588 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [DeC. 18, 



with certainty from A. atropos. However, the more slender ah- 

 dominal belts and transverse stripe, together with the darker " skull- 

 mark " on thorax, of most of the specimens from China and Japan 

 afford fairly good varietal characters ; and as these seem to be pretty 

 constant, it will perhaps be well that this form be known as var. 

 medusa. I should note that among my European specimens of A. 

 atropos are individuals with the " skull-mark " quite as dark as in 

 any Japanese or Chinese example. 



Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Oiwake, Nikko, Hakone, and 

 Gensan {Leech) ; Nagasaki (Lewis) ; Hong Kong (Bowring). North 

 India, Philippine Isles, Sierra Leone, Turkey in Asia, Africa, 

 Europe. 



30. Protoparce convolvuli. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 490 ; Hiibn. Sphing. 

 p. 70 ; Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus! E. I. Comp. i. p. 267, pi. ix. figs. 3, 

 3a, larva and pupa (1857). 



Protoparce orientalis, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 609, pi. 91. 

 figs. 16, 17, larva and pupa (1876). 



A very typical series, including four specimens from Pryer's 

 collection. Having regard to the great variability and extensive 

 geographical range of this species, I am at a loss to understand how 

 any one can attempt to claim specific rank for representatives of 

 P. convolvuli coming from any part of the Old World. 



Yokohama (/"ryer) ; Fushiki, Hakodate (Leech). North India, 

 Scinde ?, Ceylon, Java, New Zealand, New South Wales, Port 

 Natal, Africa, Europe, East Indies, Hong Kong. 



31. PSEUDOSPHINX INEXACTA. 



Macrosila inexacta. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 208 (1856). 



Pseudosphinx inexacta, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. pt. v. p. 16, 

 pi. Ixxxi. fig. 8 (1881). 



Japanese examples agree well with Butler's figure, only the 

 markings at anal angle of secondaries are not so distinct. This is 

 Pryer's no. 15, and appears to occur among yew trees. I took 

 some fine specimens at Hakodate in August. Amurland specimens 

 are grey, without the olivaceous tint found in the type and Japanese 

 examples. 



Yokohama, Yesso (Pryer) ; Hakodate (Leech). North India 

 (Hume) ; Amur ; Corea (Herz). 



32. Anceryx pinastri. 



Sphinx pinastri, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 492 ; Hiibn. Spbing. p. 67. 



Hyloicus pinastri, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 139. 1483. 



Anceryx pinastri. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 223 (1856). 



Hyloicus caliyineus, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. (4) xx. p. 393 

 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. pt. ii. p. 2, ph xxi. fig. 6 (1878). 



Common in Japan, especially at Yokohama. 



In his differentiation of the dark Japanese form of A. pinastri, 

 Butler refers to the absence of " white markings on the body " and 



