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*Smeniilliiis khiderminini var. orhutu Groum-Grschim., /..-. iv. p. 512. n. 207 (1890) (Ferghana •— Mus 



Tring) ; Bartel, Ir. p. 1G9 (190i1) (Turkestan). 

 Eiismirhdliiis l<hid,'vmnimi, Kirby, Cut. L,p. Het. p. 712. n. 1 (1892) (Turkestan). 

 Eusmerinthun kindentwniif var. orbaUt, id., /.c. p. 712. sub n. 1 (1802). 



(??. Paler than the precediug, the dark bands of the forewiog less tawny. 

 Pulvillns small and pale. The ridge formed basally by the upper edge of the 

 clasper smootli. Tliis is tiie form generally found in collections as Iiitulcriimiini, and 

 distributed as sueh by the German dealers. It varies in colour to a certain 

 extent, some specimens coming near the preceding, others near the following. 



Ilob. Transcas])ia, Turkestan, North Afghanistan. 



In the Tring Museum 10 S <S , 8 ? ? from : Margelan ; Ruschke, Afghanistan; 

 Sefir-Kuh. 



c. Sph. Mndermaniii obsoleta. 



Eiismn-iiilJms khuln-manui, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loncl. p. 413. n, 26. t. 39. f. 11 (p.). 12 (/.) (1880) 

 (Kandabar) ; Swinb., Prnc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. .841!. n. 3 (1885) (Kandabar, vi.-viii.). 



SmerinthuK Ihuhrmanm, Cotes * Swinhoe, Cut. Mollis Inch i. p. 27. n. 151 (1887) (Kandabar). 



Cijpn kimlerninnnJ, Hampson, Juurn. Bnmbaij N. II. Soc. xiii. p. 38. n. 90 (1900) (Kandabar ; Chitral). 



*Sinfnntlins l;iiiihriiianm \a.v. ohxtilela Staudinger, in Stand. & Reb., Cut. Lej). ed. iii. p. 1011. sub 

 n. 728 (1901) (Korla ;— coll. Staudinger). 



(?. Similar to the palest specimens of orbata. The discal lines of the forewiug 

 a little less distinct, the pale antemediau and discal bands more whitish ; the anal 

 patch of the hiudwing less sharply marked, and the underside paler in tint, with 

 some of the lines less distinct than in orbata. We have not observed any dift'erence 

 in structure from orbata. 



Larva described by Roberts (see Bntler, I.e.) as having yellow side-bands, 

 white granules, a blue, green-tiiiped, cnrved horn. — Food : Salix, vi. 



Hub. Eastern Turkestan ; Chitral ; Kandahar. 



In the Tring Museum 2 S S from Maral-bashi, east of Kashgar, May. 



In the British Musenra from Kandahar and Chitral. 



269. Sphinx caecus. 



Smerbitlius cucciin Mi'm'trit's, Emim. Corp. AmilT Pctr., Lep. ii. p. 135. n. 1560. t. 13. f. 2 (1857) 



(Dauria?: Amur ;— Mus. St. Petropolis) ; id., Mil. Biol. Ac. St. PHcrsb. i. p. 48. n. 109 



(Separ.) (1859) (Amur) ; Graes., Berl. E,d. Zrilxchr. xxxii. p. 105. n. 190 (1888) (/. on Sulh-) ; 



Stand., in Rom., Mem. Up. vi. p. 236. n. 225 (1892) (AmnrUnd ; Askold ; i. E. vi., /. viii.) ; 



Bartel, in Riibl, Grofixsclim. ii. p. 166 (1900) (Transbaikal. ; East Siber. ; Amur; Dauria; 



N. Cbina ; Askold) ; Stand. A- Reb., Cut. Lcp. ed. iii. p. 100. n. 727 (1901) (Amur ; Ussuri ; 



? Daur.). 

 Smermthm? cnccus, Staudinger, Cot. Lep. Eur. ed. ii. p. 37. n. 485 (1871) (var. of l.rmlerm.?). 

 SmerintliKx coecm (!), Boisduval, Spec. Gin. Lep. Wt. i. p. 40. n. 30 (1876). 

 CitlustiniholiiH caecuK, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 592. n. 4 (1877) (Amur). 

 Kuioiierhitlrus coecti^ (!), Grote, Conud. Enl. ix. p. 132 (1877) ; id., Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. iii. 



p. 223 (1877). 

 Eiismerhdliiin caeciis, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Hcl. i. p. 712. n. 2 (1892) (Dauria ; Amur). 



3 ?. Anterior tibia without a thorn at end. Antenna of S snbpectinate as in 

 kindermanni. Pulvillns well developed. 



S . Tenth tergite nearly as in cerisyi, but sinuate at apex ; steruite as slender 

 as in ccriitji. Clasper a little narrower than in ceri.v/i, with a dorso-apical rounded 

 ridge placed obliquely as in cer. cerisyi ; harpe ventrally emarginate before end, 

 apex and upper edge of the harpe densely beset with short spines. Penis-sheath 



