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Dfihphila iiiiiiiilinns, Walker, l.f. viii. p. 128. n. 2 (18u(">) (sub syn.). 

 {?) Sphinx spec. Saunders, Tram. Ent. Sue. Lund. (3). iv. t. 13. f. 2 (/.) (18.58) (Natal). 

 DiilepJiil'i atlin-liiinilii Montrouzier, Aim. Sor. Linn. Lunn (-2). xi. p. 2.50 (18C4) { Kanalal 

 Ikihphihi iniinilinii. Butler, Tnum. Zoo!. Sor. Land. ix. p. 557. n. 2 (1877) (sub syii.), 

 Plinhiemi inqninfili.i {'.), Swinhoe, Oil. Lcji. Met. .)liix. O.r. i. p. 17. n. 68 (1892) (sub syn.). 

 Thfreli-ii eeleriu, Kirby, r'al. Lq,. I/H. i. p. 652. n. 31 (1892) ; Huwe. Beil. Enl.Zrit. xl. p. :!i;5. 

 n. 20 (1895) (Java) ; HoU., in Smith, Thnmf/h Unkn. Cowilr. Afr. p. 412 (1897) (Somalild.). 



cJ ? . There is little variation iu tUis wide-spread species. Tlie lines within 

 the silvery band of the t'orewing- are sometimes nearly absent ; the rosy discal 

 spots of the hiudwing are occasionally reduced in size. There is no difference 

 between Aethiopiau and Indo-Australiau individnals. Some fresh specimens from 

 the Trobriand Islands have a rosy flnsh over body and wings, while another 

 individual from the same place has very little red on the hindwing. E.Kternal 

 row of spines on the first protarsal segment accompanied by a row of smaller spines. 



6. Sexual armature similar to that of rdox. Tenth segment shorter, stouter, 

 the sternite much more abruptly narrowed into a sharp hook. Harpe much 

 stouter, almost straight, compressed, upperside hollowed ont apically, with the 

 edges raised. Tenis-sheath with two rows of teeth as in n'lo.r. 



?. Vagin.'il aperture ovate, the edges raised to a low horseshoe-shapi'd ridge : 

 no processes. 



Larva green or brown ; a large eye-spot on segment 4, a smaller one on .5 ; 

 a pale dorso-lateral line, broad, distinct on thorax and last segments, generally 

 vestigial on middle segments. — Food-plants : I'/7/.s ; Itubiaceae. 



Pupa glossy; tongue-case large, strongly compressed, prominent; stigmata 

 black ; cremaster long, conical, thin, with some teeth. 



Hah. Old World, everywhere except the far north and New Zealand. 



In the Tring Museum ',» larvae, '■> pupae, 3iH.)-odd specimens from : various places 

 in Europe ; Continental Africa : St. Thome ; Comoro Is. ; Madagascar ; Oriental 

 Region, eastwards to the Solomon Islands and Lifn. 



70'^. Hippotion isis spee. no v. 



S . Dirty clay-colour, a lateral stripe on head and the under surface jialrr, no 



pale side-stripe on thorax. Wings, aboce. Forewing like body, a blackish hasal 



cloud posteriorly ; a trace of an antemedian angnlated line anteriorly, a small 

 stigma, and a short discal dash K- — ]{■' bhutk ; five jiarallcl discal lines, the three 

 first faint, the Ibnrth accentuated by vein-dots and continuous wilh the rather 

 prominent oblicjue ajncal line ; an ill-defined brownish patch at hinder ni;irgin liclbre 



angle; distal marginal area with black speckles. Hindwing as in rclcrio, rosy 



red ; a blackish median baud, not extended to abdominal margin, anteriorly dilated 

 l)asad and joini;ig also the })lackish postdiscal liand ; veins strciikeil willi black 

 within rosy discal area. 



I'liderisifle lik<! n])]i('i'siile of forewing, siie(tkled with lirovvn scales ; forewing 

 from base to disc and a distal marginal bainl lir(]wn ; this band feebly deMlat<'; 



some larger costal speckles indicate a dis(-al lin fore- and hindwing: the hitler 



without distinct marginal band. SC- and If (^r hindwing separate. 



Tenth tergite cleft at end ; ape.\ of steiiiite rather suddeidy narrowed and 

 |iroduced into an acute hook ; ninth tergite en<liiig mesially in a short process. 

 Clasper with one truncate fricUou-scale ; hari>e similar to that of onirix, iipcx 

 concave above, renis-sheath with one tooth at tlie left side before end, and nn 

 apical patch of teeth at the right side. 



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