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SPHINGID-aU. 



this process is armed at the upper corner with a prominent 

 tooth. Penis -sheath without armature, flattened, distally, 

 rather stouter than in Hsemorrhagia, short, not produced into 

 a thin apical process ; a slight transverse thickening ventrallv 

 in middle " (Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 471). 



Egg. — Only that of S. infernalis known. 



Larva. — Ambulicine in appearance ; head round in 1st instar, 

 triangular without processes in final instar, triangular with 

 small processes in the intermediate instars ; body tuberculate, 

 tapering slightly frontad ; horn down-curved. Colour green 

 or yellow, with oblique stripes and variable dark-coloured 

 patches. 



Fig. 65. — Sataspes Moore. 

 A, S. infernalis (Westw.), $ ; B, 10th segment, dorsal view; C, clasper 

 (d, tooth of lobe ; pdd, dorso-apical process of clasper; pdv, ventral 

 lobe of harpe). D, S. tagalica Boid., 10th segment, dorsal view. 

 E, S. scotti Jord., clasper and harpe. 



Pupa. — Ambulicine hi appearance ; no coxal piece ; antenna 

 shorter than fore leg. Frontal ridges, ante-spiracular ridges 

 and sculpturing on segment 4. Cremaster triangular, with 

 a bifid tip. Colour dark red. 



Habits. — Food-plants belong to the family Leguminosa?. 

 Pupation in a cell close to the surface, or in a rough cocoon 



