274 SPHINGID^E. 



incurved in front. Hind wing reddish -brown. No white 

 apical spot above or below. Expanse : $ 66-84 mm., $ 77— 

 92 mm. 



$. Tenth segment as in hypothous. Large scales of clasper 

 rather strongly rounded at sides ; clasper not strongly dilated 

 dorsally, apex rounded ; harpe (fig. 68 I) longer than in any 

 of the preceding species, not or feebly dentate, shape of the 

 two processes rather variable individually. Penis-sheath 

 (fig. 68 J) with a short left process which is often dentate, 

 the proximal edge of the incrassate apex of the sheath also 

 dentate, the right process long, oblique, curved ventrad, more 

 or less dentate at end. 



$. Vaginal plate without semicircular ridge proximally 

 of the vaginal aperture. 



Hab. Andaman Islands, Malaya and the Philippines. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Horn long, down-curved, tuberculate. Colour: 

 a pale dorso-lateral stripe from segment 2 to base of horn ; 

 a pale line on anal segment. Spiracles orange. 



Pupa. — More slender than that of hypothous. Cremaster 

 almost identical. Colour tawny-ochraceous, spotted with 

 black on abdomen. 



Habits. — Food-plant : Tabernsemontana Linn., family Apo- 

 cynacese. 



82 a. Deilephila minima ernestina (Moore). 



Daphnis ernestina, Moore, 1887, p. 534, pi. ccxi, fig. 1 (Ceylon; 



Pundulova) ; Hampson, 1892, p. 96. 

 Deilephila minima ernestina, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 513 ; Seitz, 



1929, p. 548. 



Imago. — $. Larger than D. m. minima, darker in colour, 

 especially the hind wing above and the basi-discal area of the 

 fore wing underside. Expanse: $ 62 mm., $ 70 mm. Process 

 of penis-sheath shorter. 



Hab. Ceylon. Rare ; early stages unknown. 



82 b. Deilephila minima minima (Butl.). (Fig. 68 K, genitalia ; 

 PI. Ill, fig. 12, larva, fig. 13, pupa). 



Daphnis minima, Butler, 1877 A, p. 573, pi. xcii, fig. 5 (S. India). 

 Daphnis minimus, Hampson, 1892, p. 97. 



Deilephila minima 'minima, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 513 ; Seitz, 

 1929, p. 548, t. 63 b. 



Imago. — $. Very small and pale. Abdomen without pale 

 subbasal belt. Fore wing above : antemedian line curved in 

 front ; discal band less oblique than in placida, wider behind 

 and narrower before middle ; discal lines not obviously 

 dentate. Expanse : $ 44-54 mm. 



