( 740 ) 



Mclopsilus poivcllns vai'. a. Pril. p.. var. s/,c//«8, Kirby, Cal. Lcp. lUt. i. p. (JllO. sub n. 1 (isrii'). 

 Deihi>hila iiDi-cdhis var. et ab. s»o?/»s, Bartel, in Riihl, GnKsschm. ii. p. 127 (1000). 

 Metopsilus pvrccUus var. swHiis, Staudinger & Rebel, Oil. Lep. ed. iii. p. 104. n. 761a (I'.IOl) (Pont.; 

 Arm. ; Ferg. m.). 



$ ? . Pronotnm edged with grey as iu asMdens/t;, but not quite so' distinctly ; 

 tergites o and 6 of alidomen witli yellowish lateral apical spot. Body and wings 

 cinnamon, with very little red colour. A iiromincnt olivaceous median band on 

 forewing. Costal margin of forewing below grey, irrorated with brown. Pale lateral 

 border of mesothoracic tegula continued to frons, more or less distinct on pronotnm. 



Early stages not known. 



IJab. Transcaucasia ; Asia Minor. 



In the Tring Museum 2 c?c?, 3 ? ? from : I'.orsliom. 



689. Pergesa askoldensis. 



*SmeniilliiiH axkohlemif: Oberthiir, Dlngii. hep. Ask. p. .') (1870) ; id., El. Ent. v. p. ih. n. fi4. t. 1. 



f. 3 (1880) (Askold ;-colI. Oberthiir). 

 'Cinurjoii cingiilatiiin Butler, Trans. En/. Sac. Lniiil. p. 2 (1881) (Japan ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 Deilephila uxkiMensis, Graeser, £Vc?. Ent. Zeitsrhi: xxxii. p. 10.5. n. 184 (1888) (Amurland) ; Stand., 



in Rom., 2Iem. Up. vi. p. 2.30. n. 217 (1892) (Amurld.) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gnisssrhm. ii. p. 128 



(1900). 

 Ciiivgcm iislcohknsis, Kirby, Cat. Lcp. JJet. i. p. 630. n. 1 (1892) ; Leech, Proc. Zool. .Syc. Lund. 



p. 584. n. 18 (1888) (= ciiigulatiini ; Oiwake ; Hakodate) ; Stand. & Reb., Cat. Leji. ed. iii. 



p. 104. n. 764(1901). 



cj ?. Abdominal segments with white fringe all round. Wings more distinctly 

 dentate than in the two preceding species. Pale side-stripe of head and thora.K 

 distinct on prothorax ; pale fringe of the latter also distinct. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. Amurland ; Jai)an. 



In the Tring Bluscum 3 cj c? from : tSidemi ; Japan. 



CLVll. KHODAFUA gen. nov.— Typus : oj'/wltes. 



tiplihix, Cramer (».-« Linnc, 1758), Pap. E.r„l. iii. p. 164 (1780). 

 Hi/lcs Hiibner, Vei:. heh. Sr/im. p. 137 (1822) (partim ; type : gallii). 

 Deilephila. Walker («..« Laspeyres, 1800), List Lep. Ins. 13. .17. viii. p. 173 (1856). 



J?. Antennae less clubbed than in Cclcrio. Second segment of jialpus 

 jiecnliar : scales mesially short, long right and left, the lateral ones especially long 

 and hair-like, forming a kind of crest appearing as a continuation of the eye-lashes, 

 the segment looking as if it were shorn mesially. Spines of abdoiuen weak as in 

 I'ergcsa. 



i. Friction -scales small and numerous, ])rocess of liarj)e liroad, rounded at end, 

 hollowed out on the uppcrside (PI. LII. f. 10), resembling the process o^ Pergesa. 

 Penis-sheath with incrassate dentate apical edge ending at both sides in a short 

 jirocess. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. South Africa, 



As distinct from Crler/o as is Pcrijc.ta. 



Two species : 



Forewing with broad creamy bnfl' band from 



ape.x to hinder margin near base . . il'.'o. It. opimlles. 



Forewing without this band .... fi'.il. It. marskaUi. 



