584 ; MR, A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDA. 
Polyptychus dentatus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 141. no. 1514 (1816). 
Smerinthus dentatus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 252. no. 14 (1856). 
?, Bengal and Darjeeling, coll. Moore; g ¢, North India (Hearsay, Stevens). B.M. 
The larva is bluish green at the sides, with oblique purple stripes, with a broad dorsal 
longitudinal golden-green band bordered by subtriangular purple spots, one above each 
oblique stripe. 
2. PoLYPTYCHUS TIMESIUS. 
Sphine timesius, Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, p. 172, pl. 40. fig. 1 (1791). 
Smerinthus timesius, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 252. no. 15 (1856). 
“‘Tranquebar” (Stoll); g, Nepal (Saunders); ¢, Silhet (Stainsforth) B.M.; ¢, Mas- 
suri (Hutton), coll. F. Moore. 
Nearly allied to the preceding species. I feel pretty sure about the identification ; 
but Stoll’s figure is not very good. 
3. PoLYPTycHUS NUMOS&. 
Smerinthus numose, Wallengren, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 42. no. 40 (1860). 
Smerinthus mimose, Wallengren, Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad, Handl. 1863, p. 20. no. 1. 
Caffraria. 
4. PoLYPTYCHUS GRAYII. 
Smerinthus grayii, Walker, Lep. Het. vii. p. 249. no. 11 (1856). 
Port Natal (Gueinzius). Type, B.M. 
Apparently nearly allied to the preceding species. 
5. PoLyPrycHUS ANDOSUS. 
Panacra andosa, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 159. no. 7 (1856). 
Sierra Leone (organ). Type, B.M. 
6. PoLyprycHus? BASALIS. 
Smerinthus basalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. p. 1158 (1866). 
Zambesi river. 
7. PoLyprycnus? suBJECTUS. 
Smerinthus subjectus, Walker, Characters of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Congo, p. 4. no. 1 (1869). 
Congo. 
