AMBULYX. 



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Genus AMBULYX. 



Ambulyx, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 61 (1848). 



Dahira, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 390. 



Clanis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 138 (1818), gen. non descr. 



Type, A. substrigilis, Westw. 



Range. India ; Japan ; Africa ; W. Indies ; S. America. 

 The apex of fore wing more acute, the outer margin evenly 

 curved. 



103. Ambulyx substrigilis, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent.y. 61, pi. 30, fig. 2; 



C. $ 8. no. 118. 

 Ambulyx schauffelbergii, Br em. Schmett. Nord. Chin. p. 12. 

 Ambulyx maculifera, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1851 ; Butl. 111. Het. v, 



pi. 80, fig. 3; C. 8f S. no. 119. 

 Ambulyx consanguis, Butl. 111. Het. v, p. 11, pi. 80, fig. 4 ; C. §■ S. 



no. 120. 

 Ambulyx liturata, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 250 ; id. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix, 



pi. 91, figs. 2 & 3 (larva and pupa). 

 Ambulyx rbodoptera, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 251 ; id. Tr. Zool. Soc. 



ix, pi. 93, fig. 8 ; C.$S. no. 121. 

 Ambulyx auripennis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 388 ; Lep. Ceyl. ii. 



pi. 79, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b (larva and pupa) ; C. 8f 8. no. 128. 

 Ambulyx placida, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 390; Butl. III. Het. vii, 



pi. 121, fig. 1 ; C. $8. no. 127 A. 

 Ambulyx sericeipennis, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 251 ; C. 8f S. 



no. 122. 



The hind wing crenulate. Pale ochreous or greyish brown to 

 purplish brown in colour ; an olive-green band between the 

 antenna ; lateral olive-green bands on the thorax meeting on 

 metathorax ; abdomen with two olive blotches on the fifth seg- 

 ment, and one on the seventh in some specimens ; sides of palpi 



Fig. 49. — Ambulyx substrigilis, 5- i- 



and pectus ferruginous ; some specimens with a ferruginous line 

 down the vertex of abdomen. Fore wing with a basal olive speck ; 

 a subbasal olive blotch on the costa, and another below the median 



