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SPHINGIDJE. 



segmental patches. Fore wing with dark oblique lines from 

 costa ; two black streaks from cell, one under R 1 and one 

 under M 1 ; a black streak under SC 5 apicad, continued as a 

 dentate streak to apex of wing and obliquely to costa at the 

 proximal end and sharply defining a pale apical patch ; 

 a series of whitish submarginal lunules ; cilia chequered black 

 and white. Hind wing brown, with a black patch at anal 

 .angle, limited inwardly by a pale submarginal line, and more 

 or less suffused with grey. 



A. 



Fig. 13. — Psilogramma Roths. & Jord. 



A, P. menephron (Cram.) ; B, 10th segment, dorsal aspect; C, 10th seg- 

 ment, lateral aspect ; D, harpe ; E, penis-sheath ; F, $, vaginal 

 plate. 



The moth very variable in size, colour and markings, 

 some specimens being very dark with subbasal, antemedian, 

 median and postmedian lines showing plainly, others very 

 grey, with these lines obsolescent. The black streaks under 

 K 1 , M 1 and SC 5 are always present. Specimens bred during 

 the rainy season are usually dark. Expanse : <$ 82-122 mm., 

 $ 108-138 mm. 



The name vates Butler applies to pale specimens. 



