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SPHINGID^E. 



Key to the Species.^ 



Imagines. 



TFore tibia terminated by a strong, curved [p. 210. 



horny spine A. omens (Westw.), 



Fore tibia with a long, curved claw at ex- [p. 213, 



tremity A. microta (Hampson). 



The early stages of microta are unknown. 



•54. Agnosia orneus (Westw.). (Fig. 49 A-C, genitalia ; PL III, 

 fig. 16, larva). 



.Sphinx orneus, Westwood, 1848, p. 13, pi. xvi, fig. 2 (Cent. India). 



Ambulyx ornea, Hampson, 1892, p. 80. 



Agnosia orneus, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 295 ; Seitz, 1928, p. 541, 



t. 56 c. 

 ,'Smerinthus pudorinus, Walker, 1856, p. 253 (o*?) (N. India). 

 Basiana pudorina, Butler, 1877 A, p. 596 (N. India). 

 danis pudorina, Butler, 1881 B, p. 14, pi. lxxxi, fig. 3 (6*) (Almorah). 



Imago. — Head, thorax, abdomen and fore wing reddish - 

 ochreous ; fore wing with broad greyish ante- and postmedian 



Fig. 49. — Agnosia Roths. & Jord. Genitalia. 



A, A. orneus (Westw.), 10th tergite, dorsal view ; B, clasper and harpe ; 



C, penis -sheath. 



bands ; a greyish band along inner margin with some dark 

 strigse on it ; a dark speck at the end of cell. Hind wing 

 pink ; a grey patch at anal angle with some dark streaks on 

 it. Fore tibia terminated by a strong, curved, horny spine. 

 Expanse : $ 60-74 mm., $ 66-87 mm. 



£. Tenth tergite (fig. 49 A) elongate-spatulate, apex some- 

 what truncate ; ninth tergite with long hair-scales. Clasper 

 sole-shaped (fig. 49 B), without friction-patch ; harpe with 

 three hooks, nearly equidistant, one distal, the other two from 

 the upper edge ; a convex patch of short bristles above 

 the harpe. Penis- sheath (fig. 49 C) without armature, but 

 the penis -funnel produced into a broad lobe which is covered 

 with minute spines. 



Hab. W. Himalayas, S. India and Ceylon. We have 

 bred the species in the W. Himalayas (Siwalik Mountains) 

 at an elevation of about 2,500 feet, in forests with heavy 

 rainfall. Rare and local. 



