( 593 ; 

 530. Sphingonaepiopsis obscurus (PI. VII. f. 2o, S). 



*Pkror/oii obscurti.i Mabille, Ann. S'ir. Ent. France (5). ix. p. 344. n. 7 (1880) (Madag. ;— coll. 



Mabille). 

 rmset-pintis ohsi-iirnx, SaalmuUer, Lep. Madaij. p. U8. n. 274 (1K84). 

 I'tirogon (.*■) obsrnnis, Kirby, Cnl. Lip. Ilel. i. p. 640. D. 7 (1892). 



(? ¥ . Deeper brown than imnum. — — Forewing withimt pale line upon uross- 

 veiiis within brown triangular patch. 



S ■ Antenna pectinated, branches long and slender, scaled above, the inner ones 

 rather shorter than the outer ones (PI. LX. f. 2y). Tenth tergite sharply 

 pointed ; steruite long and narrow, similar to that of yori/on. Clasper narrowing 

 towards apex (PI. IL. f. 24) ; harpe slender, horizontal, ending in a sjiatulate 

 process. Penis-sheath with dentate apical process pointing obli(|neIy distad (PI. 

 LV. f. 42). 



Hab. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Mnsenin I 6 from : Antanambe, Bale d'Antongil (A. Mociinerys). 



Ill coll. Oberthiir from Tananarive, 'i i S , 2 ¥ ? (Cambouii) ; Imeriue, 1 S 

 ((Jaiuboue). 



CXXXVII. MICROSPHINX gen. nov.— Typus : j,umilnm. 

 J'ln-iiijoii Boisduval {non id., 1834), Spec. Gen. Lip. Uet. i, p. 312 (1875) (partim). 



6. Differs from Sphingonaepioj/sis in the following points : antenna obtuse 

 at end, without hook, the end-segment being broader than long ; hindtibia with 

 oik: jiair of spurs, the longer one equalling in length the second tarsal segment. 



Ilah. South Africa. 



One species. 



531. Microsphinx pumilum. 



*PteriajiM pumilum Boisduval, ill Deleg., Yuy. Afi: Austi: p. 594. n. 99 (1847) (Zululand, uom. 



imhiii:i:) ; id., Spn. Hen. Lep. Bet. i. p. 312. n. 2. t. 9. f. 2 (1876) (Zululand ; CafEraria :— coll. 



Charles Obertlalr) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Uet. i. p. 610. n. 9 (1892). 

 *Liiphni-uii iiiiuiilum Distaut, Ann Mag. X. //. (7). xix. p. 580 (1897) (Pretoria;— coll. Distant). 

 S/ihingoniie/iiojisis puniihim, id., Jnx. Transe. t. 3. f. 7 (1902). 



S. Forewing not angulate at W ; marginnl band of hindwing of even width ; 

 uiidomen with distinct lines and grey dots. 



llab. South East Africa : Cape Colony ; Catfraria ; Zululand; Transvaal. 

 One 6 in the liritish Museum from the Cape Colon}'. 



('XXXVIII. EUUYPTEUYX.— Typus : molacua. 



IliinniKu, .Moor.! {imn Walker, 1850), I'roe. /,„ul. Sue. Lmul. p. 794 (1865). 



t^'injiilerijj Felder, JfriHe \ui:iira, J-e/i. i. 71 (1874) (num. indesrr. .') ; Jio'isd., Spec. (iai. Le/i. Ilil. 



i. p. 46 (187r,j (type : molunta). 

 ICiiri/pleri/j: (/'a,/u/li,i), Kolder, /..-. expl. of plates p. .0 (1874). 

 Aleiinn, Obertlicir Inon Boisduval, 1875;, Kl. /v'h/. xix. p. :i2 (1K94). 



rJ?. (iciial iHiicesH very large, reacliing tip of [lilifcr. Eye slightly lashed. 

 Head fecjjly crested. Pulpus large, iirominent, second segment longer than lirsl, 

 nearly us broad us long. Antenua long, setiform, compressed and grooved, and 



