442 SPHINGID^E. 



and segments 2 to 5 ; a narrow dorsal stripe, black and 

 sharply defined on 2 to 5, then brown and diffuse to 11 ; the 

 dorso -lateral stripe edged above by a dark green shade ; the 

 ocellus on 5 large and round, pupil black above, shading to 

 red or brownish-purple, the pupil edged broadly below with 

 bright yellow, narrowly above with white, and then with 

 black ; remaining ocelli longitudinally oval, pupil purple or 

 red above, yellow below, the whole ringed with black ; horn 

 of medium length, straight or curved gently up or down, base 

 dull red, rest shining black, sometimes with a white tip, the 

 whole with self-coloured small tubercles. 



5th instar. Head dull and smooth ; true clypeus equilaterally 

 triangular, about one -half length of head ; false clypeus 

 broadly arched over apex of true clypeus, reaching to slightly 

 more than one-half length of head ; labrum one-half length 

 of clypeus, not quite as broad as clypeus, narrowing frontad ; 

 longitudinally lined ; ligula longer than labrum, kidney- shaped, 

 sinus very deep and rounded ; eyes 1 to 4 in a slight curve, 

 equidistant ; 6 in line with 3 and 4, twice as far from 4 as 4 is 

 from 3, 5 making an equilateral triangle with 4 and 6 ; eye 1 

 smaller than the rest. Body dull and smooth, with segments 

 4 and 5 considerably swollen. Horn of medium length, stout 

 at base, tapering evenly to a point, slightly down-curved ; 

 surface dull and covered with small tubercles. 



Green form (PL V, fig. 23) : head grass-green ; labrum and 

 ligula green ; antenna green, second and third segments tinged 

 with pink ; mandible green, tip reddish-brown, extreme tip 

 black. Body dark green above the dorso -lateral stripe, with 

 short, broad, yellow stripes across each secondary ring of seg- 

 ments 6 to 11 ; paler green below the stripe, closely dotted 

 with whitish ; a narrow, dark green dorsal stripe ; a broad, pale 

 yellow dorso-lateral stripe from 2 to base of horn, interrupted 

 by the ocelli ; ocellus on 5 longitudinally oval, pupil with a black, 

 pear-shaped marking at the top, below this green or purplish- 

 brown, the pupil edged broadly below, narrowly elsewhere, 

 with yellow of the same shade as the dorso-lateral stripe, the 

 whole edged narrowly with brown or green ; ocelli on 6 to 11 

 longitudinally elongate-oval, the upper half green or purplish, 

 paler above, the lower half yellow, and contiguous with the 

 dorso-lateral stripe, the whole edged narrowly with brown or 

 green. Horn plum-colour or purple ; legs red, the distal 

 edge of each segment narrowly yellow. Spiracles lilac with 

 a narrow brown rim. 



Dark form (PL V, fig. 22) : the green colour is replaced by 

 olive-brown or brownish-pink ; ocelli as in the green form, but 

 of a darker shade ; seven broad dark brown oblique stripes, 

 the area round them pinkish. Length 80 mm. ; breadth 

 11 mm. ; horn 10 mm. 



