476 SPHINGID^]. 



.Structurally nearly the same as gloriosa ; harpe shorter 

 and stouter, right process of penis-sheath (fig. 120 F) more 

 curved, left process longer and more slender. 



Hab. W. and E. Himalayas and Burma, and S. China. 

 We have bred the species in several localities in the W. and 

 E. Himalayas, where the larva is common at an elevation of 

 from 5,000 to 7,000 feet in forests with heavy rainfall. 



Egg. — Pale green. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Pale yellowish-green, with a long, straight, 

 black horn. 2nd instar. Head and segments 2 to 4 green f 

 rest of body green dotted with white ; a pale dorso-lateral 

 stripe on 2 to 4 ; an ocellus on 5, blue edged with yellow ; 

 seven pale oblique stripes ; horn straight, base reddish, 

 tip black. 3rd instar. A narrow dark dorsal stripe ; ocellus 

 with pupil blue in front, green dotted with white behind, the 



f 



Fig. 122. — Rhagastis olivacea (Moore). 



whole edged narrowly with white in front, yellow behind ; 

 oblique stripes white, horn orange. 4th instar. Little change, 

 but the oblique stripes bluish. 



5th instar. Shape as in others of the genus, segment 5 

 considerably swollen. Head moderately shining and smooth. 

 Body dull and smooth ; horn of medium length, stout at base, 

 tapering gently and evenly to a blunt point, gently down- 

 curved ; surface dull and covered with small tubercles. 



Green form (PI. VI, fig. 17) : head and body bright grass-green, 

 body with short, dark green longitudinal stripes across the 

 secondary rings, more numerous on segments 6 to 11 than on 

 the remaining segments ; a narrow, dark green dorsal stripe 

 from 2 to base of horn, broken in the middle of each segment ; 

 a white dorso-lateral stripe from 2 to the middle of 4, formed 

 of coalescing white dots increasing in size backwards ; a large 

 irregular -rounded ocellus on 5, encroaching on to 4, the large 

 pupil deep blue in front, sap-green behind, the green part bear- 

 ing some large white dots, the pupil edged broadly with pale 

 ochreous above, pale blue in front and white behind, the whole 



