80 SPHINGIDjE. 



Underside : fore wing with a pale triangular patch before the 

 apex ; hind wing with three faint transverse lines. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. $ 146 millim. 



110. Ambulyx bilineata, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1857; C. $ S. no. 159; 



Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 81, fig. 4. 



Differs from phalaris in being much paler ; the pale patch on 

 fore wing only indicated by a pale dash from the end of the cell 

 towards the outer margin ; the black patch on hind wing larger ; 

 but chiefly differing in having a streak of black hairs on the under- 

 side of fore wing below the median nervure and vein 2. 



Hah. Shanghai ; Sikhim. Exp., rf 128, $ 150 millim. 



111. Ambulyx deucalion, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 236 ; C. $ S. no. 158. 



Differs from bilineata in being without the pale dash beyond the 

 cell of the fore wing. 



Hub. Shillong. Exp. $> 144 millim. 



112. Ambulyx pagana, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii, p. 146 ; C. $ S. no. 163 



(part.). 

 Basiana cervina, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 237 ; C. # S. no. 160. 



Differs from deucalion in being much redder in tone, and in 

 wanting the black patch at base of hind wing and black streak on 

 underside below the median nervure of fore wing. 



The form cervina is smaller and paler. Phalaris, bilineata, deu- 

 calion, and pagana may possibly be varieties of one species. 



Larva green, with 7 oblique lateral stripes and short aborted 

 horn. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Bengal ; Madras. Exp., (pagana} 3 140, $ 160 

 millim ; (cervina) 110 millim. 



113. Ambulyx exnsta, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 252 ; id. Trans. Zool. 



Soc. ix, pi. 93, fig. 4 ; C. $ S. no. 162. 



Differs from pagana in having the vertex of the thorax dark ; 

 fore wing w r ith a pale irregular indistinct band before the margin ; 

 hind wing with two indistinct postmedial and prominent sub- 

 marginal and marginal dark lines. Underside of fore wing with 

 three postmedial lines, of hind wing with two. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 80 millim. 



114. Ambulyx ornea, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 13, pi. 6, fig. 3 ; C.$S. 



no. 183. 

 Smerinthus pudorinus, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 253; C. fy S. no. 161. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing reddish ochreous ; the 

 fore wing with broad greyish ante- and postmedial bands ; a 

 greyish band along inner margin with some dark strigse on it ; a 

 dark speck at the end of the cell. Hind wing pink ; a grey patch 

 at anal angle with some dark streaks on it. 



Hob. Alinorah ; Central India. Exp., $ 54, $ 80 millim 



