102 SPHINGIDJE. 



broad irregular brown band ; some grey towards anal angle. Under- 

 side reddish ochreous, greenish towards outer margin. 

 Hah. Sylhet ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 58 milliin. 



161. Angonyx SCUlpta, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 75, fig. 9; C. 8? S. no. 76. 



Outer margin of fore wing excurved at median nervule. Head 

 and thorax green, with lateral white bands ; thorax dark grey on 

 vertex ; abdomen with the proximal segments orange at sides, 

 black above, with a green spot on third segment ; the fourth seg- 

 ment grey, the distal segments black. Pore wing green, a grey 

 streak at base ; a pale line along inner margin ; a postmedial pale 

 band not reaching the costa ; a submarginal dentate line, beyond 

 which the area is grey. Hind wing orange at base, diffused out- 

 wards along the costa and to anal angle ; a large black patch on 

 outer margin, with two grey spots near the margin. 



Hah. Siam ; S. India. Exp. 60 millim. 



Subfamily SPHINGIN^E. 

 Larva with the anterior segments but slightly smaller than the 



Fig. 59. — Larva and pupa of Pseudosphinx cyrtolophia. (From Butler, 

 Tr. Z. S. ix, pi. 91.) 



posterior ; the head curved downwards in repose ; horn (when 

 present) long and curved. 



Pupa generally with an external sheath for the proboscis. 



Imago with rhe proboscis very long. Male without lateral ex- 

 pansions to abdomen. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Palpi quadrately scaled at apex. 



a . Fore wing but slightly acute at apex. 



a'-. Hind wing with discocellulars curved . . 1. Peotoparce, p. 102. 

 b 2 . Hind wing with discocellulars straight [p. 104. 



and oblique 2. Pseudosphinx, 



V. Fore wing more produced and acute at 



apex 3. Apocalypsis, p. 107. 



b. Palpi rounded at apex 4. Nephele, p. 108. 



