CALLAMBULYX. 



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double or simple, in the latter case (junonia) preceded by- 

 several teeth. 



o. Vaginal plate differently armed in the two species of 

 which this sex is known " (Roths. & Jord., I. c). 



B. 



Fig. 59. — Callambulyx Roths. & Jord. Genitalia. 



A, C. rubricosa (Walk.), 10th segment, ventral view ; B, clasper 



and harpe ; C, $ vaginal plate. 



Hob. E. Himalayas to Amur, Japan, and the larger 

 Sunda islands. Three Indian species and subspecies, of which 

 the early stages are unknown. The early stages of C. talari- 

 novi are of the same type as in Sphinx ocellata. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Hind wing with a large black post-discal [p. 230. 



patch centred with white C. junonia (Butler), 



The black patch, if present, near margin, 

 with a white dot behind it, not within ; 

 fore wing produced at apex into a hook . . 2. 



2. Basal area of fore wing underside washed [p. 231. 



with red C. pozcilus (Roths.), 



Basal area of fore wing underside not washed [p. 229. 



with red ' C.r. rubricosa (Walker), 



63. Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa (Walker). (Fig. 59 A-C, 

 genitalia). 



Ambulyx rubricosa, Walker, 1856, p. 122 (Hindostan) ; Butler, 

 1877 A, p. 582 ( = superba ; Darjeeling, Calcutta); Hampson, 

 1892, p. 79 ; Dudgeon, 1898, p. 408 (Sikkim, 3,000 feet). 



Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 309 ; 

 Seitz, 1928, p. 543, t. 62 b. 



Basiana superba, Moore, 1865, p. 793. 



. — $2. Head and vertex of thorax olive-brown, 

 antennae and a band between their bases white ; sides of 



