HERSE. 61 



with basal comb of bristles ; posterior tibia longer than first 

 tarsal segment, pul villus very small, paronychium with 

 one lobe at each side instead of two, the smaller ventral lobes 

 obliterated. Scaling of antenna white from base to tip. 



" (J. Procoxal scent-organ not strongly developed. Tenth 

 abdominal tergite more or less dilated before end, apex 

 pointed, compressed : sternite membranaceous, without lobe, 

 continuous with the anal cone, which is long. Clasper 

 sole-shaped, rounded, dilated dorsally before end, this portion 

 curved inwards, inner surface with long bristles except near 

 apex of harpe, where the bristles are short and stout, spine - 

 like. Harpe rather short, with two distal lobes, one above 

 the other, both curving upwards and inwards, the upper one 

 always pointed, the lower one spatulate or pointed. Penis- 

 sheath much thicker than in Acherontia, without armature. 

 A patch of large multidentate scales on clasper. 



" $. A smallsflap in front of the vaginal aperture " (Roths. 

 & Jord., 1903, p. 6). 



Hab. Cosmopolitan, with one Indian subspecies. 



3. Herse convolvuli convolvuli (Linn.). (Fig. 10 A, imago, 



B-D, genitalia ; PI. IX, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, larva ; fig. 7, 

 pupa) . 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linnseus, 1758, p. 490 ; Buckler, 1887, pp. 22, 



108, pi. xxi, fig. 2 a-c, pi. xxii, fig. 1. 

 Protoparce convolvuli, Hampson, 1892, p. 103, fig. 60 ($). 

 Herse convolvuli, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 11 ; Mell, 1922, p. 22, 



pi. ii, figs. 18-24 ; pi. iii, fig. 1 ; pi. xxi, fig. 5 (larva) ; pi. xv, 



figs. 5, 6 (pupa). 

 Herse convolvuli convolvuli, Jordan, 1911, p. 233, t. 36 a; Seitz. 



1928, p. 527. 

 Protoparce orientalis, Butler, 1877 A, p. 609, pi. xei,. figs. 16, 17 



(1., p.) ; Moore, 1882, p. 5, pi. lxxv, figs. 1, 1 a-e (1., p., i.). 



Imago. — <£2. Upperside grey ; abdomen with a narrow 

 brown dorsal stripe, a broad grey stripe on each side of it, 

 and with narrow white and broader pink and black side- 

 patches. Fore wing with many narrow whitish lunulate 

 bands, nearly obsolescent in some specimens ; black streaks 

 outwards from cell under R 1 and M 1 ; a white discoidal dot, 

 with a black streak from it to apex of wing. Hind wing- 

 pale grey, with broad subbasal, two median and postmedian 

 fuscous transverse bands. Underside similar, with a black 

 discoidal spot. Expanse : 80-120 mm. ; tongue up to 130 mm. 



<$. Tenth tergite (fig. 10 B) rounded-dilated before end r 

 apex compressed, pointed, higher than broad ; ventral process 

 of harpe (fig. 10 C) somewhat spatulate. 



9. (fig. 10 D). The mesial flap in front of vaginal aperture 

 arises from an impression and is very thin ; it belongs to the 

 membrane connecting the seventh and eighth tergites ; there 

 is a tubercle at each end of the vaginal orifice and another 

 behind it. 



