62 Colonel C. Svvinhoe 07i 



reacliino- about middle of frons, the second joint fringed with 

 long hau- in front, tlie third short; frons with tuft of hair ; 

 antennrc of female ciliated ; thorax clothed with long spatu- 

 late hair ; tibia3 fringed with long hair, the hind tibige witli 

 two pairs of spurs, the fore tarsi with three large curved 

 claws on first joint ; abdomen clothed with long rough hair ; 

 frenulum present. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the 

 outer margin evenly curved, crenulate; vein 3 from well 

 before anMe of cell; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6 from 

 ui)pcr angle; 7, S, and 9 stalked ; 10 and 11 from cell : hind 

 wino- with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from well 

 above angle; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 8 approximated to 

 7 beyond the cell. 



Pentateucha curiosa, nov. 



? . Head and thorax clothed with deep red-brown liair 

 tipped with white ; pectus and legs rufous, tlie tarsi blackish ; 

 abdomen blackish mixed with grey-white, forming obscure 

 segmental bands, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous : 

 fore wing clothed with dark red-brown hairy scales mixed 

 with white ; some rufous at base of inner area ; faint traces 

 of a dark antemedial line, an oblique, elliptical, white dis- 

 coidal spot ; postmedial line with oblique dark bar from 

 costa, then very indistinct, recurved to vein 3, then incurved ; 

 subterminal line indistinct, double, oblique, waved, bent 

 inwards to costa, where there is a white mark on it, a dentate 

 line beyond it arising from apex, wiiite and prominent to 

 vein 6, then indistinct and forming white points on the veins; 

 cilia rufous, with whitish points at the veins : hind wing 

 bright rufous, the inner area whitish, cilia with some white 

 scales at tips. Underside of both wings rufous ; fore wing 

 with indistinct pale discoidal spot, an obliquely curved post- 

 medial band and prominent dentate white band from apex to 

 above vein 6 : hind wing suffused with white to beyond 

 middle; an oblique, slightly waved, medial rufous line and 

 indistinct postmedial line, bent outwards to just above the 

 anal angle, the terminal area irrorated with whitisii. 

 Expanse of wings 4 inches. 

 Khasia Hills; one example of this very curious Sphinx. 



Family Syntomidse. 

 Syritomis aurea, nov. 



(J ? . AntennaB black ; head, thorax, and abdomen golden 

 orange ; a small black patch immediately behind the base of 



