120 sphingidjE. 



marginal band narrow at outer angle. Hind wing without the 

 red border. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas; Punjab. Exp. 56 millim. 



Fig. 68. — Hemaris saundersi, $. j. 



204. Hemaris rubra, n. sp. 



Antennae black : palpi black at sides, white below ; head and 

 thorax dull greenish olive ; abdomen black, clothed with olive down 

 above, the second segment with a broad white band, the 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th segments each with a slight white dorsal dash, lateral 

 white tufts on 5th and 6th segments, anal tuft black. Fore wing 

 red-brown, the base olive ; traces of a pale medial oblique band ; a 

 dark marginal line. Hind wing bright red-brown, with a dark 

 marginal line ; cilia grey. Underside of head, thorax, and base of 

 wings whitish. One male has the down on abdomen black. 



Hab. Sind and Grurais Valleys, Kashmir (LeecJi) ; Balta (Ale- 

 Arthur). Exp., <$ 48-52, 5 58 millim. Type in coll. Leech. 



Genus CEPHONODES. 



Cephonodes, Hiibn. Verz. p. 131 (1816). 



Type, C. hylas, Fabr. 



Range. S. and "W. Africa, Madagascar ; Japanese, Indian, Ma- 

 layan, and Australian regions. 



Fore wing with vein 6 given off after the end of the cell, 10 

 absent, 9 sending veinlets to the costa and anastomosing with 8. 

 Hind wing with the cell extremely short, veins 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



205. Cephonodes hylas, Linn. Mant. p. 539 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 93, 

 figs. 4 a, b (larva and pupa) ; C. $- S. no. 5. 

 Sphinx picus, Cram'. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 83. 



Macrogrlossuni kingii, McLeay, King's Surv. Austr. App. p. 465. 

 Macroglossa cunninghanii, Schaufuss, Nunq. Otiosus, i, p. 22. 

 Macroglossa apus, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. pi. 79. 



