412 SPHINGLDJE. 



band bright rosy-red ; a white discoidal spot. Hind wing : 

 basal half black, distal half rosy-red shading to crimson near 

 apex. Underside bright rosy-red, except the costa and part 

 of the disc of the wings. Expanse : ^$ 60-84 mm. • 



Hob. E. Himalayas (Khasi Hills). We have bred the 

 subspecies at Shillong, where it is very common from April to 

 October. The closely allied P. e. elpenor is known in England 

 as the Elephant Hawk-Moth. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Green with a short, straight, black horn. 2nd 

 instar. Head and segment .2 green, rest of body bluish-green 

 dotted with white : 5 swollen and bearing an ocellus, pale 

 yellow above, black below ; a similar but smaller ocellus on 6 ; 

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

 straight, black with reddish base. 3rd instar. As in 2nd instar, 

 but ocelli shaped like a "D" with the chord of the "D " 

 ventrad, pupil red edged with yellow above, black below. 

 4th instar. A brown and a green form, the brown form the more 

 common. 



Brown form : head black, body dark brown with reticulation 

 of black lines on 6 to 11 ; a black dorsal stripe on 2 and 3 ; 

 a pale dorso-lateral and a similar subspiracular stripe on 2 and 

 3, the latter extending on to 4 and 5 and very faintly on to 12 ; 



5 very swollen, the ocellus large, black with a brown kidney- 

 shaped mark, edged narrowly with white, in the middle ; 

 a similar but smaller ocellus on 6 ; legs pale brown, prolegs, 

 claspers and venter black ; horn long, down- curved, black. 



In the green form the black head and brown body-colour is 

 replaced by bluish-green, with markings similar to the above. 



6th instar. Head very small, round. Body dull and smooth ; 

 segment 2 of about the same diameter as the head, the segments 

 then increasing rapidly in diameter to 5, which is very swollen ; 



6 to 12 of less diameter than segment 5. Horn rather short, 

 sharply down-curved, stout at base, tapering evenly to a sharp 

 point. 



Coloration. — Head and dorsum of segments 2 to 6 sooty- 

 brown, rest of body darker brown with black reticulation ; 

 a dorso-lateral stripe on 2 to 4, ochreous bordered broadly 

 with dark brown ; an ochreous subspiracular stripe, narrow on 

 2 and 3, broader on 4 and very broad on 5, narrowing to a point 

 just below the ocellus on 6, and continued as a faint waved 

 stripe to 12 ; a large, round, dorso-lateral ocellus on 5, the upper 

 half containing a kidney-shaped mark, greyish-purple edged 

 narrowly with white ; a similar but smaller ocellus on 6 ; 

 a small round ochreous subdorsal spot on 7 to 12 ; traces of 

 oblique stripes on 5 to 12. Horn : basal half brown, distal 

 half white. Spiracles ochreous ringed with black. Length 

 100 mm. : breadth 13 mm. 



