AMPELOPHAGA. 



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" <$. Friction-scales of clasper large. Tenth segment simple. 

 Clasper sole -shaped ; harpe spatulate, dilated part dentate 

 on upperside, or reduced, without process. Penis-sheath 

 with a right and a left apical process, the left one always 

 dentate at the edges. 



"" 2. Eighth tergite sinuate. Vaginal plate suddenly nar- 

 rowed as in Deilephila ; orifice large, free, edges slightly 

 raised " (Roths. & Jord., I. c. 1903). 



B 



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Fig. 71. — Ampelophaga Brem. & Grey. 



A, A. rubiginosa fasciosa Moore. B, A. obliquifascia Hamps., $ 



Iholotype. C, A. rubiginosa rubiginosa Br. &G., harpe; D, penis-sheath. 



Egg. — Broadly ovoid, surface smooth and shining, colour 

 pale green. 



Larva. — Head small, body tapering sharply frontad from 

 segment 4, segments 4 and 5 tumid and somewhat flattened 

 ventral ly, with ventro -lateral flanges. Head and body more 

 or less tuberculate. Colour green or red. 



