214 



SPHINGIDJE. 



not much higher than long ; seriate cilia of $ prolonged. 

 No friction-scales on clasper" (Roths. &\Jord., I. c. 1903). 



Hab. E. Himalayas to China and Japan. Two Indian 

 species, of which the early stages of one are unknown. 



Key to Species. 



1. Hind wing below without a black streak on [p. 214. 



the disc porphyria (Butler), 



2. Hind wing below with a black streak on the [p- 215. 



disc colligate (Walker), 



56. Parum porphyria (Butl.). (Fig. 51 A, <J, B-E, genitalia). 



Daphnusa porphyria, Butler, 1877 A, p. 640 (Darjeeling) ; Hamp- 

 son, 1892. p. 73, fig. 44 (<J) ; Dudgeon, 1898, p. 407 (Sikkim, 

 1,800 feet). 



Parum porphyria, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 297 ; Seitz, 1928,. 

 p. 541, t. 62 c. 



Imago. — <£$. Brown ; fore wing variegated with ferruginous 

 and olive-brown ; a dark patch below end of cell ; another 



Fig. 51.— Parum Roths. & Jord. 



A, P. porphyria (Butl.), £ ; B, 10th segment, ventral view ; C, harpe ;. 



D, penis-sheath ; E, ?, vaginal plate. 



at apex enclosed by a white lunule, with a dark streak below it ;: 

 a spot near outer angle. Hind wing brown, with a dark spot 

 above the lobe at anal angle. Underside with a submarginal 

 pale line to both wings ; apex of fore wing dark, with the 

 apical lunule as above. Head with high broad crest of scales. 

 Antenna thinner than in colligata, palpus larger. Pilifer pro- 



