358 SPHINGID^E. 



segment 2, horn and anal flap tuber culate : head yellow, 

 segments 2 and 3 and anal segments dull orange ; rest of 

 body black above the dorso-lateral stripe, fuscous and then 

 yellow below it ; a broad, diffuse, dull violet dorsal stripe 

 from 2 to base of horn ; a narrow, clearly defined, white dorso- 

 lateral stripe on 2 to 11 ; a narrow, yellow, subspiracular 

 stripe on 2 to 12, obsolescent on. 5 and 6 ; below this stripe 

 black fading into diffuse fuscous-green on venter ; horn, 

 legs, shanks of prolegs and a transverse oval patch on the 

 clasper shining black. Spiracles pale orange, each lying 

 inside an orange -coloured patch. The dorsum is sometimes 

 yellowish -pink dotted with white, and the tip of horn yellow. 



5th instar. Head sub quadrate ; true clypeus with apex 

 acute, less than half length of head ; false clypeus forming 

 a wide arch over apex of true clypeus, reaching to one-half 

 length of head ; labrum about one -half length of and as broad 

 as clypeus ; ligula slightly longer than labrum, kidney-shaped, 

 sinus shallow ; eyes with 3, 4 and 6 in a straight line, 2 slightly 

 outside that line, 1 and 2 at right angles to 2 and 3 ; 5 forming 

 an equilateral triangle with 4 and 6 ; 1,2 and 3 equidistant, 

 hardly one eye -diameter apart, 3 and 4 and 4 and 6 slightly 

 more than one diameter apart. Surface of head dull, covered 

 with minute shining tubercles. Body of the normal macro- 

 glossine shape. Horn rising from a fleshy cone, of medium 

 length, straight, thin, evenly tapering. Surface of body 

 dull ; segment 2 with a transverse row of conical tubercles 

 along each secondary ring ; horn shining and covered densely 

 with low conical tubercles, directed distad ; hinder half of 

 claspers and distal third of anal flap shining and covered 

 sparsely with low conical tubercles ; whole head and body 

 covered with minute hairs. 



Colour very variable. In the most common form the head 

 is grass-green with darker green reticulations ; an ill-defined, 

 yellowish dorsal stripe from near vertex to apex of clypeus 

 and running down each side of clypeus ; a well-defined 

 yellow stripe separating face from cheek ; tubercles yellowish ; 

 labrum emerald-green ; ligula yellowish -green ; basal segment 

 of antenna green, other segments rusty pink ; mandible rust- 

 coloured, tip black, cutting-edge toothed ; eyes brown with 

 black pupils. Body : segments 2 and 3 grass-green, the 

 tubercles on 2 yellow, and 3 dotted with yellow ; rest of body 

 pale glaucous-green dotted with white ; a pale violet dorsal 

 stripe, with an indistinct whitish stripe on each side of it ; 

 a white dorso-lateral stripe from 2 to base of horn, tinged 

 with yellow on 2 and edged above with green on 12. Horn 

 yellow, the fleshy cone from which it rises pale green ; legs 

 with basal segment green and a black patch on outer face, 

 other segments rusty ; prolegs and claspers green ; venter 



