184 SPHINGID^]. 



curved downwards, harpe with two curved processes, one 

 proximal the other distal, reminding one of harpe of Rhodo- 

 prasina floralis and Agnosia omens. The two processes above 

 penis -sheath pointed. 



Hob. S. India (North Kanara District), where we have bred 

 the species. Local and rather rare, a few larvae being found 

 in forests with rainfall of about 150 inches, up to 1,000 feet 

 elevation. 



Egg. — Broadly ovoid ; surface shining, very minutely 

 pitted ; colour very pale yellow. Length 2-5 mm. ; breadth 

 2 mm. ; height 125 mm. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Head round, body cylindrical, horn long, straight, 

 minutely bifid ; colour pale yellow. 2nd instar. Head 

 rounded-triangular, dorsal line of vertex depressed, apex of 

 each lobe rounded ; horn straight, minutely bifid ; colour 

 bluish-green, with a dark brown dorsal stripe from vertex 

 of head to base of horn. 3rd instar. Head triangular, with 

 a short process rising from the apex of each lobe, the processes 

 closely appressed ; horn straight, minutely bifid ; head and 

 body glaucous-green, head-processes dark brown ; dorsal 

 stripe rose-brown. 4th and 5th instars. Little change. 



6^ instar. Head triangular, vertex rounded, without pro- 

 cesses ; true clypeus one-half length of head, equilaterally 

 triangular, basal angles tumid ; false clypeus a narrow strip 

 on each side of true clypeus ; labrum two-thirds length of 

 clypeus, front margin thickened and curved forwards ; ligula 

 horseshoe-shaped, with narrow lobes and very deep sinus ; 

 eyes 1 to 4 equidistant in a slight curve, one eye-diameter 

 apart ; 6 in line with 3 and 4, about three diameters from 4 ; 

 5 about two diameters from 4 and from 6 ; 3 and 4 slightly 

 larger than the rest. Surface of head feebly shining, smooth 

 except for small, low scattered tubercles, larger on cheeks and 

 lower part of face ; clypeus transversely aciculate. Body 

 shaped as in others of the genus. Horn long, slightly down- 

 curved , tapering evenly to a blunt point. Surface of body dull ; 

 a transverse row of very low tubercles with short, sharp 

 points along each secondary ring. Horn covered with low 

 conical tubercles ; larger tubercles on clasper faces. 



Coloration. — Head glaucous-green with a dark green stripe 

 separating face from cheek ; tubercles white ; labrum and ligula 

 green ; mandible green with tip reddish-brown. Body 

 yellowish-green suffused with glaucous ; a narroAV, dark 

 reddish-brown dorsal stripe from front margin of segment 2 

 to tip of horn, and thence to end of anal flap, bordered on each 

 side by a narrow white stripe ; oblique stripes on 5 to 11, 

 reddish-brown edged below by white, that on 11 extending 

 backwards to base of horn, the others extended to near dorsal 



