1857), Pior. Zoul Sac. Loiul. p. 253 (1875) (iiom. iiulescr.). 



MelaiiiinMn id., Trans. Zmil. Sue. Lund. ix. p. 582 (1877) (partim ; type : australaxkic). 



Mimiix, id. (non Hiibner, 1822), Z.c. p. 583 (1877). 



Maruinha Moore, Lep. Cei/l. ii. p. 8 (1882) (type : di/nis). 



Sichki Tutt, liril. Lep. iii. p. 380 (1902) (nom. nud.). 



Btirfuwaiti id., I.e. (nom. nud.). 



Kityc'ni id., /.'■. (nom, nud.). 



c? ? . Tongue very short and weak, the two halves quite separate in several 

 species (PI. LXI. f. 10. 11). Pilifer a short, obtnse, triangnlar process. Palpus 

 larger in S than in ? , visible from above in S, second segment about twice as long 



