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 20S. Sphinx kindermanni. 



*SinrrhilliHs lindeniinimi Lederer, Verli. Znnl. Bni. Gcs. Wien. ii. p. 22 (1852) (Argana Maden, 



Kurdistan ;— Mus. Tring) ; Ersch., Feiltsrh.'s Reixe L,p. p. 26. n. 81. t. 2. f. 19 ( ? ) (1874) 



(Turkestan). 

 Calaxijiiilinhis kiudeniudiiii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 592. n. 5 (1877) (Pontus). 

 Eiisiiiirbithiig l-indenmniiti, Grote, Ciiiiad. Ent. ix. p. 132 (1877) ; id., Bull. Buffido Sm: N. Sri. ill. 



p. 223(1877). 

 Ci/jiii /.■indermiiimi, Hampson, Jaiini. Bumlfiit/ N. H. Sor. xiii. p. 38. n. 9G (l',tl)il) (Kandahar; 



Obitral). 



(J?. Anterior tibia eiuliiig in a tUuni, whioli is mostly covci-cd with scales. 

 Aiitemia or c? siibpectinate, the lateral projections abont half as lonij as the 

 sejjiuents are Itroad dorsally. Pnlvillus reduced, decidedly smaller than in occ/lnfa 

 and cueciis, varying in size, largest in the most western form. 



S . Tenth tergite ajiically broader than in ocellaia, obtuse ; the sternite longer. 

 Dorsal edge of clasper internally with the trace of a stronger chitinised longitndinai 

 ridge before the end ; harjje (Fl. XXXIV. f. 26) as in ocelluta with a single, 

 somewhat spoon-shaped, a[)ical process, ventral margin shallowly sinuate, upper 

 edge continued dorso-basad, ending in a rather high crest, which is situated below 

 a longitudinal subdorsal fold clothed with long dispersed bristles. Penis-sheath 

 with a conical tooth at the end, membrane of duct with a patch of pale spines. 



?. Vaginal plate resembling that of oc'<'W«.('«, proximally still less chitinised; 

 the ridge before the cavity with a broader mesial sinus. 



Larva known only from Kandahar, Afghanistan ; similar to ocelluta (see 

 Sjih. kind, obsoleta). 



Hal/. Tanrus, Cilicia, eastwards to the Altai region. East Turkestan, 

 Afghanistan, Chitral. 



Three subspecies, which are connected by intergradations. 



a. Sp/i. kindermanni kindermanni. 



*SmerhUhiiK khulermanni Lederer, /.c. (1852) (Kurdistan) ; Stand., Cat. hep. Eur. p. 17. n. 20 



(18G1) ; id.. I.e. ed. ii. p. .37. n. 484 (1871) (Pont, m.) ; Ersoh., I.e. (1874) (partim) ; Stand., //..;■. 



Sor. Enl. Rms. xiv. p. 300 (1878) (T.-iurus) ; Rom., .Mem. Lep. i. p. 72 (1884) (Lenkoran ; 



Grand Ararat ; Helenendorf) ; Gr.-Grschim., in Rom., Mem. Lep. iv. p. 512. n. 207 (1890) ; 



Teich, Sirll. Enl. Zeit. Ivii. p. 30 (189G) (Ararat ; larva on Salix) ; Holtz, Illustr. ZriUchr. Enl. 



ii. J). 03 (1897) (Taurus, Asia min.) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Grussxrhm. ii. p. 108 (1900) (partim) ; 



Stand. & Reb., C'al. Lep. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 728 (1901) (partim). 

 folusi/mhuhin hindeniurnni, Butler, TnniH. Zmd. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 592. n. 5 (1877) (Pontus). 



(??. The western form. The dark markings of the forewing reddish-brown. 

 Pnlvillus larger than in the two otiier subspecies, black ; the ridge formed by the 

 niijier edge of the harpe beneath the longitudinal fold of the clasper rough with teeth 

 or tubercles. 



JJaO. Asia Minor eastward to the Caucasus. 



In the Tring Museum 2 c? c? from: Helenendorf; " Transkauk., type" ex coll. 

 Felder. 



In the Leech collection 2 <S S without locality. 



0. Sjih. kindermanni orbata. 



Hmer'nilhuH hhulrrin/inni. Erschofl', l.c. (1874) (partim) ; Criiger, Sle.ll. Ent. Zeit. xxxv. p. 393 (1875); 

 OliriHt, in Uom., .1/i'm. Lrp. v. p. II. n. 38 (1880) (Askhabad, one $ , very pale) ; Bartel, in 

 Uiilil, fin.HHsrlnn. ii. p. 108 (1900) (partim) ; Stand. iS: Reb., l.c. (1901) (partim). 



