SMERINTHULUS. 



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the segments being somewhat rounded in a ventral aspect " 

 (Jordan, 1931). Expanse : 60 mm. 



The status of this Hawk-Moth is doubtful. 



Hah. Ceylon. Early stages unknown. 



Genus SMERINTHULUS Huwe. (Fig. 57). 



Huwe, 1895, p. 370 ; Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 299 ; id., 1907, p. 61. 



Genotype : quadripunctatus Huwe. 



Imago. — ' : <$Q. Differs from Cypa in the following charac- 

 ters : tongue not tuberculate near base. Pilifer vestigial, 



End-segment of antenna 



with few scales or bristles, or naked. 



§ iA.-k v 



Fig. 57. — Smerinthulus Huwe. Genitalia. 

 A, S. perversa, 10th tergite, dorsal view ; B, 10th sternite, ventral view ; 



C, clasper and harpe (pv, process of inner sheath of clasper) ; 



D, $, vaginal plate (pvp, post-vaginal plate). 



short, triangular in side-view, penultimate segment longer 

 than in Cypa, antennae of $ with prolonged cilia ; eighth 

 tergite of <$ with a brush of prolonged scales at the sides 

 and at end, appearing trilobate. Penis-sheath without 

 armature. SC 2 and R 1 of hindwing stalked or not " (Roths. 

 & Jord., 1903, p. 299). 



Hob. China, India and Malaya. One Indian species, of 

 which the early stages are unknown. 



61. Smerinthulus perversa (Roths.). (Fig. 57 A-D, genitalia). 



Cypa perversa, Rothschild, 1894 A. p. 70, pi. vii, fig. 6 (partim ; 



$, Sikkim ; non 6*) ; id., 1895, p. 28 (J, Khasi Hills) ; id., 1896, 



pi. xiii, fig. 5 ((J). 

 Smerinthulus perversa, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 300 ; Seitz, 1928, 



p. 542, t. 62 c. 



Imago. — <J$. Larger and more brightly coloured than Cypa 

 decolor ; anal angle of fore wing more pointed than in C. decolor. 



