PSEUDOSPHINX. 105 



waved black lines ; a conspicuous white spot in end of cell. Hind 

 wins: dark brown. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 64-68 millira. 



167. Pseudosphinx nyctiphanes, Wlh. Cat. viii, p. 209; Butl. 111. 



Set. v, pi. 81, fig. 7; C. $ S. no. 169. 



Dark brown ; thorax with black streaks at sides nearly meeting 

 behind, where there are a few blue scales ; head, thorax, and 

 abdomen white below ; abdomen with white segmental streaks at 

 sides. Fore wing variegated with various shades of brown and 

 grey scales and crossed by numerous waved dark lines, of which 

 about six are medial and one submarginal ; a pale speck in end of 

 cell. Hind wing dark brown, with an obsolescent pale medial 

 band ; cilia brown and whitish. 



Hob. Sylhet ; Andamans ; Perak ; Singapore. Exp., <3 120, 

 2 140 niillim. 



168. Pseudosphinx cyrtolophia, Butl. P.Z.S. 1875, p. 259 ; id. Trans. 



Zool. Soc. ix, pi. 92, fig. 6, pi. 91, figs. 11, 12, 13 (larva and 

 pupa) ; C. fy 8. no. 171. 



Differs from nyctipJumes in the palpi being black at sides. 

 Fore wing with no postmedial waved line below. Hind wing 

 with the pale band on underside medial, straight, and oblique, not 

 postmedial, curved, and waved. 



The type and only known specimen is in very bad condition. 



Larva grass-green ; a white dorsal stripe from 2nd somite to 

 horn ; a pink dorsal oval ring-mark on 1st and 2nd somites ; a 

 larger one from 2nd to 4th somites ; lateral oblique pink stripes 

 from 5th to 10th somites. 



Bab. Madras. Exp. 83 millim. 



169. Pseudosphinx discistriga, Wlh. Cat. viii, p. 209 ; 3Ioore, Lep. 



Ceyl. ii, pi. 73, figs. 1,1 a, lb (pupa and larva) ; C. 4~ 8. no - 176. 

 Diludia melanomera, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 13 ; C. fy 8. no. 177. 

 Diludia macromera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x, p. 435. 

 Diludia grandis, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 260 ; C. Sf 8. no. 175. 

 Diludia rubescens, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, pp. 260, 623; C. 8f 8. no. 178. 

 Macrosila obliqua, Wlh. Cat. viii, p. 208 ; C. 8f S. no. 174. 

 Anceryx increta, Walk. Cat. xxxi, p. 36 ; C. fy 8. no. 179. 

 Diludia vates, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 13 ; C. J- 8. no. 180. 

 Anceryx pinastri, Wlh. Cat. viii, p. 223. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing grey ; dark brown bands 

 along sides of palpi and thorax meeting on metathorax, where 

 there are a few blue and yellow scales ; a dark line down vertex 

 of abdomen and paired more diffused subdorsal lines. Fore 

 wing with some dark strigae from the costa ; two dark streaks 

 in the interspaces below veins 2 and 3 ; a dark streak from the 

 costa before the apex, curved down to vein 6, then upwards and 

 bent back before reaching the apex ; a series of submarginal 

 lunules ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing brown, with 



