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Range. Japan ; China ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Java ; 

 Madagascar ; S. Africa ; United States. 



Palpi rather slight ; legs with the spurs short ; wings with the 

 outer margins crenulate, varying in amount individually ; veins 

 6 and 7 of hind wing from end of cell or stalked. 



90. Polyptychus dentatus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 42, pi. 125 G ; 



C. Sf S. no. 132 ; Butl Tr. Zool. Soc. ix, pi. 91, fig. 10 (larva). 

 Sphinx timesius, Stall, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. p. 172 ; C. fy S. 



no. 133. 

 Polyptychus trilineatus, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 390 ; Butl. III. 



Het. vii, pi. 121, fig. 4; C. $ S. no. 133 A. 

 Sphinx modesta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii, p. 356. 



G-rey ; fore wing with a diffused medial band ; oblique ante- 

 medial, postmedial, and submarginal lines, the last curved in some 

 specimens ; between the postmedial and submarginal lines is an 

 indistinct waved line; apical area clouded. Hind wing with a 

 waved postmedial line. Cilia chequered brown and white. Under- 

 side : fore wing with submarginal, hind wing with medial and sub- 

 margiaul lines. 



The form timesius is darker, with the waved line on the fore 

 wing obsolescent. In the form trilineatus the postmedial line of 

 the fore wing is also obsolete, and on the underside only the sub- 

 marginal line on each wing is present. 



Larva green, with yellow marks down the back outlined in 

 pink ; oblique dark lateral stripes ; horn yellow. 



Sab. Bombay ; Bengal (dentatus) ; E. Himalayas (timesius) ; 

 N.W. Himalayas (trilineatus). Exp., 3 90, $ 120 millim. 



91. Polyptychus dyras, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 250 ; C. $ S. no 140 ; Moore, 



Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 78, figs. 1, 1 a-c (larva and pupa). 

 Triptogon cristata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 253 ; C. $ S. no. 136. 

 Triptogon gigas, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 253 ; C. fy S. no. 137. 

 Triptogon albicans, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 254 ; C. $ S. no. 139. 

 Triptogon ceylanica, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 255 ; C. $ S. no. 141. 

 Triptogon silhetensis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 255 ; C. fy S. no. 142. 

 Triptogon oriens, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 255 ; C. $ S. no. 143. 

 Triptogon massurensis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 256 ; C. fy S. no. 144. 

 Triptogon fuscescens, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 256 ; C. $ S. no. 145. 

 Treptogon piceipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx, p. 393. 

 Smerintbus sperchius, Men. En. Corp. An. Mm. Acad. Set. Petrop. 



ii, p. 137. 



Triptogon andamana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 595 ; C. $ S. no. 148. 

 Triptogon rectilinea, Moore, P. Z.S. 1879, p. 388 ; C. $ S. no. 149. 

 Smerinthus indicus, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 254 ; C. fy S. no. 150. 

 Triptogon sinensis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 254. 

 Triptogon javanica, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 254. 



Pale brown ; a dark line, which is obsolete in some specimens, 

 from head to end of abdomen. Fore wing with a subbasal line ; 

 three antemedial lines converging towards inner margin ; two 



