( 789 ) 



Chaniirumpii .■»,,/«,/, ,^ IIaU]|l^uu. in Bliiiif., Fmnai Bril. Iiul., Mnths i. p. 02. u. 13R (180'Jl 



(Bombay ; Satara). 

 *Cliiicrw:a/iipu lii/iioi-hu<lii llamiisuii, .Iniini, Bomlmij X. II. Sue. xiii. p. 30. B. 138a. I. i:. f. ll.' (UIOII) 



(Kai-war ;— Mus. Brit.). 



c? ? . iSomewliiit viiri;il)le ill cnlciiii' iiltuve ami Ijc.'liiw. Palpus a.s in jiiillii:n.stfi. 

 E.xlenial row of s]iiues ol' first protai'sal segmeiii. single, excepf at. base, where 

 there are some additional sjiiiies. The ujiperside sometimes more, sometimes 



less reddish ; underside varying from orange-rufous to pale tawny. Forewiog, 



above, with greyish marginal area, which is widest at K- ; stigma l)laek, discal 

 lines very indistinct, the distal one indicated liy more or less vestigial vein- 

 dots. Hindwing nuiformly dark tawny-olive or blackish, fringe white between 



W and SJP. 



Hab. Sontli India. 



The species leads over to Rkagastis, which it resembles vci'v much in shaiie 

 and in the style of coloration. 



In tlie Tring Museum 3 ? ¥ from Travancore ; 1 S from Karwar. 



CLXlll. KIIYNCHOLABA gen. nov.— Typus : actcus. 



Sijliiii.r, (Jramer (non Liuni', 17.58), Paji. Exot. iii. p. 93 (1770). 



Orrii-s Iliibiicr, reci. bek. Schin. p. 136 (18(12) (partim ; type : ijiiuuia). 



Ptnjr^ii WalUcr, Lilt Lvii. Lis. li. .)/. viii. p. 1,');! (18.o(j; (partim ; type : /mrcelliix). 



Ch<ii:nuiim/ni, Boisduval (nun Duponchel, ISS'i), Spec. Gni. Lqi. HH. i. p. 2.57 (1875) (partnii). 



.\f,'lnji>:ilus. Kirby (»«« Duncan. 183G), Cal. Le/i. lid. i. p. r)(iO(1892) (partim). 



Tlinrlrii, Ilampsou (nun Hiibucr, 1822), iu Blanf., Faiiiia Brit, hid.. Moths i. p. 1011 ( 1 802 1 (partim) 



r,f,i<trni, Rothschild {nvn Walker, ISofi), Nov. Zouu i. p. 80 (18'Ji) (partim). 



(J?. Second segment of palpus triangular; the joint widely upen, some 

 dispersed long scales on the naked space of the opening; scaling of first segment 

 longest just below the opening, the palpus thus differing in outline (I'l. LIX. 

 f. '>h) from that of every other Sphingid. Mid- and hindtibia short-scaled ; liasal 

 spines of midtarsal comb prolonged, longer than the segment is thick; hindtarsus 

 also with prominent comb. 



Larva : anterior segments small ; a very large eye-spot on fonrth segment, 

 followed by a series of smaller, obli(|ue, ovate spots ; horn short. 



I'upa with a long free tongue-case, the end nf wiiich rests against the breast 

 fitting in a groove. 



JJab. ludo-Malayan Subregion. 



One species. 



Connected with the bulk of Tlicretra by 7y(. /it'«.'*'/,<, with which I'lc/ncliolnba 

 agrees in many respects. The free tongue-case of flic jiujiu is a character not lound 

 anywhere else among the S/)liiwiiilKi; sernHKOphorai:. 



74(!. Rhyncholaba acteus. 



Sjihinx iirlms Cramer, I'njj. K.ml. iii. p. '.i3. t. 21«. f. a (1 779) (.lava). 



V,i:u» iKhim, HUbuer, Ven. hek. Sclim. p. 13U. ii. 14G4 (1822). 



/V;j/e»a «'.((•«», Walker, Litl A-yy. Int. II. .1/. viii. p. 1.53. u. (i (185G) (liuriiuo ; Java ; Moulmuiii ; 

 Silhet : X. India ; Ceylnn) ; Ilorsf. & Moore, Cul. I.i-p. Int. Miit. E. I. C p. 272. n. iVl'i. I. 10. 

 f. 1. 1 a (/.,/<.) (1857) (.lava; X. India); Moore, /Vw. .^f™/. .sW. /-oik/, p. 794 (1811,5) (Bcii(jal); 

 Hcmijcr, V,:rh. Zn„l. li.A. (ics. Wkn xvii. p. 099. u. II (18117) (larva) ; Bull., I'r.im. Xwd. Sm: 

 L;,„L IX. p. .548. u. 3 (1877) ; Moore, Prm: /m,I. So.: Lnml. \: 69o (1877) (I't. Blair) ; Hiiell., 

 7V/,/„-/„-. E„t. XX. p. 2. n. 9 (1877) (Java): Butt, /';■■"■. Xool. Hor. I..;„l. \>. f.l3 (1881) 



