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106. Ambulyx rubricosa, Wlk. Cat. viii, p. 122 ; C. $ S. no. 127. 



Hind wing broader, the outer margin more rounded. Shafts of 

 antennae and a band between their bases white ; head and vertex 

 of thorax olive-brown ; sides of thorax purplish ; abdomen greenish, 

 with a red-brown line down the vertex. Fore wing bright 

 glaucous green, with olive-green markings and a patch of purplish 

 grey on inner margin ; two indistinct waved antemedial lines ; an 

 oblique band from centre of costa to outer angle ; a spot at lower 

 end of cell ; two lunulate postmedial lines and one waved ; outer 

 area olive with some white on it ; a white streak from apex and 

 white spots on outer margin. Hind wing brilliant crimson, the 

 base and a diffused postmedial band darker ; traces of a medial 

 line ; inner area brownish, marked with grey. Underside bright 

 oi'ange suffused with red, and with the markings red. 



Hob. Sikhim, and ? Calcutta. Exp. S 132 millim. 



107. Ambulyx junonia, Butl. III. Set. v, p. 9, pi. 80, fig. 2; C. $ 8. 



no. 125. 



Hind wing hardly angled at anal angle. Differs from rubricosa 

 in having no white shaft to, or band between, the antennae ; fore 

 wing with the ante- and postmedial lines obsolete ; the whole 

 inner area purplish grey : a large purplish-grey patch on outer 

 margin, the outline between it and the green at apex irregular. 

 Hind wing with a green line traversing the crimson beyond the 

 cell ; a large dark ocellus centred with grey below the lower angle 

 of cell ; the outer and inner areas brown. Underside greenish 

 yellow, with some crimson on the disk of fore wing ; the markings 

 brown. 



Hob. Bhutan ; Naga Hills. Exp. 104 millim. 



108. Ambulyx elwesi, Druce, Ent. Mo. Mag. xix, p. 17 ; C. 8f S. 



no. 126 ; Waterh. Aid, ii, pi. 136, fig. 3. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing rich brown, the 

 area from near the base of costa to outer angle ochreous, crossed 

 by a purplish-grey longitudinal stripe ; apex olive-green ; a yellow 

 spot at end of cell. Hind wing bright pink ; the outer half deep 

 brown, with a line near anal angle. Underside paler. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. S 100 millim. 



109. Ambulyx phalaris, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 83, pi. 149 a (1777) ; 



C. 8f S. no. 163 (part). 

 Clanis nicobariensis, Schivarz, Kleem. Beit, ii, p. 1 (1796). 



Head, thorax, and fore wing dark red-brown ; abdomen and 

 hind wing paler, the latter with a black patch at the base. Fore 

 wing with two ante- and three postmedial waved lines ; a large 

 pale patch on the costa from before the middle to outer margin, 

 leaving the apex dark, the pale patch widest beyond the cell. 



