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culum absent ; frenulum reduced, the bristle of $ short but 

 rather stout, the bristles of 9 thin, hair-like. Pulvillus and 

 paronychium present. Tibiae not spinose ; anterior tibia 

 with or without apical thorn ; one pair of spurs to hind tibia. 

 Hind wing red for the greater part. 



" <J. Antenna more distinctly dilated laterad than in 

 Amorpha, sometimes subpectinate, or even pectinate. Tenth 

 abdominal tergite rounded at end, or feebly sinuate ; sternite 

 triangular, simple. Harpe simple, rounded or obtusely pointed 

 at end, not divided as in Amorpha. Penis- sheath with one 

 or two conical teeth at end, pointing laterad. 



" $. Antenna with traces of the lateral expansion of <£. 

 Vaginal plate membranaceous, without a distinct ridge in 

 front of the vaginal cavity, or the ridge is more or less wrinkled, 

 not strongly chitinized " (Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 313). 



Larva. — Head triangular ; body and horn tuberculate ; 

 colour green with white or yellowish oblique stripes, often 

 spotted with red. 



Pupa. — Stout, more or less rugose and pitted, surface 

 glossy; sheath of antenna rather broad in both sexes. 



Habits. — Food-plants: Populus Linn., Salix Linn., family 

 Salicaceae ; Prunus Linn., family Rosacese. 



Hah. Palsearctic and Nearctic Regions. One Indian sub- 

 species, of which the early stages are unknown. 



67. Smerinthus kindermanni obsoleta Stgr. (Fig. 61, $). 



Smerinthus kindermanni var. obsoleta, Staudinger, 1901, p. 100 



(Korla). 

 Sphinx kindermanni obsoleta, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 316. 

 Smerinthus kindermanni obsoleta, Jordan, 1911, p. 244. 

 Eusmerinthus kindermanni, Butler (non Led. ), 1 880, p. 41 3, pi. xxxix, 



fig. 11 (pupa), 12 (larva) (Kandahar). 

 Cypa kindermanni, Hampson (non Led.), 1900, p. 38. 



Imago. — <£2. Similar in colouring to S. ocellata ; but hind 



^ - -*g£ & 



Fig. 61. — Smerinthus kindermanni obsoleta Stgr., $. 



wing without a complete ocellus, which is replaced by two 

 or three black transverse bars edged with grey or yellowish. 



