258 SPHINGID.E. 



colour drab-grey like that of thorax, termen dark hair- brown, 

 this border about 1-5 mm. broad at tornus, gradually becoming 

 broader, and at costal margin from vein R 1 suddenly being 

 produced basad to middle, the grey area traversed by an 

 obscure broad subbasal band, beyond one-fourth by a straight 

 line, and in middle of wing by another somewhat broader line, 

 which begins at middle of costa and ends a little beyond 

 .middle of hind margin, these lines the same colour as the 

 terminal band. Hind wing like termen of fore wing, shaded 

 with drab grey from base to disc and anal angle, costal area 

 (concealed) creamy, behind it some white hairs. Underside 

 drab, with a slight tint of cinnamon and a faint purplish sheen, 

 which is also present on the upper side in certain lights. 

 In both wings R 1 branching off beyond cell. Expanse : £ 

 48 mm. ; length of fore wing 21 mm. ; width of thorax 7 mm. : 

 5 larger ; expanse 62 mm. ; length of fore wing 27 mm. ; 

 width of thorax 9 mm. 



Genitalia resembling those of S. inf emails, but horns of 

 anal tergite rather more slender, harpe more rounded at apex, 

 its tooth smaller (fig. 65 E). 



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Fig. 66. — Sataspes scotti Jord. 



Hob. W. Himalayas (Dehra Dun). One larva was found 

 on the ground on the 7th November, 1925, under a tree of 

 Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., family Leguminosse. A $ moth 

 emerged on the 26th April, 1926, and is now in the Tring 

 Museum, together with a captured $. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Head triangular ; body shaped as in others of 

 the genus ; horn of medium length, down-curved. Colour 

 of head green dotted with white, and a white stripe separating 

 face from cheek. Body green, with a transverse row of white 

 dots along each secondary ring ; seven yellow oblique stripes ; 

 those on segments 6 and 11 broader than the rest, that on 

 11 running across 12 to base of horn. Horn with basal half 

 purple, rest green. Spiracles oval, flush, white. Length 

 50 mm. 



Pupa. — Frons with a subdorsal ridge, the two ridges close 

 together. Cremaster a long thin spike. Colour dark brown. 



