434 SPHINGIDiE. 



at base, shading to brown apically; a greyish-yellow patch 

 at the anal angle continued costad as a short feebly marked 

 band. Cavity at apex of first segment of palpus large and 

 sharply defined. Expanse : $ 84-108 mm., § 98-108 mm. 



Hab. E. Himalayas (Sikkim ; Khasi Hills) and Ceylon, 

 westwards to Asia Minor and Turkey (as a straggler) and 

 eastwards to Malaya. Fairly common, but the early stages 

 unknown. 



157. Theretra clotho clotho (Drury). (Fig. 110 C, genitalia ; 

 fig. 112, imago ; PI. V, figs. 18, 19, larva, fig. 20, pupa ; 

 PL XII, fig. 5, ocellus of larva ; PI. XV, fig. 12, larva). 



Sphinx clotho, Drury, 1773, p. 48, pi. xxviii, fig. 1, and Index 

 (Madras). 



Chserocampa clotho, Moore, 1865, p. 794 (Bengal) ; Swinhoe, 

 1885 A, p. 289 (Bombay; Belgaum) ; id., 1890, p. 164 (Moul- 

 mein ; Mandalay). 



Hathia clotho, Moore, 1882, p. 20, pi. lxxxvii, fig. 1. 



Theretra clotho clotho, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 769, pi. xiv, fig. 9 

 (cJ) ; Jordan, 1912, p. 259, t. 42 d ; Mell, 1922, p. 294, pi. xi, 

 figs. 1-7, pi. xiv. figs. 19, 20, pi. xix, figs. 9, 10 (pupa), pi. xxxi, 

 figs. 8, 9 (larva) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 565 ; Scott, 1931, pi. iii, fig. 3 

 (larva). 



Deilephila cyrene, Westwood, 1848, p. 13, pi. vi, fig. 1 (Cent. India ; 

 Ceylon). 



Chserocampa aspersata, Kirby, 1877, p. 241 (Andamans) ; Water- 

 house, 1882, pi. xcvii. 



Chserocampa butus, Hampson (non Cram.), 1892, p. 93 (partim) ; 

 id., 1893, p. 3, pi. clxxv, fig. 10 (larva) ? Dudgeon, 1898, p. 412 

 (Sikkim and Bhutan, up to 4,000 ft.) (partim). 



Imago. — <^$. Head and thorax greenish-brown, with a white 

 lateral stripe from palpus to end of thorax ; abdomen brown 

 with a black side -patch at base. Fore wing brown with 

 an apical line joining a discal line with which it forms a single 

 dark line from apex to inner margin. Hind wing black, 

 shading to brown at apex ; a buff band along costa and a buff 

 patch near anal angle. Underside ochreous. Expanse : ^$ 

 80-100 mm. 



$. Tenth tergite sinuate ; sternite pointed. Friction- 

 scales of clasper numerous and narrow ; harpe without free 

 process, truncate, dorsal edge more or less notched. Patch 

 of teeth on penis-sheath long, the teeth pointing proximad ; 

 the central point of each tooth much longer than the lateral 

 ones and curved (fig. 110 C). 



Hab. W. and E. Himalayas, S. India, Ceylon, Burma and 

 the Andaman Islands to China, Malaya and the Philippines. 

 We have bred it in many localities in India, where it is 

 common in areas of medium and heavy rainfall. 



Egg. — Broadly ovoid, surface shining and very finely 

 pitted, colour pale green. Length 2 mm. ; breadth 18 mm. 



