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17. Deilephila Opheltes. 

 Flavescens ; thorax fusco bivittatus ; abdomen viita lata lutea, 

 maculis duabus basalibus nigris ; ala? antica? macula basalt 

 nigra, vittis duabus (antica incisa, postica Integra) fuscis, 

 vitta submarginali purpurascente intus nigro marginata ; pos- 

 tica? rosea?, basi vittaque purpureo marginata nigris, margins 

 Jlavescente. 



Sphinx Opheltes, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 164, pi. 285, f. B. 

 Hyles Opheltes, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 137, 1471. 



Cape. Coromandel. 



18. Deilephila rubiginosa. 



Rubiginosa, linea dorsali alba ; thorax lineis lateralibus albis ; ab- 

 dominis segmenta 2um et Sum nigro bimaculata ; ala? antica: 

 cuprea?, olivaceo fasciata et nebulosce, macula nigra basali ; 

 postica? nigra?, margine externo ferrugineo-fulvo. 



Ampelophaga rubiginosa, Bremer und Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. 



Faun. Noerd. China , 52. 

 North China. 



Genus 21. PHILAMPELUS. 



Corpus crassum. Proboscis longa. Antennae tborace vix lon- 

 giores. Abdomen elongatum, oblanceolatum, thoraee duplo longius. 

 Pedes longi, satgraciles; tibiae posticae calearibus quatuor longis. 

 Alae sat angustae, subacuminatae, margine exteriore perobliquo sub- 

 recto aut vix convexo, non excavato aut denticulato; posticae 

 vix acuminatae, margine exteriore apud angulum interiorem sub- 

 emarginato. 



Philampelus, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 



Pholus, p., Argeus, p. et Dupo, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 134, 136. 



Orneus et Daphnis, H'ubn. Exot. Schmett. 



Body thick. Proboscis long. Antennae very little longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen elongated, oblanceolate, about twice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs long, rather slender; hind tibiae with 

 lour long spurs. Wings rather narrow, slightly acuminated at the 

 tips, very oblique and very slightly convex or almost straight along 

 the exterior border, which is not excavated or denticulated ; second 



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