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SPHINGID^E. 



cell of hind wing ; first segment of hind tarsus a little longer 

 than tibia ; comb of mid-tarsus very prominent, the spines 

 much prolonged, and accompanied on the hinder side by 

 another row of slender prolonged spines. Apex of hind wing- 

 very obtuse ; SC 2 and R 1 shortly stalked. 



" $. Tenth tergite slightly narrowed in middle, apex 

 truncate, angles rounded ; sternite as long as the tergite, 

 strongly compressed, broad vertically, ventral line strongly 



Fig. 12.—Elibia Walk. 

 A, E. dolichus (Westw.) ; B, harpe ; C. penis-sheath. 



curved upwards in lateral aspect, apex rounded in distal 

 view. Large friction-scales of clasper acuminate, not truncate ; 

 harpe (fig. 72 B) short, represented by a rather thin ridge, 

 which is truncate distally and feebly angulate dorsally. Penis- 

 sheath (fig. 72 C) nearly symmetrical, both the right and the 

 left processes denticulate at the edges and on the surface, the 

 dentition of the left process continued on the sheath. 



" $. Vaginal plate as in Ampelophaga and Deilephila, but- 

 broader apically. 



