188 sphingid^:. 



with black ; basal and terminal areas browner and post- 

 median area whiter ; some blackish suffusion before the 

 whitish antemedian line, which is defined by blackish on outer 

 side, oblique from costa to median vein, angled inwards in 

 submedian fold, then excurved and angled inwards to inner 

 margin ; a dark median line excurved from costa to median 

 vein, then incurved to near antemedian line ; a small 

 pale rufous discoidal spot, slightly defined by blackish ; 

 postmedian line dark, excurved from costa to R 2 , then 

 incurved and sinuous ; subterminal line indistinctly double, 

 excurved below costa, then oblique, dentate and with small, 

 somewhat dentate black marks on its outer edge, the mark 

 below costa extending as a streak to termen and the mark at 

 R 1 larger ; slight black marks on termen at the extremities 

 of the veins. Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; post- 

 median line excurved and indistinct from costa to R 3 , then 

 incurved and with whitish patch beyond it in submedian inter- 

 space, ending at tornus. Underside whitish irrorated with 

 fuscous ; the postmedian line fine, a curved dentate sub- 

 terminal line with slight brownish band beyond it becoming 

 terminal below R 3 . Expanse : <$ 52 mm., £ 60 mm. 



Hab. S. India (Kanara and Ganjam Districts), where we 

 obtained pupae, but no eggs nor larva?. 



Pupa. — Similar in shape to others of the genus ; the head 

 was lost when the moth emerged, so no description of this is 

 available. Surface shining ; sculpturing on segment 4 con- 

 sisting of a dull area on each side of the dorsal line, the front 

 edge broadly rounded and sharply raised, the lower edge some- 

 what pointed and becoming flush with the surface of the 

 segment ; thorax minutely rugose ; median portion of costal 

 margins of wing-case coarsely beaded ; abdomen more coarsely 

 rugose and pitted ; the front portions of segments 6 to 12 

 broadly tumid, with longitudinal lines dividing the tumid 

 portions into squares ; ante-spiracular ridges on 9 to 11, 

 consisting of three narrow ridges separated by deep channels. 

 Spiracle of 2 twice as long as those on the other segments, 

 consisting of a deep slit bordered in front by the thickened 

 hind margin of 2, this thickened margin divided into seven 

 prominent beads, and behind by the thickened front margin 

 of 3. which again is divided into from three to five beads, 

 behind which is a deep linear depression ; remaining spiracles 

 oval with the edges of the slit raised. Cremaster short, 

 conical, very irregularly coarsely corrugate on dorsal surface, 

 tip narrowly bifid, the arms blunt. Colour of the pupa dark 

 chestnut, the spiracle of segment 2 and cremaster black, the 

 remaining spiracles of the body colour. Length 28 mm. ; 

 breadth 10 mm. 



