584 • ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPmNGLD^. 



Polyptychus dentatus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 141. no. 151 i (1816). 

 Smerinthus dentatus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 253. no. 14 (1856) . 



? , Bengal and Daijeeling, coll. Moore; ^ ? , 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. 



Sphinx timesius, StoU, Suppl. Cramer, p. 172, pi. 40. fig. 1 (1791). 

 Smerinthus &ree««?<s, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 252. no. 15 (1856). 



" Tranquebar " (StoU) ; 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 StoU's figure is not very good. 



3. Polyptychus NUMos.a;. 



Smerinthus numosce, WaUengren, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv, p. 42. no. 40 (1860). 

 Smerinthus mimosa, WaUengren, Kongl. Vetensk.-Aiad. Handl. 1863, p. 20. uo. 1. 



CaflFraria. 



4. Polyptychus GEAYii. 



Smerinthus grayii, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 249. no. 11 (1856). 



Port Natal (Gueinzius). Type, B.M. 



Apparently nearly allied to the preceding species. 



5. Polyptychus andosus. 



Panacra andosa, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 159. no. 7 (1856) . 



Sierra Leone {Morgan). Type, B.M. 



6. Polyptychus ■? basalis. 



Smerinthus basalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. p. 1158 (1866). 

 Zambesi river. 



7. Polyptychus? subjectus. 



Smerinthus subjectus, Walker, Characters of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Congo, p. 4. no. 1 (1 869) . 

 Congo. 



