( 592 ) 



S . Very near the preceding, but doulitlesn distinct. Larger ; bindwiug orange 

 ocbraceons, witb lirown border wbicb is irregnbirly dentate and is almost restricted 

 to tbe fringe bebiud, tapering very strongly. Harpe (PI. IL. f. 37) curved upwards 

 at cud, flattened, with the apex recurved veutrad. 



J/ab. Central Asia : Kuldja : Tbian-sban, and neighbouring districts. 



lu the Tring Museum ] J I'rom Kuldja, lieginning of July. 



528. Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio. 



*].ujiliiini pHiiiiliu Boisdiival, .s';«'c Gen. IJ-p. IIH. i. p. 'M\. n. '1 (1875) (.Silbet ; — coll. Charles 



Oberthiir) ; Butl., Trans. Zmil. Soi: Lninl. ix. p. 1)32 (1877) : Cotes & Swiiib., Oil. .Unllis Iml. 



i. p. 7. n. 39(1887). 

 *Lojiliumjiii4llii Butler, /'nic Zwl. Soc. Lund. p. 244. ii. 17 (187ri) (Silhet ;— Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Trans. Zuol. Sue. Lmnl. ix. p. 537. n. 5 (1877) ; Moore, Junrn. As. Sue. Benij. liii. 2. p. 234. n. 6 



(1884) (Cachar) : Cotes e^- Swinh., I.e. i. p. 7. n. 38 (1887) (Cachar). 

 Lu/ilinra minima id., Proc. Zuol. Soc. Loml. p. 310. n. 4. t. 22. f. 4 (1870) (Ayerpanas, Malacca ; — 



where type?) ; id., Trans. Zool. Sue. Luml. ix. p. f.37 (1877). 

 Gurelca piisilla, Kirby, Cut. Leji. Ilei. i. p. fi43. n. 3 (18il2) ; Hamp?., in Blanf , Fauna Brit, hid., 



Mulhs i. p. 111. D. 17G (18'.I2) (Cachar : Silhet ;= /mniilio). 

 Gnrelea pundVio, Kirby, I.e. ii. 4 (18;i2). 

 Gnreka minima, id., I.e. n. 8 (1892). 



5. Marginal baud of hind wing of nearly even width. Body and forewiug 

 much more brown than in i/orc/oii and /.■///(fjacnsis, no white s]iots on abdomen. 



Tenth tergite compressed, sbarjily iiointed ; sternite also poiutcil. (.'lasper 

 (PI. IL. f. 25) strongly narrowed in apical half, almost pointed, longitudinally 

 grooved along dorsal edge ; harpe broad, densely beset with long spines distally, 

 these spines flat upon the harpe except some at the apex. Penis-sheath without 

 armature, or with sbtirt transverse subapical ridge, bent proximad. 



Hii/j. Silhet ; Malay Peninsula : Fenang. 



In the Tring Museum 1 (? from : Penang, Nov. ISUG (('. Cnrtis). 



52i). Sphingonaepiopsis nanum. 



"I'terui/un m/iwm Boisduval, iu Ueleg., l'"//- -I./''- .l"^'''- P- 5'J4. u. '.18(1847) (/«'« (/«/(.'.■(•/■.); id., 



Spec. Gin. Lip. Hit. i. p. 314. n. 4 (1875) (Ziilulaiid ;— coll. Charles Obeithur) ; Kirby, O'l. 



Lep. Ihl. i. p. 640. n. 8 (1892) (Natal). 

 Lup/nira nana, Waiker, Li.it Lep. Jns. Ji. .1/. viii. p. 1U7. n. 4 (185(5 (Natal); Butl., Trani. Zuul. 



Sue. Lund. ix. p. 537. n. (i (1877) ; id., I'roe. Zoul. Sue. Lund. p. 494. u. 43 (1884) (Adeu, iv.). 

 Sjiliimjunaejjiojisis rjraoilipes Wallengren, Wien. Enl. Mun. iv. p. 42. n. 39 (18(30) (Caffraria) ; id., 



K,unjl. Sv. Vcl. Ah. Ilandl. (2). v. 4. p. l!i (18()5) ; Butl., Trans. Zuul. Sue. Land. ix. p. 585 



(1877) (" not seen ") ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ihl. i. p. 705. u. 1 (1892). 

 (.') Pruserpinus nana, Moschler, .It/li. Sen!:, yaluif. Ge.i. xv. p. 07. n. 149 (1890) (Accra). 



S ?. Much more uniform in tint than ijuryon, markings of abdomen vestigial. 



6. Tenth tergite similar to that of ijoryon ; the sternite, however, short, 

 broad, membranaceous, irregularly rounded-truncate, broader than long. Clasper 

 sole-shaped (PL IL. f. 2:5) ; harpe large, ventrally produced into a finger-like, 

 flattened process, which is visible from outside, the apex of the har])i' armed 

 with spines which point ventrad and distad ; from a fold along dorsal margin 

 of clasper, long bristles project obliquely ventrad. Penis-sheath without armature. 



Ilah. South Arabia to Natal ; and ? Gold ('oast. 



Lj till- Tring Museum 15 66, 5 ? ¥ from : Aden, iii. ; Dar-es-Salaam ; Dchigoa 

 Bay ; Natal. 



