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Sub- Family VI. 



Genus Protoparce. 



167. PROTOPARCE ORIENTALIS. 



Protoparce orientalis, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 609, pi. 91, figs. 16, 



17, larva and pupa, (1876). 

 --- Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 5, pi. 75, figs. 1, la-e, imago, larva 



and pupa, (1882). 

 -- Forsayeth, Trims. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 391. 



-- Swinlioe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 289. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Comp. i, p. 267, No. 616, pi. ix, 

 figs. 3, 3a, larva and pupa, (1857). 



Recorded from Scinde, Bombay, Mauipur, N. Bengal, Moulmein, 



Ceylon, Java, and Hongkong. 

 Closely allied to P. convolvuli. 

 In Indian Museum are specimens from Calcutta. 

 In Collection, Swinhoe, from Kasauli, Bombay, Poona, Deesa, 



Neilgherries, Mhow, Karachi. 



168. PROTOPARCE CONVOLVULI. 



Sphinx contolvuli, Linn., Syst. Nat, ed. xii, p. 798, No. 6, (1767). 



--- Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, p. 150, No. 46, (1781). 



., --------- Walker, Cat. Lep. Hot. B. M., viii, p. 212, No. 1, (1856). 



- Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep. Het. i, p. 94, No. 31, (1875).* 



-, - Aurivillius, Kongl. Sv. Akad. Hand., Baud. 19, No. 5, p. 129, 

 (1882). 



- . - Newman, Entomologist, viii, p. 272, larva.* 



- - - Snellen, Tijd. Ent. xx, p. 3, (1877). 



Agrius convolvuli, Hiibner, Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 140, No. 1506, (1816). 

 Protoparce convolvuli, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond, ix, p. 609, (1876). 



Recorded from Europe, Asia, and S. Africa. 

 Closely allied to P. orientalis. 



In Indian Museum are specimens from Calcutta, Goalpara, Dar- 

 bhanga, Kulu, Sikkim, Sibsagar, and Java. 



Genus Pseudosphinx. 

 1.69. PSEUDOSPHINX NYCTIPHANES. 



Macrosila nyctiphanes, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 209, No. 16, 



(1856). 

 Pseudosphinx nyctiphanes, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 610, (1876). 



-- 111. Typ. Lep. Het. V, p. 15, pi. 81, fig. 7, 

 (1881). 



Recorded from Sylhet. 



Type is in the British Museum. 



In Indian Museum are specimens from Sylhet, besides represent- 



atives of a darker variety of the species from the Andaman 



Islands and Perak. 

 In Collection, Swinhoe, from Sylhet. 



170. PSEUDOSPHINX INEXACTA. 



Macrosila inexacta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M, viii, p. 208, No. 14, (1856). 



